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House District 122

Northeast PA · currently held by R (Doyle Heffley)

Forecast

100%
chance Doyle Heffley (R) wins
Democrat
Christian Michael Bartulovich
Republican
Doyle Heffley
Rating
Safe R
Expected margin
R+27.1 (90% range R+39.7 to R+14.5)
Chance of flipping
0.0%
Tipping-point chance
0.0% (chance this seat decides control)

How the forecast was built

Statewide generic legislative margin (environment)D+6.6
+ District partisan lean-32.0
= Fundamentals before candidatesR+25.4
+ Incumbency advantage-2.8
= Fundamentals marginR+28.2
No public district polls
External ratings prior (weight 25%)+1.1
Final expected marginR+27.1

District-level error SD 6.6 pts; total with statewide and regional error ≈ 7.8 pts.

Inputs

Partisan lean (current lines)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentR+35.1R+1.8-33.30.45
2022 GovernorR+16.4D+15.0-31.40.2
2022 U.S. SenateR+23.6D+5.0-28.60.2
2020 PresidentR+32.4D+1.1-33.60.15

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Doyle Heffley (R) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024nanDoyle Heffleyuncontested
2022Richard F. KostDoyle HeffleyR+44.2
2020nanDoyle Heffleyuncontested

External ratings

SourceRatingImplied P(Dem)WeightAs of
state_navigateSafe R (solid r)0%0.252026-10-15

Ratings are blended as a prior, not copied: they moved this seat's expected margin by +1.1 points.