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House District 52

Pittsburgh metro · currently held by R (Ryan Warner) · uncontested

Forecast

100%
chance Ryan James Warner (R) wins
Democrat
— (no candidate)
Republican
Ryan James Warner
Rating
Safe R
Expected margin
R+33.5 (90% range R+46.3 to R+20.7)
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-37.4
= Fundamentals before candidatesR+30.8
+ Incumbency advantage-2.8
= Fundamentals marginR+33.6
No public district polls
No external ratings for this seat
Final expected marginR+33.6

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 PresidentR+42.7R+1.8-40.90.45
2022 GovernorR+18.2D+15.0-33.20.2
2022 U.S. SenateR+27.5D+5.0-32.50.2
2020 PresidentR+38.0D+1.1-39.10.15

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Ryan Warner (R) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024nanRyan James Warneruncontested
2022nanRyan J Warneruncontested
2020Harry Young CochranRyan James WarnerR+40.8