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1980Final results

1980 election for Pennsylvania House District 15

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Nick Colafella (D) won with 61.6% of the vote, defeating H. Louis Danneker (R) by 23.2 points.

Nick ColafellaDemocrat · winner
61.6%15,764
38.4%9,820
25,584 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

EvenD+0.21974D+21.11976D+7.71978D+23.21980D+46.61984D+34.01990

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