2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Pennsylvania House District 13
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
John Lawrence (R) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Tom Houghton (D) by 9.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John LawrenceRepublican · winner
55.0%12,790
Tom HoughtonDemocrat · incumbent
45.0%10,476
23,266 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET