PA Legislature 2026

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House District 58

Pittsburgh metro · currently held by R (Eric Davanzo)

Forecast

100%
chance Eric M. Davanzo (R) wins
Democrat
Cherri Rogers
Republican
Eric M. Davanzo
Rating
Safe R
Expected margin
R+24.6 (90% range R+37.3 to R+12.1)
Chance of flipping
0.1%
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-29.2
= Fundamentals before candidatesR+22.5
+ Incumbency advantage-2.8
+ Incumbent's past over-performance (shrunk)+0.9
+ Campaign finance (log receipts ratio)-1.5
= Fundamentals marginR+25.9
No public district polls
External ratings prior (weight 25%)+1.3
Final expected marginR+24.6

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

Inputs

Partisan lean (current lines)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentR+34.2R+1.8-32.50.45
2022 GovernorR+9.9D+15.0-24.90.2
2022 U.S. SenateR+21.9D+5.0-27.00.2
2020 PresidentR+31.7D+1.1-32.90.15

Last legislative result (2024): R+38.4 vs a statewide legislative environment of R+8.2 → lean -27.4, blended at 30%.

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Eric Davanzo (R) — running
Receipts (cycle)
D $15,257 · R $127,741

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Cherri Lynn RogersEric M. DavanzoR+38.4
2022Kenneth James BachEric M. DavanzoR+26.5
2020Robert L Prah JrEric M. DavanzoR+26.4

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 +1.3 points.