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2000Final results

2000 election for Pennsylvania House District 83

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Steven W. Cappelli (R) won with 58.4% of the vote, defeating Joseph F. Orso (D) by 16.8 points.

Steven W. CappelliRepublican · winner
58.4%11,717
41.6%8,353
20,070 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenR+19.71990R+33.71992R+50.31994R+16.82000R+19.02006D+15.52008

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