1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Pennsylvania House District 116
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
James J. Ustynoski (R) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating William Bachman (D) by 4.3 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
James J. UstynoskiRepublican · winner
52.2%10,307
William BachmanDemocrat · incumbent
47.8%9,448
19,755 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)