PA Legislature 2026

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House District 41

Central PA · currently held by R (Brett R. Miller)

Forecast

62%
chance Bradford T Chambers (D) wins
Democrat
Bradford T Chambers
Republican
Brett R Miller
Rating
Tilt D
Expected margin
D+2.1 (90% range R+9.3 to D+13.5)
Chance of flipping
61.9%
Tipping-point chance
2.8% (chance this seat decides control)

How the forecast was built

Statewide generic legislative margin (environment)D+6.6
+ District partisan lean-2.9
= Fundamentals before candidatesD+3.8
+ Incumbency advantage-2.8
+ Incumbent's past over-performance (shrunk)+1.3
+ Target-list signal (pull toward even)-0.8
= Fundamentals marginD+1.5
District polls (2, average D+2.7, weight 37%)+0.4
External ratings prior (weight 25%)+0.1
Final expected marginD+2.0

District-level error SD 5.7 pts; total with statewide and regional error ≈ 7.0 pts.

Inputs

Partisan lean (current lines)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentR+5.0R+1.8-3.20.45
2022 GovernorD+13.5D+15.0-1.60.2
2022 U.S. SenateR+1.6D+5.0-6.60.2
2020 PresidentR+4.7D+1.1-5.80.15

Last legislative result (2024): R+11.3 vs a statewide legislative environment of R+8.2 → lean -0.3, blended at 30%.

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Brett R. Miller (R) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides
Target lists
DLCC

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Bradford Terrell ChambersBrett R MillerR+11.3
2022nanBrett R MillerR+100.0
2020Michele WherleyBrett R MillerR+15.7

District polls

PollsterSponsorEndnMarginAdjustedWeight
State Navigatenone (State Navigate polling fund)2026-10-13450D+3.0D+3.083%
State Navigatenone (State Navigate polling fund)2026-09-13400D+1.0D+1.017%

External ratings

SourceRatingImplied P(Dem)WeightAs of
state_navigateTilt R (tilt r)62%0.252026-10-15

Ratings are blended as a prior, not copied: they moved this seat's expected margin by +0.1 points.