PA Legislature 2026

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House District 168

Collar counties · currently held by D (Lisa A. Borowski)

Forecast

100%
chance Lisa Anne Borowski (D) wins
Democrat
Lisa Anne Borowski
Republican
Kathryn M L Buckley
Rating
Safe D
Expected margin
D+29.1 (90% range D+16.4 to D+41.6)
Chance of flipping
0.0%
Tipping-point chance
0.1% (chance this seat decides control)

How the forecast was built

Statewide generic legislative margin (environment)D+6.6
+ District partisan lean+20.9
= Fundamentals before candidatesD+27.6
+ Incumbency advantage+2.8
+ Incumbent's past over-performance (shrunk)+0.3
= Fundamentals marginD+30.7
No public district polls
External ratings prior (weight 25%)-1.7
Final expected marginD+29.0

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

Inputs

Partisan lean (current lines)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentD+20.4R+1.8+22.10.45
2022 GovernorD+35.1D+15.0+20.10.2
2022 U.S. SenateD+21.4D+5.0+16.40.2
2020 PresidentD+23.8D+1.1+22.60.15

Last legislative result (2024): D+16.2 vs a statewide legislative environment of R+8.2 → lean +21.6, blended at 30%.

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Lisa A. Borowski (D) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Lisa Anne BorowskiKathryn M L BuckleyD+16.2
2022Lisa BorowskiChristopher B. QuinnD+12.1
2020Debra A CiamaccaChristopher B QuinnR+2.0

External ratings

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

Ratings are blended as a prior, not copied: they moved this seat's expected margin by -1.7 points.