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House District 73

Northwest PA · currently held by R (Dallas Kephart) · uncontested

Forecast

99%
chance Dallas Paul Kephart (R) wins
Democrat
— (no candidate)
Republican
Dallas Paul Kephart
Rating
Safe R
Expected margin
R+46.7 (90% range R+59.5 to R+33.9)
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-50.5
= Fundamentals before candidatesR+43.8
+ Incumbency advantage-2.8
= Fundamentals marginR+46.6
No public district polls
No external ratings for this seat
Final expected marginR+46.6

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+53.1R+1.8-51.30.45
2022 GovernorR+33.4D+15.0-48.50.2
2022 U.S. SenateR+44.5D+5.0-49.50.2
2020 PresidentR+50.8D+1.1-52.00.15

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Dallas Kephart (R) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024nanDallas Paul Kephartuncontested
2022nanDallas Paul Kephartuncontested
2020nanThomas R Sankey Iiiuncontested