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1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1970 election for Pennsylvania House District 84

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

John W. Klepper (D) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Alvin C. Bush (R) by 10.9 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

John W. KlepperDemocrat · winner
54.1%11,172
Alvin C. BushRepublican · incumbent
43.2%8,922
Robert WettlauferConstitution
2.7%555
20,649 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

EvenR+21.51968D+10.91970

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

The candidates

John W. Klepper (D)Alvin C. Bush (R)

Also on the ballot: Robert Wettlaufer (Constitution), 2.7%