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1970Final results

1970 election for Pennsylvania House District 109

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Kent D. Shelhamer (D) won re-election with 62.0% of the vote, defeating Duncan J. Kishbaugh (R) by 29.6 points.

Kent D. ShelhamerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.0%11,432
32.4%5,975
Harold J. HartzelConstitution
5.7%1,044
18,451 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970

The seat's recent races

EvenD+13.01968D+29.61970

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)