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2002Final results

2002 election for Pennsylvania House District 187

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Paul Semmel (R) won with 67.0% of the vote, defeating William G. Zollers (D) by 34.0 points.

Paul SemmelRepublican · winner · incumbent
67.0%11,402
33.0%5,618
17,020 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenR+21.61990R+31.81996R+46.41998R+34.02002R+1.42006R+4.62008

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