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1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1978 election for Pennsylvania House District 77

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Gregg Cunningham (R) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating Helen D. Wise (D) by 2.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Gregg CunninghamRepublican · winner
51.3%8,719
Helen D. WiseDemocrat · incumbent
48.7%8,285
17,004 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

EvenD+27.01972D+29.01974D+24.81976R+2.61978R+40.21980R+7.61982

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET