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House District 19

Pittsburgh metro · currently held by D (Aerion Abney) · uncontested

Forecast

100%
chance Aerion Andrew Abney (D) wins
Democrat
Aerion Andrew Abney
Republican
— (no candidate)
Rating
Safe D
Expected margin
D+74.1 (90% range D+61.3 to D+86.8)
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+64.6
= Fundamentals before candidatesD+71.2
+ Incumbency advantage+2.8
= Fundamentals marginD+74.0
No public district polls
No external ratings for this seat
Final expected marginD+74.0

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+63.1R+1.8+64.80.45
2022 GovernorD+76.9D+15.0+61.80.2
2022 U.S. SenateD+72.4D+5.0+67.40.2
2020 PresidentD+65.1D+1.1+64.00.15

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Aerion Abney (D) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Aerion Andrew Abneynanuncontested
2022Aerion Andrew Abneynanuncontested
2020Jake Wheatleynanuncontested