1980Final results
1980 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 11
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
Michael A. Opake (D) won re-election with 60.6% of the vote, defeating Paul J. Angstadt (R) by 21.1 points.
Michael A. OpakeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.6%48,720
Paul J. AngstadtRepublican
39.4%31,720
80,440 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)