2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2008 election for Pennsylvania House District 13
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Tom Houghton (D) won with 47.6% of the vote, defeating John Lawrence (R) by 1.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Tom HoughtonDemocrat · winner
47.6%15,889
John LawrenceRepublican
46.3%15,453
Ronald K. HersheyIndependent
6.1%2,028
33,370 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET