PA Legislature 2026

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House District 6

Northwest PA · currently held by R (Brad Roae)

Forecast

100%
chance Bradley T Roae (R) wins
Democrat
Michael C Walker
Republican
Bradley T Roae
Rating
Safe R
Expected margin
R+26.1 (90% range R+38.7 to R+13.4)
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-31.7
= Fundamentals before candidatesR+25.0
+ Incumbency advantage-2.8
+ Incumbent's past over-performance (shrunk)+1.4
+ Campaign finance (log receipts ratio)-0.7
= Fundamentals marginR+27.1
No public district polls
External ratings prior (weight 25%)+1.1
Final expected marginR+26.1

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

Inputs

Partisan lean (current lines)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentR+35.0R+1.8-33.20.45
2022 GovernorR+17.1D+15.0-32.20.2
2022 U.S. SenateR+26.4D+5.0-31.50.2
2020 PresidentR+33.3D+1.1-34.50.15

Last legislative result (2024): R+39.9 vs a statewide legislative environment of R+8.2 → lean -28.9, blended at 30%.

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Brad Roae (R) — running
Receipts (cycle)
D $2,103 · R $5,711

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Michael Charles WalkerBradley T RoaeR+39.9
2022Nerissa B. GaltBradley T. RoaeR+37.2
2020Matthew FerrenceBradley T RoaeR+30.7

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 +1.1 points.