1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Pennsylvania House District 137
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Leonard Q. Gruppo (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Philip S. Ruggiero (D) by 2.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Leonard Q. GruppoRepublican · winner
51.0%9,053
Philip S. RuggieroDemocrat · incumbent
49.0%8,696
17,749 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