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1982Final results

1982 election for Pennsylvania House District 197

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Andrew J. Carn (D) won with 92.0% of the vote, defeating Solomon Jones (R) by 84.0 points.

Andrew J. CarnDemocrat · winner
92.0%13,060
Solomon JonesRepublican
8.0%1,135
14,195 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenD+84.71976D+67.51978D+62.21980D+84.01982D+91.41984D+87.61986

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET