Pennsylvania State House District 145
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Craig Staats Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Rebecca Catherine PrendergastOtherCraig StaatsRepublican · Incumbent12 years since first win
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Craig Staats (R) 58.9, Vera J. Cole (D) 41.1
- Last election
- Craig Staats (Republican) won by 17.8 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: PrendergastRight column: Staats
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeStaatsNo published score for Prendergast
- Races
- None listed
- Won 6 of 6
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 12
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- Craig StaatsIncumbentRepublican
- Rebecca Catherine PrendergastOther(Independent Party)
Source: pavoterservices.pa.gov, dated Oct 28
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Official results for Pennsylvania
History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 38,499
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCraig StaatsWon Republican 22,67858.9% DemocraticVera J. Cole Democratic 15,82141.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,205
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCraig StaatsWon(incumbent) Republican 17,53758.1% DemocraticJames E. Miller Jr. Democratic 12,12740.1% LibertarianLula Vanliew Libertarian 5411.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,685
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCraig StaatsWon(incumbent) Republican 22,48259.7% DemocraticRobyn Colajezzi Democratic 15,20340.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,595
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCraig StaatsWon(incumbent) Republican 15,59856.5% DemocraticBrian Kline Democratic 11,99743.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,067
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCraig StaatsWon(incumbent) Republican 18,69558.3% DemocraticVera J. Cole Democratic 13,37241.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,182
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCraig T. StaatsWon Republican 11,26858.7% DemocraticKaren D. Chellew Democratic 7,91441.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,431
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 19,69264.7% DemocraticMary A. Whitesell Democratic 10,73935.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,064
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 14,47065.6% DemocraticMary A. Whitesell Democratic 6,55929.7% GreenCharles Moyer Green 5952.7% OtherJulie M. Fagan Other 4402.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,675
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 19,14860.5% DemocraticTom Peterson Democratic 12,52739.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,979
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 13,31460.6% DemocraticJohn A. Norvaisas Democratic 7,91136.0% IndependentJohn Ryan Independent 7543.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,685
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 19,26864.9% DemocraticJohn A. Norvaisas Democratic 10,41735.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,286
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 11,81468.3% DemocraticJoellen F. Gross Democratic 4,98428.8% GreenCharles W. Moyer Green 4882.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,368
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 17,368100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,300
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 10,30491.2% LibertarianRichard J. Piotrowski Libertarian 9968.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,758
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 13,42464.7% DemocraticSuzanne Hendricks Democratic 6,67332.1% OtherH. Antoinette Hilmer Other 6613.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,482
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 11,57174.7% DemocraticTony Molaee Democratic 3,16220.4% LibertarianH. Antoinette Hilmer Libertarian 7494.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,162
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 14,93870.6% DemocraticC. Bruce Strock Democratic 6,22429.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,834
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 10,23364.6% DemocraticRobert C. Heitz Sr. Democratic 5,60135.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,840
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 16,840100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,282
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 12,282100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,753
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 15,68172.1% DemocraticGregory F. Mondjack Democratic 6,07227.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,167
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon(incumbent) Republican 10,78466.7% DemocraticMary Anne Hager Democratic 5,38333.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,551
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul I. ClymerWon Republican 11,73652.0% DemocraticBlake Henry Eisenhart Democratic 10,81548.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,460
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarvin D. WeidnerWon(incumbent) Republican 10,84365.9% DemocraticGeorge A. Froio Democratic 5,61734.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,982
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarvin D. WeidnerWon(incumbent) Republican 12,08857.6% DemocraticWilliam B. Steeley Democratic 8,89442.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,160
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarvin D. WeidnerWon(incumbent) Republican 8,45855.8% DemocraticGeorge F. Morris Jr. Democratic 6,18240.8% OtherAlvin H. Schoch Other 5173.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 30.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,486
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarvin D. WeidnerWon(incumbent) Republican 11,84060.8% DemocraticMauro M. Galli Jr. Democratic 6,94735.6% OtherWilliam H. Cameron III Other 6993.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,029
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarvin D. WeidnerWon(incumbent) Republican 8,14650.8% DemocraticMauro M. Galli Jr. Democratic 6,70041.8% OtherEdgar E. Huff Other 1,1837.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,099
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 145, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMarvin D. WeidnerWon(incumbent) Republican 9,73148.4% DemocraticJames J. Hackett Democratic 9,12345.4% OtherPeyton L. Hinkle Other 1,2456.2%
- 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.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Pennsylvania State House District 145, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/pa/house/145. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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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.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:pa/sldl:145
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