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2010 election for Pennsylvania House District 137

Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania

Joe Emrick (R) won with 62.0% of the vote, defeating Charles Dertinger (D) by 24.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Joe EmrickRepublican · winner
62.0%13,593
38.0%8,320
21,913 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

EvenD+1.01998D+4.62000D+17.02004R+24.12010R+22.72012R+31.22016

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