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1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1984 election for Pennsylvania House District 177

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

John Taylor (R) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Gerald F. McMonagle (D) by 8.9 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

John TaylorRepublican · winner
54.4%13,604
Gerald F. McMonagleDemocrat · incumbent
45.6%11,383
24,987 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 1984

Races before and after

EvenD+36.11982R+8.91984R+19.31986R+24.31988

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)