1980Final results
1980 election for Pennsylvania House District 48
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
David Sweet (D) won re-election with 61.9% of the vote, defeating John A. Turner (R) by 23.8 points.
David SweetDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.9%15,938
John A. TurnerRepublican
38.1%9,807
25,745 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)