1970Final results
1970 election for Pennsylvania House District 54
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
C. L. Schmitt (D) won re-election with 75.8% of the vote, defeating Virginia Vanderwerf (R) by 51.6 points.
C. L. SchmittDemocrat · winner · incumbent
75.8%13,879
Virginia VanderwerfRepublican
24.2%4,433
18,312 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)