PA Legislature 2026

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House District 193

Central PA · currently held by R (Catherine I Wallen)

Forecast

100%
chance Catherine I Wallen (R) wins
Democrat
Todd Andrew Crawley
Republican
Catherine I Wallen
Rating
Safe R
Expected margin
R+31.4 (90% range R+44.2 to R+18.6)
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-37.8
= Fundamentals before candidatesR+31.2
+ Incumbency advantage-2.8
= Fundamentals marginR+34.0
No public district polls
External ratings prior (weight 25%)+2.5
Final expected marginR+31.4

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

Inputs

Partisan lean (current lines)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentR+38.1R+1.8-36.30.45
2022 GovernorR+22.8D+15.0-37.90.2
2022 U.S. SenateR+33.9D+5.0-38.90.2
2020 PresidentR+39.6D+1.1-40.80.15

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Catherine I Wallen (R) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024nanTorren C Eckeruncontested
2022nanTorren C Eckeruncontested
2020nanTorren C. Eckeruncontested

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 +2.5 points.