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1984 election for Pennsylvania House District 65

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Curt Bowley (D) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Robert C. Dilks (R) by 9.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Curt BowleyDemocrat · winner
54.9%11,509
Robert C. DilksRepublican
45.1%9,470
20,979 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

EvenR+32.81976R+43.01978R+41.81982D+9.71984D+30.41986D+42.11988

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