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1986Final results

1986 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 22

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

Robert J. Mellow (D) won with 71.9% of the vote, defeating Robert Castellani (R) by 43.7 points.

Robert J. MellowDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.9%58,900
28.1%23,048
81,948 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+19.71978D+43.71986D+20.61990D+36.61994D+51.91998D+38.32002

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