1972Final results
1972 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 7
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
Freeman Hankins (D) won with 74.9% of the vote, defeating James C. Shepard (R) by 49.7 points.
Freeman HankinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
74.9%58,706
James C. ShepardRepublican
25.1%19,720
78,426 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET