Pennsylvania State House District 85
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by David Rowe Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
David RoweRepublican · Incumbent6 years since first win
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- David Rowe (Republican) won by 43.6 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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- David RoweIncumbentRepublican
Source: pavoterservices.pa.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 34,770
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid RoweWonName as filed: David Hummer Rowe Republican 24,97771.8% DemocraticNicholas Samuel Jacobson Democratic 9,79328.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,244
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid RoweWon(incumbent)Name as filed: David Hummer Rowe Republican 21,244100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,502
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid RoweWonName as filed: David Hummer Rowe Republican 20,78368.1% DemocraticKathleen M. Evans Democratic 9,71931.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,726
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrederick B. KellerWon(incumbent) Republican 14,71467.7% DemocraticJennifer Renee Rager-Kay Democratic 7,01232.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,304
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrederick B. KellerWon(incumbent) Republican 21,304100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,752
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2014 to 2021)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrederick B. KellerWon(incumbent) Republican 10,89569.2% DemocraticMichael D. Sundberg Democratic 4,85730.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,835
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFred KellerWon(incumbent) Republican 16,90081.1% LibertarianErik K. Viker Libertarian 3,93518.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,286
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFred KellerWon Republican 11,41266.0% DemocraticTrey Casimir Democratic 4,32325.0% LibertarianErik Viker Libertarian 1,5519.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,377
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuss FairchildWon(incumbent) Republican 17,17370.5% DemocraticStephen J. Connolley Democratic 7,20429.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,886
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuss FairchildWon(incumbent) Republican 11,48268.0% DemocraticStephen Connolley Democratic 5,40432.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,386
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuss FairchildWon(incumbent) Republican 19,386100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,109
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2013)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuss FairchildWon(incumbent) Republican 11,76189.7% GreenEric Prindle Green 1,34810.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,238
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuss FairchildWon(incumbent) Republican 17,09888.9% GreenEric Prindle Green 2,14011.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,013
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuss FairchildWon(incumbent) Republican 10,013100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,184
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuss FairchildWon(incumbent) Republican 16,184100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,161
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuss FairchildWon(incumbent) Republican 13,161100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,541
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuss FairchildWon(incumbent) Republican 14,84676.0% DemocraticJames Best Democratic 4,69524.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,980
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuss FairchildWon(incumbent) Republican 9,91076.3% DemocraticManning A. Smith Democratic 3,07023.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,524
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuss FairchildWon Republican 12,09862.0% DemocraticMichael L. Aumiller Democratic 7,42638.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,044
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn ShowersWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,30168.5% RepublicanKenneth F. Mease Republican 4,74331.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,071
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn ShowersWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,02863.1% RepublicanHarold D. Wagner Republican 7,04336.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,532
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn ShowersWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,82269.7% RepublicanDonald J. Ely Republican 4,70930.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,742
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn ShowersWon Democratic 11,12253.6% RepublicanReno H. Thomas(incumbent) Republican 9,62046.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,751
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanReno H. ThomasWon(incumbent) Republican 9,63157.5% DemocraticJohn Showers Democratic 7,12042.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,499
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanReno H. ThomasWon(incumbent) Republican 17,499100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,240
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanReno H. ThomasWon(incumbent) Republican 10,63769.8% DemocraticWeldon E. Swartz Democratic 4,60330.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,244
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanReno H. ThomasWon(incumbent) Republican 13,87476.0% DemocraticWilliam P. Gaskins II Democratic 4,34623.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 240.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,148
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanReno H. ThomasWon(incumbent) Republican 10,91372.0% DemocraticWeldon E. Swartz Democratic 4,23528.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,313
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 85, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanReno H. ThomasWon Republican 12,93070.6% DemocraticWilliam Mauser Democratic 3,85121.0% OtherKenneth F. Mease Other 1,5328.4%
- 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 85, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/pa/house/85. 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:85
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