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1976 election for Pennsylvania House District 71

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

C. Adam Bittinger (D) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Robert W. Symon (R) by 3.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

C. Adam BittingerDemocrat · winner
51.5%11,094
Robert W. SymonRepublican
48.5%10,454
21,548 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+23.81972R+9.81974D+3.01976R+3.41978D+9.31980D+11.51982

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