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1974Final results

1974 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 50

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

R. Budd Dwyer (R) won re-election with 64.0% of the vote, defeating James A. Jovenall (D) by 28.0 points.

R. Budd DwyerRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.0%40,914
36.0%23,005
63,922 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+28.01974R+36.91978

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