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1980 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 1 Election

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Who won the 1980 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 1 Election?

Thomas M. Foglietta won the 1980 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 1 Election. Thomas M. Foglietta received 58,737 popular votes (37.78%). The main challenger was Michael O. Myers (34.07%).

See the full head-to-head between Foglietta and Myers

Foglietta +3.7 pts · won by 5,781 votes
Thomas M. FogliettaDemocraticWINNER37.78%
58,737 votes
Michael O. MyersDemocratic34.07%
52,956 votes
Robert R. BurkeRepublican24.38%
37,893 votes
Geoffrey SteinbergLibertarian2.03%
3,161 votes
Shaheed Abdul Haqqcitizens1.74%
2,704 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.