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House District 23

Pittsburgh metro · currently held by D (Dan Frankel) · uncontested

Forecast

99%
chance Dan Bernard Frankel (D) wins
Democrat
Dan Bernard Frankel
Republican
— (no candidate)
Rating
Safe D
Expected margin
D+75.5 (90% range D+62.8 to D+88.2)
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+66.1
= Fundamentals before candidatesD+72.8
+ Incumbency advantage+2.8
= Fundamentals marginD+75.6
No public district polls
No external ratings for this seat
Final expected marginD+75.6

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+64.6R+1.8+66.40.45
2022 GovernorD+80.5D+15.0+65.50.2
2022 U.S. SenateD+71.7D+5.0+66.70.2
2020 PresidentD+66.8D+1.1+65.70.15

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Dan Frankel (D) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Dan B Frankelnanuncontested
2022Dan B FrankelnanD+100.0
2020Dan B FrankelnanD+100.0