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1976Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1976 election for Pennsylvania House District 59

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Jess Stairs (R) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Eugene G. Saloom (D) by 8.6 points.

Jess StairsRepublican · winner
54.3%11,162
Eugene G. SaloomDemocrat · incumbent
45.7%9,393
20,555 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

EvenR+43.01972R+29.71974R+8.61976R+33.01978R+50.31980

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

The candidates

Jess Stairs (R)Eugene G. Saloom (D)