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1986 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 15 Election

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Who won the 1986 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 15 Election?

Don Ritter won the 1986 Pennsylvania U.S. House District 15 Election. Don Ritter received 74,829 popular votes (56.77%). The main challenger was Joe Simonetta (43.23%).

See the full head-to-head between Ritter and Simonetta

Ritter +13.5 pts · won by 17,857 votes
Don RitterRepublicanWINNER56.77%
74,829 votes
Joe SimonettaDemocratic43.23%
56,972 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.