1978Final results
1978 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 46
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
J. Barry Stout (D) won with 69.4% of the vote, defeating Ted E. Ackmann (R) by 38.8 points.
J. Barry StoutDemocrat · winner
69.4%51,464
Ted E. AckmannRepublican
30.6%22,684
74,148 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