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Pennsylvania House race, District 2

Brendan Boyle holds this seat and is running to keep it against Jessica Arriaga.

The November ballot

Boyle
$2.5M
Arriaga
-

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Brendan Boyle

Democrat · Holds the seat now

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Pennsylvania

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

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How they won the primary

The primary · 53,043 votes

  • Brendan BoyleWon100%53,043

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$2.5M
Outside money
$95

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Boyle$95
Opposing Boyle-
Supporting Arriaga-
Opposing Arriaga-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

<1%from small donors
Small donors
<1%$18K
Large donors
19%$477K
Bundled
--
PACs
40%$971K
Other
40%$986K

Small donors give under $200; 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 1 group 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

1 filed

None of these has campaign money on file with the FEC.

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

D+43 in 2024

  • Brendan F. BoyleWon71.5%
  • Aaron Bashir28.5%

271,046 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.

The district

Census context
People
746K
Median household income
$60K
Unemployment
8.1%
Living below the poverty line
22.1%
Without health insurance
8.6%

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

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.