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1970Final results

1970 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 46

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

Austin Murphy (D) won with 68.6% of the vote, defeating James Dalessandro (R) by 40.2 points.

Austin MurphyDemocrat · winner
68.6%46,477
28.4%19,253
3.0%2,065
67,795 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

EvenD+38.81978D+54.11982D+37.61990D+45.41994D+6.62010R+6.52014

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Austin Murphy (D)James Dalessandro (R)

Also on the ballot: Annabelle W. Reilly (Constitution), 3.0%