1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Pennsylvania House District 6
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Tom Swift (R) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Norman C. Pattison (D) by 7.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom SwiftRepublican · winner
53.9%8,416
Norman C. PattisonDemocrat
46.1%7,200
15,616 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