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Pennsylvania’s 9th District

U.S. House · PA-9

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 30.4 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 65.2%

    Dan Meuser, incumbent

  • Democrat 34.8%

    Rachel Wallace

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
PA-9 65.2%34.8%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+21.0 54.5%−19.7

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over4.9% (± 0.1)

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

Dan Meuser · Republican

Primary results

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

Democratic primary Rachel Wallace 100.0% 34,503 votes
Republican primary Dan Meuser 100.0% 62,527 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Dan Meuser

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Rachel Wallace

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 41.0 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 30.4 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • PA-7 Democrat, competitive
  • PA-8 Democrat, toss-up
  • PA-10 Democrat, toss-up
  • PA-4 Democrat, safe seat
  • PA-11 Republican, safe seat
  • PA-6 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

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The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

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  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated