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1972Final results

1972 election for Pennsylvania House District 156

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Patricia Crawford (R) won re-election with 70.9% of the vote, defeating John J. Cook (D) by 41.8 points.

Patricia CrawfordRepublican · winner · incumbent
70.9%16,884
John J. CookDemocrat
29.1%6,937
23,821 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 1972

Races before and after

EvenR+41.81972R+21.41974R+29.01976

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