Races · house · 2026 · Pennsylvania
house · open seat
Justin Wagner vs Mike Kelly
Where this race stands
VerifiedLikely R · model 96% R
No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (R+11) suggests Likely R.
The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+22.6 with an 80% CI ranging from R+38.6 (10th pctile) to R+6.5 (90th pctile), giving R a 96% chance of winning.
Tipping-point probability: 3.6% of simulations see this race as decisive for chamber control.
CITATIONS · likely-r · low-tipping
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +22.6
80% CI: R +38.6 → R +6.5 · win prob 4%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
| Polls used | 0 |
| Days to election | 118 |
| Residual σ | 12.56pt |
| Generated | 7/7/2026 |
▼ Compare with other models3 models
qgbt-v1GBT (qgbt)
R +26.7
80% CI R +32.5 → R +19.3
CV MAE 8.51
bayes-v1Bayes / Kalman
R +0.3
80% CI R +2.7 → D +2.1
CV MAE 1.87
consensusMarket-implied
R +10.3
no interval
market-implied
Prediction markets
Consensus · D 14¢1 platformupdated 11h ago
Cross-platform price · history
Per-platform · current
| Platform | D YES | R YES | 7d Δ | Vol | vs cons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polymarket “Will the Republican Party win the PA-16 House seat?” | 14¢ | 85¢ | +0¢ | — | +0 |
Endorsements · 2 total
Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yet1
1
Endorsements tracked
Justin Wagner1 · 50%
Mike Kelly1 · 50%
Total2
Scraped from each candidate’s Wikipedia endorsement list.
RMike Kelly1 endorser
Most notable · Donald Trump · 45th and 47th president of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)
Elected officials1
Federal 1State 0Local 0
Elected officials · 1
- Donald Trump · 45th and 47th president of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)
DJustin Wagner1 endorser
Most notable · Track AIPAC
Organizations1
Organizations · 1
- Track AIPAC
Money raised · own committees
FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing —Mike Kelly
Receipts
$886.3K
Disburse
$739.9K
Cash on hand
$1.2M
Debts
$90.0K
Top industries
No industry data.
Top contributors
No contributor data.
Justin Wagner
Receipts
$31.5K
Disburse
$12.5K
Cash on hand
$24.0K
Debts
$0
Top industries
No industry data.
Top contributors
No contributor data.
Editorial ratings · 4 raters
Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.Safe R4
Safe R · 4 raters
- Cook Political Report · Jun 17
- Inside Elections · Jun 24
- Sabato's Crystal Ball · Jun 8
- Split Ticket · Jun 24
Cook Political Report
Safe RInside Elections
Safe RSabato's Crystal Ball
Safe RSplit Ticket
Safe RDemographic crosstabs
age · education · race · genderNo demographic crosstabs published for this race yet. Most pollsters release only topline numbers; subgroup breakdowns (age, education, race, gender) appear here when a pollster publishes them.
In the news
12 shown · last 30d · Google NewsNews volume · 30d
12 articles · building history
News volume · last 30d
Articles12
Trendbuilding history
Article counts indexed by Google News; the sparkline traces weekly volume across the window.
Net favorability
+0.42
Coverage lean (D−R) · shift −0.50 wk
Net favorability
Score+0.42
Week-over-weekshift −0.50 wk
Tone of coverage, D minus R, scored from −1 (all R-favorable) to +1 (all D-favorable). 0 is balanced.
Coverage tilt
D 42%
Neutral 58%
42% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Coverage tilt · by outlet lean
D-leaning outlets42%
Neutral58%
R-leaning outlets0%
42% of outlets classified by editorial lean
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Rating timeline
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE
Endorsements2 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage12 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks