DemocratNot in office · last served 1978Last on a ballot: Nov 2008
James F. Prendergast
Last held office: Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 136 (1968–1978). Ran in 7 elections between 1968 and 2008, winning 5.
Last office: Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 136
- Last margin
- −6.8
- Lost 2008
- Elections
- 7
- 1968–2008
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Prendergast 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 136
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Prendergast has run
Margin: how far Prendergast finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 146 | General | Lost | Thomas J. Quigley (R) | 46.6% | R+6.8 |
| 1978 | Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 136 | General | Lost | Edmund J. Sieminski (R) | 42.3% | R+15.4 |
| 1976 | Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 136 | General | Won | Thomas Paul Hajny (R) | 61.4% | D+22.8 |
| 1974 | Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 136 | General | Won | Douglas D. Dodge (R) | 61.9% | D+23.8 |
| 1972 | Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 136 | General | Won | John S. Stephens (R) | 60% | D+19.9 |
| 1970 | Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 136 | General | Won | Lyle T. Streeter (R) | 68.2% | D+36.3 |
| 1968 | Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 136 | General | Won | Merrill C. Cassenbaum (R) | 61% | D+22.1 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Prendergast has held
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Prendergast has run against
- Thomas J. Quigley (R) · 2008 election, lost
- Edmund J. Sieminski (R) · 1978 election, lost
- Thomas Paul Hajny (R) · 1976 election, won
- Douglas D. Dodge (R) · 1974 election, won
- John S. Stephens (R) · 1972 election, won
- Lyle T. Streeter (R) · 1970 election, won
- Merrill C. Cassenbaum (R) · 1968 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive