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Pennsylvania’s 3rd District

U.S. House · PA-3

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 99.5 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 99.7%

    Chris Rabb

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
PA-3 99.7%0.3%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+45.2 44.2%−44.0

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over4.7% (± 0.3)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Evans, Dwight · Democrat

Primary results

Held May 19, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Democratic primary Chris Rabb 44.6% 65,782 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Chris Rabb

    source
  • Other Open seat

    Mahoney, Dennis Joseph

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 100.0 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 99.5 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • PA-2 Democrat, safe seat
  • PA-5 Democrat, safe seat
  • PA-1 Republican, toss-up
  • PA-6 Democrat, safe seat
  • PA-4 Democrat, safe seat
  • PA-7 Democrat, competitive

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated