1970Final results
1970 election for Pennsylvania House District 17
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Eugene F. Scanlon (D) won re-election with 57.2% of the vote, defeating John J. Vaughan (R) by 17.0 points.
Eugene F. ScanlonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.2%7,729
John J. VaughanRepublican
40.2%5,436
Michael J. KazellConstitution
2.6%345
13,510 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)