1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Pennsylvania House District 85
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
John Showers (D) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Reno H. Thomas (R) by 7.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
John ShowersDemocrat · winner
53.6%11,122
Reno H. ThomasRepublican · incumbent
46.4%9,620
20,742 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