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1970Final results

1970 election for Pennsylvania House District 156

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Patricia Crawford (R) won re-election with 61.3% of the vote, defeating John J. Cook (D) by 22.5 points.

Patricia CrawfordRepublican · winner · incumbent
61.3%12,573
John J. CookDemocrat
38.7%7,952
20,525 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+21.01968R+22.51970

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