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1996Final results

1996 election for Pennsylvania House District 17

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Rod E. Wilt (R) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Kenneth R. Ammann (D) by 6.9 points.

Rod E. WiltRepublican · winner
53.5%11,000
46.5%9,574
20,574 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenR+34.91984R+20.51990R+38.61992R+6.91996R+5.62006R+28.72008

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