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Pennsylvania’s 17th District

U.S. House · PA-17

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

Our forecast gives the Democrats a 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 19.1 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 3%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 59.5%

    Chris Deluzio, incumbent

  • Republican 40.5%

    Tony Guy

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
PA-17 59.5%40.5%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+5.0 44.2%−3.8

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over1.9% (± 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

Chris Deluzio · Democrat

Primary results

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

Democratic primary Chris Deluzio 100.0% 83,791 votes
Republican primary Tony Guy 53.3% 19,581 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Chris Deluzio

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Tony Guy

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 7.8 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 19.1 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • PA-12 Democrat, safe seat
  • PA-14 Republican, safe seat
  • PA-16 Republican, safe seat
  • PA-15 Republican, safe seat
  • PA-13 Republican, safe seat
  • PA-10 Democrat, toss-up

Watch list

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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