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House District 76

Central PA · currently held by R (Stephanie Borowicz)

Forecast

100%
chance Stephanie Paige Borowicz (R) wins
Democrat
Sara Elizabeth Eggler
Republican
Stephanie Paige Borowicz
Rating
Safe R
Expected margin
R+26.0 (90% range R+38.7 to R+13.3)
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-33.1
= Fundamentals before candidatesR+26.4
+ Incumbency advantage-2.8
+ Incumbent's past over-performance (shrunk)+2.7
+ Campaign finance (log receipts ratio)-0.2
= Fundamentals marginR+26.7
No public district polls
External ratings prior (weight 25%)+0.7
Final expected marginR+26.0

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

Inputs

Partisan lean (current lines)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentR+36.8R+1.8-35.10.45
2022 GovernorR+22.2D+15.0-37.20.2
2022 U.S. SenateR+28.9D+5.0-33.90.2
2020 PresidentR+34.6D+1.1-35.70.15

Last legislative result (2024): R+38.7 vs a statewide legislative environment of R+8.2 → lean -27.7, blended at 30%.

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Stephanie Borowicz (R) — running
Receipts (cycle)
D $19,999 · R $25,751

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Denise I MarisStephanie Paige BorowiczR+38.7
2022Denise MarisStephanie Paige BorowiczR+34.8
2020Joseph WaltzStephanie Paige BorowiczR+31.0

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 +0.7 points.