1972Final results
1972 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 15
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
William B. Lentz (R) won re-election with 64.3% of the vote, defeating Larry S. Shaffner (D) by 28.6 points.
William B. LentzRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.3%51,408
Larry S. ShaffnerDemocrat
35.7%28,550
79,958 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)