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Pennsylvania’s 13th District

U.S. House · PA-13

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 37.6 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 68.8%

    John Joyce, incumbent

  • Democrat 31.2%

    Beth Farnham

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
PA-13 68.8%31.2%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+24.5 54.5%−23.3

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over2.6% (± 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

John Joyce · Republican

Primary results

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

Democratic primary Beth Farnham 100.0% 32,428 votes
Republican primary John Joyce 100.0% 58,992 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    John Joyce

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Beth Farnham

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 48.4 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 37.6 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • PA-10 Democrat, toss-up
  • PA-14 Republican, safe seat
  • PA-15 Republican, safe seat
  • PA-12 Democrat, safe seat
  • PA-11 Republican, safe seat
  • PA-9 Republican, 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