1980Final results
1980 election for Pennsylvania House District 16
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Charles Laughlin (D) won re-election with 90.6% of the vote, defeating John H. Beauford (IND) by 81.2 points.
Charles LaughlinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
90.6%18,494
John H. BeaufordIndependent
9.4%1,922
20,416 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: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)