Elections · U.S. House · Pennsylvania
2026 Pennsylvania House race,
Summer Lee (Democrat) and James Hayes (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Pennsylvania District 12.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Not a prediction.
The seat
Summer Lee
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2023 · Age 38
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Pennsylvania
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 15 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 92,735 votes
- Summer Lee Won: 81.2% 75,298
- William Parker: 18.8% 17,437
The primary · 23,760 votes
- James Hayes Won: Unopposed 23,760
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State certified primary returns. Certified June 17, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $1.5M
- Outside money
- $35K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $5K of the race's $35K was spent on candidates not listed here.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
4 filedPrimary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
The district
Census context- 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.
How this seat voted last time
D+13 in 2024
- Summer Lee Won: 56.4%
- James Hayes: 43.6%
416,228 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between April 29, 2026 and June 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.