1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Pennsylvania House District 136
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Edmund J. Sieminski (R) won with 57.7% of the vote, defeating James F. Prendergast (D) by 15.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Edmund J. SieminskiRepublican · winner
57.7%7,504
James F. PrendergastDemocrat · incumbent
42.3%5,504
13,008 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET