Riding profile

PA-5

US House district — PA · Mixed · us pa

The question

PA-5: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Editorial read

PA-5, a mixed riding in PA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 31-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 68% vote share, against 32% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

SCANLON, MARY GAY

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Scanlon, Mary Gay

  • Republican Challenger

    Manganaro, Nicholas Waln Morris

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
36.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 68.0%
  • Republican 32.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HerePA-5 68.0%32.0%
National averageUnited States 51.9% +16.1 46.6% −14.6

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
30.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+5.4 pts

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026