1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Pennsylvania House District 71
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Rita Clark (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating C. Adam Bittinger (D) by 3.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Rita ClarkRepublican · winner
51.7%9,256
C. Adam BittingerDemocrat · incumbent
48.3%8,649
17,905 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