Electoral History
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| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Pct | Opponent | Party | Pct | Opponent | Party | Pct |
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| 1994 | Peter G. Torkildsen (inc.) | Republican | 50.5% | John F. Tierney | Democratic | 47.4% | Benjamin A. Gatchell | Independent | 2.1% |
| 1996 | John F. Tierney | Democratic | 49.3% | Peter G. Torkildsen (inc.) | Republican | 49.2% | Martin J. McNulty | Independent | 1.6% |
| 1998 | John F. Tierney (inc.) | Democratic | 54.6% | Peter G. Torkildsen | Republican | 42.4% | Randal C. Fritz | Independent | 3.0% |
| 2000 | John F. Tierney (inc.) | Democratic | 71.1% | Paul McCarthy | Republican | 28.9% | |||
| 2002 | John F. Tierney (inc.) | Democratic | 68.3% | Mark C. Smith | Republican | 31.7% | |||
| 2004 | John F. Tierney (inc.) | Democratic | 70.0% | Stephen P. O'Malley, Jr. | Republican | 30.0% | |||
| 2006 | John F. Tierney (inc.) | Democratic | 69.7% | Richard W. Barton | Republican | 30.3% | |||
| 2008 | John F. Tierney (inc.) | Democratic | 70.5% | Richard A. Baker | Republican | 29.5% | |||
| 2010 | John F. Tierney (inc.) | Democratic | 56.9% | Bill Hudak | Republican | 43.1% | |||
| 2012 | John F. Tierney (inc.) | Democratic | 48.2% | Richard Tisei | Republican | 47.2% | Daniel Fishman | Libertarian | 4.6% |
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