1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Pennsylvania House District 116
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Correale F. Stevens (R) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating Ronald Gatski (D) by 6.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Correale F. StevensRepublican · winner
51.9%10,587
Ronald GatskiDemocrat · incumbent
45.4%9,256
Robert J. NemethWorking Families
2.7%542
20,385 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The candidates
Correale F. Stevens (R)Ronald Gatski (D)
Also on the ballot: Robert J. Nemeth (Working Families), 2.7%