Pennsylvania State House District 30
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Arvind Venkat Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Arvind VenkatDemocratic · Incumbent4 years since first win
One candidate on the printed ballot.
Show 1 write-in candidate
- Arvind VenkatIncumbentDemocratic
Write-in candidates, not printed on the ballot
- Libby BlackburnRepublican
- Last election
- Arvind Venkat (Democratic) won by 10.3 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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- Arvind VenkatIncumbentDemocratic
Write-in candidates, not printed on the ballot
- Libby BlackburnRepublican
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
- 40,320
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticArvind VenkatWon Democratic 21,89654.3% RepublicanNathan J. Wolfe Republican 17,74844.0% LibertarianWilliam Johnson Baierl Libertarian 6761.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,893
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticArvind VenkatWon Democratic 18,75755.3% RepublicanCynthia R. Kirk Republican 15,13644.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,571
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLori A. MizgorskiWon(incumbent) Republican 23,34054.8% DemocraticMelissa Geiger Shulman Democratic 19,23145.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,980
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLori A. MizgorskiWon Republican 17,24452.3% DemocraticElizabeth Monroe Democratic 15,73647.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,575
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarold A. EnglishWon(incumbent) Republican 35,575100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,390
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarold A. EnglishWon(incumbent) Republican 18,390100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,197
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHal EnglishWon Republican 19,94556.7% DemocraticDavid T. Tusick Democratic 15,25243.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,070
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRandy VulakovichWon(incumbent) Republican 22,070100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,942
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRandy VulakovichWon(incumbent) Republican 28,942100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,839
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRandy VulakovichWon Republican 15,27653.0% DemocraticShawn T. Flaherty Democratic 13,56347.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,311
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey E. HabayWon(incumbent) Republican 29,311100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,035
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey E. HabayWon(incumbent) Republican 15,96569.3% DemocraticBobbi Jo Wagner Democratic 7,07030.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,154
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey E. HabayWon(incumbent) Republican 29,154100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,815
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey E. HabayWon(incumbent) Republican 14,88375.1% DemocraticThomas C. Sunday Democratic 4,93224.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,758
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey E. HabayWon(incumbent) Republican 19,65668.3% DemocraticThomas C. Sunday Democratic 9,10231.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,497
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeffrey E. HabayWon Republican 13,32154.4% DemocraticMark F. Hannan Democratic 11,17645.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,956
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard J. CessarWon(incumbent) Republican 19,86866.3% DemocraticGloria Newman Democratic 10,08833.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,188
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard J. CessarWon(incumbent) Republican 10,98157.2% DemocraticHelen Hrabar Democratic 8,20742.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,305
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard J. CessarWon(incumbent) Republican 15,84162.6% DemocraticHelen Hrabar Democratic 9,46437.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,673
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard J. CessarWon(incumbent) Republican 18,673100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,670
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard J. CessarWon(incumbent) Republican 17,99665.0% DemocraticBill Greene Democratic 9,67435.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,545
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard J. CessarWon(incumbent) Republican 14,49564.3% DemocraticJohn Hrabar Democratic 8,05035.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,310
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard J. CessarWon(incumbent) Republican 17,15467.8% DemocraticJohn Hrabar Democratic 8,15632.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,384
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard J. CessarWon(incumbent) Republican 14,79869.2% DemocraticJohn Hrabar Democratic 6,58630.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,882
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard J. CessarWon(incumbent) Republican 24,882100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,483
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard J. CessarWon(incumbent) Republican 13,11864.0% DemocraticRalph J. Malley Democratic 7,36336.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,918
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard J. CessarWon(incumbent) Republican 18,64772.0% DemocraticThomas A. Kelly Democratic 7,27128.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,502
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard J. CessarWon Republican 15,46160.6% DemocraticRichard C. Panza Democratic 10,04139.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,467
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 30, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLee A. Donaldson Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 19,46360.0% DemocraticRichard C. Panza Democratic 12,48338.5% OtherLouis R. Oliver Sr. Other 5211.6%
- 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 30, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/pa/house/30. 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:30
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