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1986Final results

1986 election for Pennsylvania House District 181

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Alphonso Deal (D) won re-election with 87.8% of the vote, defeating Iris Thompson (R) by 75.6 points.

Alphonso DealDemocrat · winner · incumbent
87.8%10,542
Iris ThompsonRepublican
12.2%1,468
12,010 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenD+77.31982D+78.81984D+75.61986D+80.71988D+77.51990

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