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Pennsylvania’s 7th District

U.S. House · PA-7

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

Our forecast gives the Democrats a 84% chance of winning, with an average lead of 8.2 points.

Competitive. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 34%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 53.5%

    Bob Brooks

  • Republican 46.5%

    Ryan Mackenzie, incumbent

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
PA-7 53.5%46.5%
National averageUnited States 54.5%−1.0 44.2%+2.3

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

2 polls

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over15.5% (± 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

Ryan Mackenzie · Republican

Primary results

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

Democratic primary Bob Brooks 41.0% 28,232 votes
Republican primary Ryan Mackenzie 100.0% 35,048 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Ryan Mackenzie

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Bob Brooks

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 1.0 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 8.2 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • PA-4 Democrat, safe seat
  • PA-1 Republican, toss-up
  • PA-8 Democrat, toss-up
  • PA-6 Democrat, safe seat
  • PA-9 Republican, safe seat
  • PA-5 Democrat, safe seat

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