1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Pennsylvania House District 71
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Patrick A. Gleason (R) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Joseph J. McAneny (D) by 4.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Patrick A. GleasonRepublican · winner
50.3%8,043
Joseph J. McAnenyDemocrat · incumbent
46.0%7,360
Julius Paul HanuskaIndependent
3.7%600
16,003 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
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The candidates
Patrick A. Gleason (R)Joseph J. McAneny (D)
Also on the ballot: Julius Paul Hanuska (Independent), 3.7%