district        incumbent       party  first elected                                         result                                         candidates
0   pennsylvania 6       gus yatron  democratic           1968                                   re - elected    gus yatron (d) 69.1% norm bertasavage (r) 30.9%
1   pennsylvania 7   robert w edgar  democratic           1974  retired to run for u s senate republican gain      curt weldon (r) 61.3% bill spingler (d) 38.7%
2   pennsylvania 9      bud shuster  republican           1972                                   re - elected                          bud shuster (r) unopposed
3  pennsylvania 12      john murtha  democratic           1974                                   re - elected     john murtha (d) 67.4% kathy holtzman (r) 32.6%
4  pennsylvania 15  donald l ritter  republican           1978                                   re - elected  donald l ritter (r) 56.8% joe simonetta (d) 43.2%
5  pennsylvania 17     george gekas  republican           1982                                   re - elected   george gekas (r) 73.6% michael s ogden (d) 26.4%
6  pennsylvania 18     doug walgren  democratic           1976                                   re - elected     doug walgren (d) 63.0% ernie buckman (r) 37.0%
7  pennsylvania 21        tom ridge  republican           1982                                   re - elected     tom ridge (r) 80.9% joylyn blackwell (d) 19.1%

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