The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent. Year Democratic Republican Other 1990 Henry J. Nowak: 84,905 Thomas K. Kepfer: 18,181 Louis P. Corrigan, Jr. (Conservative): 6,460 1988 Henry J. Nowak: 139,604 1986 Henry J. Nowak: 109,256 Charles A. Walker: 19,147 1984 Henry J. Nowak: 155,198 David S. Lewandowski: 44,880 1982 Henry J. Nowak: 126,091 Walter J. Pillich: 19,791 James F. Gallagher (Right to Life): 4,095 1980 Dolores M. Reed: 39,542 Gary A. Lee: 132,831 William L. Jones (Right to Life): 2,898 1978 Roy A. Bernardi: 58,286 Gary A. Lee: 82,501 Robert J. Byrne (Conservative): 4,972Lynne Budzinski (Liberal): 1,695 1976 Charles R. Welch: 48,855 William F. Walsh: 125,163 William C. Elkins (Conservative): 5,980Lillian Reiner (Liberal): 2,757 1974 Robert H. Bockman: 45,043 William F. Walsh: 97,380 Francis H. Aspinwall (Conservative): 4,866Bessie C. Noble (Liberal): 1,802 1972 Clarence Kadys: 53,039 William F. Walsh: 132,139 1970 David Bernstein: 45,373 Howard W. Robison: 90,196 1968 Benjamin Nichols: 50,549 Howard W. Robison: 110,080 1966 Blair G. Ewing: 45,761 Howard W. Robison: 88,378 Joe Griffith (Write in): 432 1964 John L. Joy: 69,277 Howard W. Robison: 97,213 1962 Theodore W. Maurer: 41,412 Howard W. Robison: 92,460 Harrop Freeman (Liberal): 4,519 1960 Edward J. Gosier: 53,130 Clarence E. Kilburn: 91,710 Winfred Harberson (Liberal): 3,334 1958 Robert P. McDonald: 40,010 Clarence E. Kilburn: 73,698 1956 Louis C. Britton: 38,793 Clarence E. Kilburn: 103,419 1954 Harold Blake: 31,279 Clarence E. Kilburn: 70,708 William J. Delo (Liberal): 1,851 1952 Maurice N. McGrath: 41,803 Clarence E. Kilburn: 98,653 William J. Delo (Liberal): 2,522 1950 Joseph T. Hammer: 42,680 Dean P. Taylor: 100,425 George LaFortune (American Labor): 1,874John H. Sullivan (Liberal): 676 1948 Joseph T. Hammer: 52,059 Dean P. Taylor: 98,618 Rockwell Kent (American Labor): 4,257 1946 David J. Fitzgerald: 38,666 Dean P. Taylor: 89,778 1944 Thomas P. McLoughlin: 52,354 Dean P. Taylor: 95,299 Henry G. Bell (American Labor): 4,530 1942 Stanard Dow Butler: 34,965 Fred J. Douglas: 53,030 1940 Samuel H. Miller: 52,469 Fred J. Douglas: 72,412 Edward G. Cluney (American Labor): 3,405 1938 Ralph A. Peters: 37,195 Fred J. Douglas: 63,857 Stanley C. Walewski (American Labor): 2,882Albert R. Tully (Socialist): 344 1936 Fred J. Sisson: 45,969 Fred J. Douglas: 63,281 William D. Arquint (Prosperity): 8,479Peter Hansen (Socialist): 1,428 1934 Fred J. Sisson: 45,831 Frederick M. Davenport: 45,579 Anthony Spadafora (Socialist): 1,682Fred C. Foster (Law Preservation): 205 1932 Fred J. Sisson: 53,427 Frederick M. Davenport: 52,398 Otto L. Endres (Socialist): 1,119 1930 James J. Loftis: 39,340 Frederick M. Davenport: 39,810 1928 Fred J. Sisson: 48,380 Frederick M. Davenport: 62,746 1926 Isaac C. Flint: 30,265 Frederick M. Davenport: 40,845 Otto L. Endres (Socialist): 1,572 1924 Albert R. Kessinger: 33,068 Frederick M. Davenport: 48,591 Otto L. Endres (Socialist): 1,979 1922 Fred J. Sisson: 30,118 Homer P. Snyder: 31,978 Charles L. Letson (Socialist): 1,431William Harrison (Prohibition): 987 1920 Roger W. Huntington: 21,732 Homer P. Snyder: 47,251 Harvey P. Brucker (Socialist): 2,887Olin S. Bishop (Prohibition): 1,320