1980Final results
1980 election for Pennsylvania House District 59
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Jess Stairs (R) won re-election with 75.2% of the vote, defeating Jim Brown (D) by 50.3 points.
Jess StairsRepublican · winner · incumbent
75.2%16,571
Jim BrownDemocrat
24.8%5,475
22,046 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)