1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Pennsylvania House District 54
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Margaret Jane Piemme (R) won with 62.2% of the vote, defeating C. L. Schmitt (D) by 24.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Margaret Jane PiemmeRepublican · winner
62.2%9,754
C. L. SchmittDemocrat · incumbent
37.8%5,923
15,677 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