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1998 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 18

Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania

Lisa Boscola (D) won with 55.4% of the vote, defeating Leonard Q. Gruppo (R) by 10.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Lisa BoscolaDemocrat · winner
55.4%33,888
44.6%27,242
61,130 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+24.61986D+17.41990R+0.21994D+10.91998D+23.52002D+42.72006

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