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2008Final results

2008 election for Pennsylvania House District 143

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Marguerite Quinn (R) won re-election with 58.0% of the vote, defeating Diane Allison (D) by 19.0 points.

Marguerite QuinnRepublican · winner · incumbent
58.0%20,412
Diane AllisonDemocrat
39.0%13,719
Tom LingenfelterIndependent
3.0%1,047
35,178 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

EvenR+16.42002R+21.22004R+7.12006R+19.02008R+29.62010

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

The candidates

Marguerite Quinn (R)Diane Allison (D)

Also on the ballot: Tom Lingenfelter (Independent), 3.0%