1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 44
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
Frank A. Pecora (R) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating Louis P. Vitti (D) by 11.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Frank A. PecoraRepublican · winner
55.8%40,215
Louis P. VittiDemocrat
44.2%31,834
72,049 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