Riding profile

PA-17

US House district — PA · Mixed · us pa

The question

PA-17: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
19.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 59.9%

    Christopher Deluzio incumbent

  • Republican 40.1%

    Tony Guy

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-17 59.9%40.1%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +5.5 44.9% −4.8

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

PA-17, a mixed riding in PA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 8-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 60% vote share, against 40% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

DELUZIO, CHRISTOPHER

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Primary results

Held May 19, 2026 · Certified official result

Democratic primary

Winner

CHRIS DELUZIO 100.0%

83,791 votes

Republican primary

Winner

TONY GUY 53.3%

19,581 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Deluzio, Christopher

  • Republican Challenger

    Guy, Tony

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
7.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+11.9 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026