Pennsylvania State House District 26
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Paul Friel Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Paul FrielDemocratic · Incumbent4 years since first win
One candidate on the printed ballot.
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- Paul FrielIncumbentDemocratic
Write-in candidates, not printed on the ballot
- Samantha Lynn HoroskyRepublican
- Last election
- Paul Friel (Democratic) won by 14.7 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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- Paul FrielIncumbentDemocratic
Write-in candidates, not printed on the ballot
- Samantha Lynn HoroskyRepublican
Source: pavoterservices.pa.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 39,096
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul FrielWonName as filed: Paul Franklin Friel Democratic 22,42157.4% RepublicanShawn David Blickley Republican 16,67542.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,316
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul FrielWonName as filed: Paul F. Friel Jr. Democratic 17,85357.0% RepublicanTimothy F. Hennessey(incumbent) Republican 13,46343.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,949
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy F. HennesseyWon(incumbent) Republican 19,76953.5% DemocraticPaul F. Friel Jr. Democratic 17,18046.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,068
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy F. HennesseyWon(incumbent) Republican 14,29052.8% DemocraticPamela A. Hacker Democratic 12,77847.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,635
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy F. HennesseyWon(incumbent) Republican 22,635100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,870
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy F. HennesseyWon(incumbent) Republican 12,870100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,091
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim HennesseyWon(incumbent) Republican 18,05856.3% DemocraticMike D. Hays Democratic 14,03343.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,672
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim HennesseyWon(incumbent) Republican 12,32256.9% DemocraticFern B. Kaufman Democratic 9,35043.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,194
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim HennesseyWon(incumbent) Republican 16,75752.0% DemocraticFern B. Kaufman Democratic 15,43748.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,576
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy F. HennesseyWon(incumbent) Republican 13,70382.7% OtherJeff M. Brindle Other 2,87317.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,899
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy F. HennesseyWon(incumbent) Republican 19,899100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,736
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy F. HennesseyWon(incumbent) Republican 11,44268.4% DemocraticBrian A. Dudonis Democratic 5,29431.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,154
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy F. HennesseyWon(incumbent) Republican 12,27358.0% DemocraticCheryl C. Spaulding Democratic 8,88142.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,294
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy F. HennesseyWon(incumbent) Republican 7,95664.7% DemocraticJ. Hank Hamilton Democratic 4,33835.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,209
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy F. HennesseyWon(incumbent) Republican 11,58463.6% DemocraticWilson T. Lambert Jr. Democratic 6,62536.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,217
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy F. HennesseyWon(incumbent) Republican 9,04468.4% DemocraticVictor V. Rossi Jr. Democratic 4,17331.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,950
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTimothy F. HennesseyWon Republican 10,64253.3% DemocraticHarry O. McMullen Democratic 9,30846.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,872
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEugene G. SaloomWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,872100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,698
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEugene G. SaloomWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,698100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,193
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEugene G. SaloomWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,193100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,580
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEugene G. SaloomWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,79567.0% RepublicanRobert Jack King Republican 6,78533.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,670
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEugene G. SaloomWon Democratic 9,63357.8% RepublicanCarol Pollock Republican 7,03742.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,579
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael DawidaWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,579100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,702
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael DawidaWon Democratic 11,42764.5% RepublicanGeorge Ruscitto Republican 3,36319.0% IndependentEugene A. Phillips Independent 2,91216.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,432
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCharles N. CaputoWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,15254.6% RepublicanGeorge Ruscitto Republican 9,28045.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,203
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCharles N. CaputoWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,24463.2% RepublicanGeorge Ruscitto Republican 5,95136.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 80.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,652
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCharles N. CaputoWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,75960.7% RepublicanWilliam R. Cordero Republican 8,89239.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,064
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCharles N. CaputoWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,14463.7% RepublicanPaul L. Behers Republican 6,92036.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,889
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCharles N. CaputoWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,82065.0% RepublicanHarvey C. Avery Republican 9,06935.0%
- 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.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Pennsylvania State House District 26, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/pa/house/26. 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:26
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