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1986Final results

1986 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 10

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

James Greenwood (R) won with 70.1% of the vote, defeating John J. Rufe (D) by 40.2 points.

James GreenwoodRepublican · winner
70.1%50,090
John J. RufeDemocrat
29.9%21,350
71,440 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

EvenR+24.71978R+40.21986R+31.81990R+38.81994R+31.41998R+23.02002

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