1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania

Last updated September 16, 2023

Of the 28 Pennsylvania incumbents, 24 were re-elected.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Pennsylvania 1	William A. Barrett	Democratic	1948	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William A. Barrett (Democratic) 66.1% Gus A. Pedicone (Republican) 33.2% Nancy Streve (Socialist Workers) 0.7%
Pennsylvania 2	Robert N. C. Nix Sr.	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (Democratic) 70.1% Frederick D. Bryant (Republican) 29.9%
Pennsylvania 3	William J. Green III Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William J. Green III (Democratic) 63.3% Alfred Marroletti (Republican) 36.2% Anthony Monteiro (C) 0.5%
Pennsylvania 3	James A. Byrne	Democratic	1952	Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic loss.
Pennsylvania 4	Joshua Eilberg	Democratic	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joshua Eilberg (Democratic) 55.9% William Pfender (Republican) 44.1%
Pennsylvania 5	John H. Ware III Redistricted from the 9th district	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John H. Ware III (Republican) 64.7% Brower Yerger (Democratic) 35.3%
Pennsylvania 6	Gus Yatron	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Gus Yatron (Democratic) 64.5% Eugene W. Hubler (Republican) 34.6% Frank E. Huet (Const) 1.0%
Pennsylvania 7	Lawrence G. Williams	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lawrence G. Williams (Republican) 60.6% Stuart S. Bowie (Democratic) 39.4%
Pennsylvania 8	Edward G. Biester Jr.	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Edward G. Biester Jr. (Republican) 64.4% Alan Williams (Democratic) 35.6%
Pennsylvania 9	None (district created)			New seat. New member elected. Republican gain.	√ Bud Shuster (Republican) 61.8% Earl P. Collins (Democratic) 38.2%
Pennsylvania 10	Joseph M. McDade	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph M. McDade (Republican) 73.6% Stanley R. Coveleskie (Democratic) 26.4%
Pennsylvania 11	Daniel J. Flood	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Daniel J. Flood (Democratic) 68.3% Donald B. Ayers (Republican) 31.7%
Pennsylvania 12	John P. Saylor Redistricted from the 22nd district	Republican	1949	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John P. Saylor (Republican) 68.1% Joseph Murphy (Democratic) 31.9%
Pennsylvania 12	J. Irving Whalley	Republican	1960	Incumbent retired. Republican loss.
Pennsylvania 13	R. Lawrence Coughlin	Republican	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	√ R. Lawrence Coughlin (Republican) 66.6% Katherine L. Camp (Democratic) 33.4%
Pennsylvania 14	William S. Moorhead	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William S. Moorhead (Democratic) 59.3% Roland S. Catarinella (Republican) 40.4% Ronald N. Henderson (C) 0.3%
Pennsylvania 15	Fred B. Rooney	Democratic	1963	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Fred B. Rooney (Democratic) 60.8% Wardell F. Steigerwalt (Republican) 39.2%
Pennsylvania 16	Edwin D. Eshleman	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Edwin D. Eshleman (Republican) 73.5% Shirley S. Garrett (Democratic) 26.5%
Pennsylvania 17	Herman T. Schneebeli	Republican	1960	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Herman T. Schneebeli (Republican) 72.2% Donald J. Rippon (Democratic) 26.6% Andrew J. Watson (Const) 1.2%
Pennsylvania 18	H. John Heinz III	Republican	1971	Incumbent re-elected.	√ H. John Heinz III (Republican) 72.8% Douglas Walgren (Democratic) 27.2%
Pennsylvania 19	George Atlee Goodling	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	√ George Atlee Goodling (Republican) 57.5% Richard P. Noll (Democratic) 41.2% Paul H. Leese (Const) 1.2%
Pennsylvania 20	Joseph M. Gaydos	Democratic	1968	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph M. Gaydos (Democratic) 61.5% William Hunt (Republican) 38.5%
Pennsylvania 21	John H. Dent	Democratic	1958	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John H. Dent (Democratic) 62.0% Thomas H. Young (Republican) 38.0%
Pennsylvania 22	Thomas E. Morgan Redistricted from the 26th district	Democratic	1944	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas E. Morgan (Democratic) 60.8% James R. Montgomery (Republican) 39.2%
Pennsylvania 22	William Sheldrick Conover Redistricted from the 27th district	Republican	1972 (Special)	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican loss.
Pennsylvania 23	Albert W. Johnson	Republican	1963	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Albert W. Johnson (Republican) 56.5% Ernest A. Kassab (Democratic) 43.5%
Pennsylvania 24	Joseph P. Vigorito	Democratic	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph P. Vigorito (Democratic) 68.8% Alvin W. Levenhagen (Republican) 31.2%
Pennsylvania 25	Frank M. Clark	Democratic	1954	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Frank M. Clark (Democratic) 55.8% Gary A. Myers (Republican) 44.2%

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