DemocratNot in office · last served 1994Last on a ballot: Nov 1990
Francis J. Lynch
Last held office: Pennsylvania State Senate, District 2 (1974–1994). Ran in 8 elections between 1968 and 1990, winning 8.
- Last margin
- +1.5
- Won 1990
- Elections
- 8
- 1968–1990
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Lynch was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
1968197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 195Pennsylvania State Senate, District 2
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Lynch has run
Margin: how far Lynch finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Pennsylvania State Senate, District 2 | General | Won | Bruce S. Marks (R) | 50.8% | D+1.5 |
| 1986 | Pennsylvania State Senate, District 2 | General | Won | Joe Odonnell (R) | 62.6% | D+25.2 |
| 1982 | Pennsylvania State Senate, District 2 | General | Won | Samuel C. Stretton (R) | 69.2% | D+38.3 |
| 1978 | Pennsylvania State Senate, District 2 | General | Won | Samuel Weinberg (R) | 61.9% | D+23.9 |
| 1974 | Pennsylvania State Senate, District 2 | General | Won | Roger A. Johnsen (R) | 74.4% | D+48.9 |
| 1972 | Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 195 | General | Won | David W. Marston (R), Herbert Hawkins (I) | 58.3% | D+17.4 |
| 1970 | Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 195 | General | Won | Donald Powers (R), George Stroman (I) | 66.5% | D+33.6 |
| 1968 | Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 195 | General | Won | John R. Byrd (R) | 75.4% | D+50.8 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Lynch has held
- Pennsylvania State Senate, District 2 · 1974–1994
- Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 195 · 1968–1974
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Lynch has run against
- Bruce S. Marks (R) · 1990 election, won
- Joe Odonnell (R) · 1986 election, won
- Samuel C. Stretton (R) · 1982 election, won
- Samuel Weinberg (R) · 1978 election, won
- Roger A. Johnsen (R) · 1974 election, won
- David W. Marston (R) · 1972 election, won
- Donald Powers (R) · 1970 election, won
- John R. Byrd (R) · 1968 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive