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House District 139

Northeast PA · currently held by R (Jeff Olsommer)

Forecast

100%
chance Jeffrey H Olsommer (R) wins
Democrat
Dominique N Azzollini
Republican
Jeffrey H Olsommer
Rating
Safe R
Expected margin
R+22.8 (90% range R+35.4 to R+10.2)
Chance of flipping
0.2%
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-29.3
= Fundamentals before candidatesR+22.7
+ Incumbency advantage-2.8
+ Incumbent's past over-performance (shrunk)+2.8
+ Campaign finance (log receipts ratio)-1.2
= Fundamentals marginR+23.9
No public district polls
External ratings prior (weight 25%)+1.1
Final expected marginR+22.8

District-level error SD 6.5 pts; total with statewide and regional error ≈ 7.7 pts.

Inputs

Partisan lean (current lines)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentR+32.1R+1.8-30.30.45
2022 GovernorR+21.6D+15.0-36.60.2
2022 U.S. SenateR+26.8D+5.0-31.80.2
2020 PresidentR+28.0D+1.1-29.20.15

Last legislative result (2024): R+34.8 vs a statewide legislative environment of R+8.2 → lean -23.7, blended at 30%.

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Jeff Olsommer (R) — running
Receipts (cycle)
D $16,013 · R $93,755

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Robin Schooley SkibberJeffrey H OlsommerR+34.8
2022Meghan RosenfeldJoseph W AdamsR+25.6
2020Marian S KeeganMichael PeiferR+36.9

External ratings

SourceRatingImplied P(Dem)WeightAs of
state_navigateSafe R (solid r)1%0.252026-10-15

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