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Elections / 1978 · House · PA

Pennsylvania sent 15 Democrats and 10 Republicans to the US House in 1978.

25 districts. Each row shows the winning party, margin, and member elected. Vote counts are the certified district totals.

Pennsylvania — 1978 House districts
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab, US House returns (party-classified by literal ballot party).
DistrictWonMarginMember electedVotes
PA-01D
+45.8%
Michael Myers145,162
PA-02D
+66.0%
William H Gray III161,759
PA-03D
+43.6%
Raymond F Lederer119,765
PA-04R
−11.6%
Charles F Dougherty198,000
PA-05R
−50.2%
Richard T Schulze147,269
PA-06D
+47.6%
Gus Yatron144,177
PA-07D
+0.9%
Robert W Edgar158,714
PA-08D
+22.3%
Peter H Kostmayer146,052
PA-09R
−49.8%
Bud Shuster135,033
PA-10R
−52.9%
Joseph M McDade151,724
PA-11D
+15.1%
Daniel J Flood106,768
PA-12D
+37.4%
John P Murtha151,658
PA-13R
−41.0%
R Lawrence Coughlin159,862
PA-14D
+15.1%
William S Moorhead119,202
PA-15R
−6.4%
Donald Lawrence Ritter124,063
PA-16R
−54.1%
Robert S Walker119,296
PA-17D
+19.3%
Allen E Ertel132,847
PA-18D
+15.0%
Doug Walgren154,671
PA-19R
−57.3%
William F Goodling134,001
PA-20D
+44.3%
Joseph M Gaydos135,490
PA-21D
+5.8%
Donald A Bailey139,334
PA-22D
+43.2%
Austin J Murphy139,077
PA-23R
−8.6%
William F Clinger JR134,851
PA-24R
−28.1%
Marc L Marks135,935
PA-25D
+4.2%
Eugene V Atkinson146,948