1970Final results
1970 election for Pennsylvania House District 179
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
William W. Rieger (D) won re-election with 72.0% of the vote, defeating William W. Mayer (R) by 44.1 points.
William W. RiegerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.0%8,798
William W. MayerRepublican
28.0%3,415
12,213 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)