PA Legislature 2026

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House District 152

Collar counties · currently held by D (Nancy Guenst)

Forecast

100%
chance Nancy Guenst (D) wins
Democrat
Nancy Guenst
Republican
Eric William Maier Jr
Rating
Safe D
Expected margin
D+33.2 (90% range D+20.6 to D+45.7)
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+22.6
= Fundamentals before candidatesD+29.2
+ Incumbency advantage+2.8
+ Incumbent's past over-performance (shrunk)+2.6
+ Campaign finance (log receipts ratio)+1.6
= Fundamentals marginD+36.2
No public district polls
External ratings prior (weight 25%)-3.1
Final expected marginD+33.1

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

Inputs

Partisan lean (current lines)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentD+17.2R+1.8+19.00.45
2022 GovernorD+38.3D+15.0+23.30.2
2022 U.S. SenateD+25.5D+5.0+20.50.2
2020 PresidentD+21.6D+1.1+20.40.15

Last legislative result (2024): D+22.3 vs a statewide legislative environment of R+8.2 → lean +27.8, blended at 30%.

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Nancy Guenst (D) — running
Receipts (cycle)
D $24,758 · R $2,500

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Nancy GuenstTim BertmanD+22.3
2022Nancy GuenstJohn A Weinrich SrD+20.1
2020Nancy GuenstKaren M. HouckD+9.5

External ratings

SourceRatingImplied P(Dem)WeightAs of
state_navigateSafe D (uncontested d)100%0.252026-10-15

Ratings are blended as a prior, not copied: they moved this seat's expected margin by -3.1 points.