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1980Final results

1980 election for Pennsylvania House District 27

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Thomas Petrone (D) won with 71.0% of the vote, defeating Pat Gordon (R) by 42.0 points.

Thomas PetroneDemocrat · winner
71.0%12,200
Pat GordonRepublican
29.0%4,984
17,184 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+11.51972D+23.51974D+29.51978D+42.01980D+45.11982D+51.41984

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