1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Pennsylvania House District 161
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Thomas Gannon (R) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Peter J. Okeefe (D) by 6.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Thomas GannonRepublican · winner
53.4%10,301
Peter J. OkeefeDemocrat · incumbent
46.6%8,995
19,296 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