1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1970 election for Pennsylvania House District 163
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Joseph Ted Doyle (D) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating David W. McLaughlin (R) by 0.7 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Joseph Ted DoyleDemocrat · winner
50.3%10,519
David W. McLaughlinRepublican
49.7%10,377
20,896 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)