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House District 127

Central PA · currently held by D (Manuel Guzman) · uncontested

Forecast

100%
chance Manuel Guzman Jr (D) wins
Democrat
Manuel Guzman Jr
Republican
— (no candidate)
Rating
Safe D
Expected margin
D+35.5 (90% range D+22.9 to D+48.2)
Chance of flipping
0.5%
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+26.1
= Fundamentals before candidatesD+32.7
+ Incumbency advantage+2.8
= Fundamentals marginD+35.5
No public district polls
No external ratings for this seat
Final expected marginD+35.5

District-level error SD 6.6 pts; total with statewide and regional error ≈ 7.8 pts. Uncontested: probability fixed at 99.5% for the sole major-party candidate.

Inputs

Partisan lean (current lines)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentD+21.0R+1.8+22.80.45
2022 GovernorD+40.9D+15.0+25.90.2
2022 U.S. SenateD+35.4D+5.0+30.40.2
2020 PresidentD+31.6D+1.1+30.50.15

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Manuel Guzman (D) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Manuel M. Guzman Jrnanuncontested
2022Manuel M Guzman JrVincent D. Gagliardo Jr.D+32.6
2020Manuel Guzman JrVincent D Gagliardo JrD+45.9