PA Legislature 2026

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House District 3

Northwest PA · currently held by D (Ryan A. Bizzarro)

Forecast

100%
chance Ryan A Bizzarro (D) wins
Democrat
Ryan A Bizzarro
Republican
Donna Rae Reese
Rating
Safe D
Expected margin
D+24.5 (90% range D+11.8 to D+36.9)
Chance of flipping
0.1%
Tipping-point chance
0.5% (chance this seat decides control)

How the forecast was built

Statewide generic legislative margin (environment)D+6.6
+ District partisan lean+9.6
= Fundamentals before candidatesD+16.3
+ Incumbency advantage+2.8
+ Incumbent's past over-performance (shrunk)+5.6
+ Campaign finance (log receipts ratio)+2.1
+ Target-list signal (pull toward even)-0.8
= Fundamentals marginD+25.9
No public district polls
External ratings prior (weight 25%)-1.5
Final expected marginD+24.5

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

Inputs

Partisan lean (current lines)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentD+2.0R+1.8+3.70.45
2022 GovernorD+25.6D+15.0+10.60.2
2022 U.S. SenateD+9.5D+5.0+4.40.2
2020 PresidentD+2.2D+1.1+1.10.15

Last legislative result (2024): D+15.4 vs a statewide legislative environment of R+8.2 → lean +20.8, blended at 30%.

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Ryan A. Bizzarro (D) — running
Receipts (cycle)
D $322,435 · R $16,523
Target lists
DLCC

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Ryan BizzarroMicah S. GoringD+15.4
2022Ryan A BizzarroJoseph S KujawaD+28.1
2020Ryan A BizzarroGreg S HayesD+22.8

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 -1.5 points.