Pennsylvania State House District 156
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Chris Pielli Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Chris PielliDemocratic · Incumbent4 years since first winKris R VollrathRepublican
Chris Pielli 58.7Kris R Vollrath 41.3
Last result · 2024 generalNo published poll names both candidates.
- Last election
- Chris Pielli (Democratic) won by 17.4 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: PielliRight column: Vollrath
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativePielliNo published score for Vollrath
- Races
- Won 2 of 2
- Won 0 of 1
- Years since first win
- 4
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Chris PielliIncumbentDemocratic
- Kris R VollrathRepublican
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
- 38,845
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticChris PielliWonName as filed: Christopher Pielli Democratic 22,78658.7% RepublicanKris R. Vollrath Republican 16,05941.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,047
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticChris PielliWonName as filed: Christopher Pielli Democratic 18,51059.6% RepublicanHeidi R. Vanderwaal Republican 12,53740.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,674
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDianne HerrinWon Democratic 21,95655.3% RepublicanLeonard J. Iacono Republican 17,71844.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,715
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCarolyn ComittaWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,92356.5% RepublicanNicholas Deminski Republican 13,79243.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,509
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCarolyn T. ComittaWon Democratic 18,26750.0% RepublicanDaniel George Truitt Sr.(incumbent) Republican 18,24250.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,779
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDaniel George Truitt Sr.Won(incumbent) Republican 12,42959.8% DemocraticSandra A. Snyder Democratic 8,35040.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,273
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan TruittWon(incumbent) Republican 17,08051.3% DemocraticBret M. Binder Democratic 16,19348.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,754
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan TruittWon Republican 11,48350.5% DemocraticBarbara McIlvaine Smith(incumbent) Democratic 11,27149.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,240
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBarbara McIlvaine SmithWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,25953.3% RepublicanShannon Royer Republican 15,98146.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,204
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBarbara McIlvaine SmithWon Democratic 11,61650.1% RepublicanShannon E. Royer Republican 11,58849.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,230
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Z. TaylorWon(incumbent) Republican 17,03054.5% DemocraticBarbara McIlvaine Smith Democratic 14,20045.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,896
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Z. TaylorWon(incumbent) Republican 12,70763.9% DemocraticRobert M. Hodies Democratic 7,18936.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,932
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Z. TaylorWon(incumbent) Republican 17,46260.4% DemocraticA. Wayne Burton Democratic 11,47039.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,386
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Z. TaylorWon(incumbent) Republican 12,386100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,333
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Z. TaylorWon(incumbent) Republican 16,05466.0% DemocraticJohn Gregory Schell Democratic 8,27934.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,890
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Z. TaylorWon(incumbent) Republican 13,890100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,526
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Z. TaylorWon(incumbent) Republican 15,44258.2% DemocraticRobin Garrett Democratic 11,08441.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,324
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Z. TaylorWon(incumbent) Republican 11,58663.2% DemocraticRobin Garrett Democratic 6,73836.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,433
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Z. TaylorWon(incumbent) Republican 21,32275.0% DemocraticAlbert B. Grafstrom III Democratic 7,11125.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,868
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Z. TaylorWon(incumbent) Republican 12,87976.3% DemocraticMelva Mueller Democratic 3,98923.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,117
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Z. TaylorWon(incumbent) Republican 18,16969.6% DemocraticOlga Taylor Democratic 7,94830.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,605
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Z. TaylorWon(incumbent) Republican 10,05760.6% DemocraticRachel H. Snyder Democratic 5,33332.1% IndependentGregory B. Turnbull Jr. Independent 1,2157.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,298
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Z. TaylorWon(incumbent) Republican 18,64170.9% DemocraticMartin A. Watkins Democratic 7,42528.2% OtherJames B. Durkin Other 2320.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,312
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Zimmerman TaylorWon(incumbent) Republican 13,64474.5% DemocraticKathleen A. Scott Democratic 4,66825.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,899
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElinor Zimmerman TaylorWon Republican 16,06464.5% DemocraticThomas M. Walsh Democratic 8,83535.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,527
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPatricia CrawfordWon(incumbent) Republican 10,63760.7% DemocraticJohn C. Shea Democratic 6,89039.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,821
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPatricia CrawfordWon(incumbent) Republican 16,88470.9% DemocraticJohn J. Cook Democratic 6,93729.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,525
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPatricia CrawfordWon(incumbent) Republican 12,57361.3% DemocraticJohn J. Cook Democratic 7,95238.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,547
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 156, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPatricia CrawfordWon Republican 15,70159.1% DemocraticJoseph Devlin Democratic 10,13238.2% OtherHarold P. Stong Other 7142.7%
- 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 156, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/pa/house/156. 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:156
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