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1970Final results

1970 election for Pennsylvania House District 143

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

John S. Renninger (R) won re-election with 57.5% of the vote, defeating Barry Howard Denker (D) by 15.1 points.

John S. RenningerRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.5%11,772
42.5%8,686
20,458 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

EvenR+21.91968R+15.11970

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