Pennsylvania State House District 135
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Steve Samuelson Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Joseph F PoplawskiRepublicanSteve SamuelsonDemocratic · Incumbent28 years since first win
Last result · 2024 general: Steve Samuelson (D) 100.0
- Earlier results
- Steve Samuelson (Democratic) was unopposed, 2022Steve Samuelson (Democratic) won by 31.2 points, 2020, older linesAll 29 elections
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Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 22,656
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWonName as filed: Stephen P. Samuelson Democratic 22,656100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,181
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Stephen P. Samuelson Democratic 17,181100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,362
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Stephen P. Samuelson Democratic 19,92465.6% RepublicanScott J. Hough Republican 10,43834.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,872
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Stephen P. Samuelson Democratic 15,872100.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
All elections (29 for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 22,656
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWonName as filed: Stephen P. Samuelson Democratic 22,656100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,181
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Stephen P. Samuelson Democratic 17,181100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,362
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Stephen P. Samuelson Democratic 19,92465.6% RepublicanScott J. Hough Republican 10,43834.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,872
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Stephen P. Samuelson Democratic 15,872100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,432
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Stephen P. Samuelson Democratic 19,432100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,387
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticStephen P. SamuelsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,387100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,184
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,29369.9% RepublicanKenneth R. Barreto Republican 7,89130.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,989
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,989100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,130
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,130100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,828
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,828100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,058
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,96065.1% RepublicanDavid A. Donio Republican 9,09834.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,497
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,61664.3% RepublicanKeith A. Strunk Republican 5,88135.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,735
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,00252.6% RepublicanMark S. Mitman Republican 11,73347.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,225
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve SamuelsonWon Democratic 8,88451.6% RepublicanMark S. Mitman Republican 8,34148.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,227
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLisa BoscolaWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,26368.7% RepublicanManus P. Maclean Republican 6,96431.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,972
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLisa BoscolaWon Democratic 9,45952.6% RepublicanPamela M. Opp Republican 8,51347.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,994
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoseph M. UlianaWon(incumbent) Republican 14,31859.7% DemocraticJames S. Gregory Democratic 9,67640.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,072
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoseph M. UlianaWon Republican 7,61850.5% DemocraticWilliam C. Rybak(incumbent) Democratic 7,45449.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,505
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam C. RybakWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,49651.2% RepublicanJoseph M. Uliana Republican 10,00948.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,308
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam C. RybakWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,13063.8% RepublicanV. James Banks Republican 5,17836.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,737
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam C. RybakWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,00057.9% RepublicanEleanor J. Mele Republican 8,73742.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,882
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam C. RybakWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,98656.6% RepublicanJames Alan Fowler Republican 6,89643.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,753
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam C. RybakWon Democratic 10,06653.7% RepublicanJames Alan Fowler Republican 8,68746.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,059
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJ. Michael SchwederWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,12360.6% RepublicanJames A. Turner Jr. Republican 5,93639.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,152
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJ. Michael SchwederWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,152100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,585
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJ. Michael SchwederWon Democratic 10,34470.9% RepublicanDavid E. McCulloch Republican 4,24029.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,200
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanThomas J. MaloneyWon Republican 10,93151.6% DemocraticWilliam C. Rybak(incumbent) Democratic 10,26948.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,124
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam C. RybakWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,60850.3% RepublicanThomas J. Maloney Republican 7,51649.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,564
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 135, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam C. RybakWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,564100.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026