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1982Final results

1982 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 34

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

J. Doyle Corman (R) won with 63.8% of the vote, defeating Mel Hodes (D) by 27.5 points.

J. Doyle CormanRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.8%41,276
Mel HodesDemocrat
36.2%23,446
64,722 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

EvenR+18.71978R+27.51982R+44.11986R+15.81990R+41.41994R+4.21998

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