1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 37
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
Mike Schaefer (D) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Wayne S. Ewing (R) by 4.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mike SchaeferDemocrat · winner
52.3%52,414
Wayne S. EwingRepublican · incumbent
47.7%47,874
100,288 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