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1970Final results

1970 election for Pennsylvania House District 55

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Gust L. Stemmler (D) won re-election with 58.7% of the vote, defeating David A. Snyder (R) by 17.4 points.

Gust L. StemmlerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.7%9,778
David A. SnyderRepublican
41.3%6,877
16,655 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

EvenD+6.01968D+17.41970

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