Riding profile

PA-7

US House district — PA · Mixed · us pa

The question

PA-7: will Republican lose this seat to Democrat?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
7.6
P(close race)
7%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 53.8%

    Bob Brooks

  • Republican 46.2%

    Ryan Edward Mackenzie incumbent

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HerePA-7 53.8%46.2%
National averageUnited States 54.3% −0.5 44.9% +1.3

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

District polls

Polls in this district

1 poll

Pollster Field dates Sample Pop. Topline Source
Gbao House Majority PAC Jun 29 – Jul 2 LV
Democrat 47 Republican 43
link

District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Editorial read

PA-7, a mixed riding in PA, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 1-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 54% vote share, against 46% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

MACKENZIE, RYAN EDWARD

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

Held May 19, 2026 · Certified official result

Democratic primary

Winner

BOB BROOKS 41.0%

28,232 votes

Republican primary

Winner

RYAN MACKENZIE 100.0%

35,048 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Mackenzie, Ryan Edward

  • Democrat Challenger

    Brooks, Bob

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
1.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+6.6 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026