1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Pennsylvania House District 162
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Gerald J. Spitz (R) won with 50.0% of the vote, defeating Patrick B. Gillespie (D) by 0.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gerald J. SpitzRepublican · winner
50.0%11,586
Patrick B. GillespieDemocrat · incumbent
50.0%11,565
23,151 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET