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Elections · U.S. House, District 12 · Pennsylvania

James Hayes

Republican On the November ballot

Raised for this seat

$40K

Through June 30, 2026

Cash on hand

$10K

Through June 30, 2026

On the November ballot

Hayes faces Summer Lee for this seat on November 3, 2026.

Summer LeeDemocrat · $1.5MJames Hayesthis pageRepublican · $40K

The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

30%from small donors
Small donors
30%$12K
Large donors
57%$23K
PACs
12%$5K
Party
1%$250
Self-funding
<1%$25
Other
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Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Pennsylvania

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 15 days before the election.

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People
761K
Median household income
$72K
Unemployment
5.6%
Living below the poverty line
14.0%
Without health insurance
4.3%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record.

The whole race

In their own words

What Hayes's campaign says it would work on.

The priorities Hayes's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.

  • Reviving Our Economy
  • Protecting Public Safety
  • Expanding Education Options
  • Defending American Values
  • Securing Energy Independence
  • Restoring Fiscal Responsibility

Quoted from jameshayesforpa.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.

Record in office

Hayes has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Campaign photo, campaign website (reference use, candidate's own published headshot). Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.