1982 general · November 2, 1982
1982 Pennsylvania election results
Every race on Pennsylvania's ballot in the 1982 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races253
Changed party0
Unopposed11%27 races
Incumbents defeated7
U.S. Senate
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | John Heinz (R) | 20.1 |
Governors
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | Richard Thornburgh (R) | 2.8 |
U.S. House
D 13 · R 10
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA-1 | Thomas Foglietta (D) | 45.7 | |
| PA-2 | William Gray (D) | 53.9 | |
| PA-3 | Robert Borski (D) | 1.4 | |
| PA-4 | Joseph Kolter (D) | 21.5 | |
| PA-5 | Richard Schulze (R) | 34.5 | |
| PA-6 | Gus Yatron (D) | 43.9 | |
| PA-7 | Bob Edgar (D) | 10.9 | |
| PA-8 | Peter Kostmayer (D) | 1.4 | |
| PA-9 | Bud Shuster (R) | 30.1 | |
| PA-10 | Joseph McDade (R) | 35.0 | |
| PA-11 | Frank Harrison (D) | 7.0 | |
| PA-12 | John Murtha (D) | 26.7 | |
| PA-13 | Lawrence Coughlin (R) | 29.1 | |
| PA-14 | William Coyne (D) | 54.6 | |
| PA-15 | Donald Ritter (R) | 15.6 | |
| PA-16 | Robert Walker (R) | 42.7 | |
| PA-17 | George Gekas (R) | 15.3 | |
| PA-18 | Douglas Walgren (D) | 9.3 | |
| PA-19 | William Goodling (R) | 41.5 | |
| PA-20 | Joseph Gaydos (D) | 53.2 | |
| PA-21 | Thomas Ridge (R) | 0.5 | |
| PA-22 | Austin Murphy (D) | 58.2 | |
| PA-23 | William Clinger (R) | 30.4 |
Pennsylvania State Senate
D 12 · R 13
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Francis J. Lynch (D) | 38.3 | |
| SD-4 | M. Joseph Rocks (D) | 18.6 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-6 | H. Craig Lewis (D) | 32.5 | |
| SD-8 | Hardy Williams (D) | 60.3 | |
| SD-10 | Edward L. Howard (R) | 94.3 | |
| SD-12 | Stewart Greenleaf Jr. (R) | 40.3 | |
| SD-14 | Raphael Musto (D) | 32.2 | |
| SD-16 | Guy Kratzer (R) | 0.3 | |
| SD-18 | Jeanette F. Reibman (D) | 11.7 | |
| SD-20 | Frank J. Oconnell (R) | 29.4 | |
| SD-22 | Robert J. Mellow (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 | Edwin G. Holl (R) | 35.4 | |
| SD-26 | F. Joseph Loeper (R) | 23.3 | |
| SD-28 | Ralph W. Hess (R) | 33.2 | |
| SD-30 | Robert C. Jubelirer (R) | 1.3 | |
| SD-32 | J. William Lincoln (D) | 30.9 | |
| SD-34 | J. Doyle Corman (R) | 27.5 | |
| SD-36 | Noah W. Wenger (R) | 30.6 | |
| SD-38 | Leonard Bodack (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-40 | Edward M. Early (D) | 35.0 | |
| SD-42 | Eugene F. Scanlon (D) | 44.5 | |
| SD-44 | Frank A. Pecora (R) | 2.1 | |
| SD-46 | J. Barry Stout (D) | 54.1 | |
| SD-48 | David J. Brightbill (R) | 7.4 | |
| SD-50 | Roy W. Wilt (R) | 8.2 |
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
D 103 · R 100
Pennsylvania
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab