1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 29
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
Joseph Gurzenda (D) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Frederick H. Hobbs (R) by 1.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Joseph GurzendaDemocrat · winner
50.6%48,280
Frederick H. HobbsRepublican · incumbent
49.4%47,153
95,433 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