1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Pennsylvania House District 173
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Frances Weston (R) won with 56.1% of the vote, defeating Michael J. McAllister (D) by 12.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Frances WestonRepublican · winner
56.1%12,546
Michael J. McAllisterDemocrat
43.9%9,808
22,354 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