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1974Final results

1974 election for Pennsylvania House District 4

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Forest Hopkins (R) won with 61.0% of the vote, defeating Richard G. Shuster (D) by 22.1 points.

Forest HopkinsRepublican · winner · incumbent
61.0%9,675
39.0%6,179
15,854 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 1974

Races before and after

EvenR+40.41972R+22.11974R+24.61976R+22.91978R+31.21980R+26.31982

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