1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 37
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
D. Michael Fisher (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Mike Schaefer (D) by 1.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
D. Michael FisherRepublican · winner
50.6%49,773
Mike SchaeferDemocrat · incumbent
49.4%48,622
98,395 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