1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 36
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
Philip Price Jr. (R) won with 46.0% of the vote, defeating Thomas J. McCormack (D) by 3.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Philip Price Jr.Republican · winner
46.0%38,879
Thomas J. McCormackDemocrat
42.4%35,816
Richard O. WomackIndependent
6.2%5,250
Max WeinerIndependent
5.3%4,511
84,456 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