1984Final results

1984 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 21

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

Tim Shaffer (R) won with 62.5% of the vote, defeating Edward Grystar (D) by 25.0 points.

Tim ShafferRepublican · winner · incumbent
62.5%56,670
37.5%34,012
90,682 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+3.21976R+2.01980R+25.01984R+40.41988R+38.61992R+20.11996

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