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1978Final results

1978 election for Pennsylvania House District 1

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Bernard Dombrowski (D) won with 72.9% of the vote, defeating Martin E. Visnosky (R) by 45.8 points.

Bernard DombrowskiDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.9%10,494
27.1%3,903
14,397 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 1978

Races before and after

EvenD+45.81978D+63.51982D+56.51988D+5.51990D+4.31992D+33.31994

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