PA Legislature 2026

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House District 169

Central PA · currently held by R (Kate A. Klunk)

Forecast

100%
chance Kate Anne Klunk (R) wins
Democrat
Austin L Graham
Republican
Kate Anne Klunk
Rating
Safe R
Expected margin
R+26.4 (90% range R+39.2 to R+13.7)
Chance of flipping
0.1%
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-32.1
= Fundamentals before candidatesR+25.5
+ Incumbency advantage-2.8
= Fundamentals marginR+28.3
No public district polls
External ratings prior (weight 25%)+1.9
Final expected marginR+26.4

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

Inputs

Partisan lean (current lines)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentR+32.6R+1.8-30.90.45
2022 GovernorR+16.8D+15.0-31.90.2
2022 U.S. SenateR+28.6D+5.0-33.60.2
2020 PresidentR+33.0D+1.1-34.20.15

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Kate A. Klunk (R) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024nanKate Anne Klunkuncontested
2022Isaac RistonKate Anne KlunkR+43.3
2020nanKate Anne Klunkuncontested

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 +1.9 points.