House districts / Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
PA-2. Same lines in 2026 as in 2022.
Fundraising
- Brendan F Boyle Das of Oct 14, 2026Raised $2.9mSpent $828k · Cash $5.9m
2 other candidates have not filed.
Federal Election Commission, candidate totals, public domain.
President in this district
PollCheck calculation from precinct returns on the 2026 lines (method).
| Year | Democrat | Republican | Other | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Harris 67.3% | Trump 31.6% | 1.2% | D+35.7 |
| 2020 | Biden 71.0% | Trump 28.3% | 0.7% | D+42.7 |
| 2016 | Clinton 73.5% | Trump 24.3% | 2.2% | D+49.3 |
Who lives here
| Measure | This district | US |
|---|---|---|
| People | ||
| Population | 746,424 | |
| Adults (18+) | 572,116 | |
| Citizens, % of adults | 89.2% | 92.1% |
| Age, % of adults | ||
| 18 to 29 | 20.9% | 20.3% |
| 30 to 44 | 29.1% | 25.9% |
| 45 to 64 | 30.8% | 31.8% |
| 65 and over | 19.2% | 22.0% |
| Race and Hispanic origin, % of residents | ||
| White | 35.9% | 57.4% |
| Black | 23.4% | 11.9% |
| Hispanic | 25.9% | 19.3% |
| Asian | 9.8% | 5.9% |
| Other or more than one | 5.0% | 5.5% |
| Education and income | ||
| Bachelor's degree or higher, % of 25+ | 28.1% | 35.7% |
| Median household income | $60,334 | $80,734 |
American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for this district. The tick marks the US figure.
Winning margin
Results since 1976
| Year | Winner | Share | Runner-up | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current lines (2022 on) seat count changed from 18 to 17 after the census | |||||
| 2024 | Brendan F. Boyle Democrat | 71.5% | Aaron Bashir Republican | 28.5% | D+42.9 |
| 2022 | Brendan F. Boyle Democrat | 75.7% | Aaron Bashir Republican | 24.4% | D+51.3 |
| Earlier lines, elections 2018-2020 League of Women Voters v. Commonwealth: Pennsylvania Supreme Court map (2018) | |||||
| 2020 | Brendan F. Boyle Democrat | 72.5% | David Torres Republican | 27.5% | D+45.1 |
| 2018 | Brendan F. Boyle Democrat | 79.0% | David Torres Republican | 21.0% | D+58.0 |
| Earlier lines, elections 2012-2016 seat count changed from 19 to 18 after the census | |||||
| 2016 | Dwight Evans Democrat | 90.2% | James A. Jones Republican | 9.8% | D+80.4 |
| 2014 | Chaka Fattah Democrat | 87.7% | Armond James Republican | 12.3% | D+75.4 |
| 2012 | Chaka Fattah Democrat | 89.3% | Robert Allen Mansfield, Jr. Republican others 1.4% | 9.4% | D+79.9 |
| Earlier lines, elections 2002-2010 seat count changed from 21 to 19 after the census | |||||
| 2010 | Chaka Fattah Democrat | 89.3% | Rick Hellberg Republican | 10.7% | D+78.6 |
| 2008 | Chaka Fattah Democrat | 88.9% | Adam A. Lang Republican | 11.1% | D+77.9 |
| 2006 | Chaka Fattah Democrat | 88.6% | Michael Gessner Republican others 2.2% | 9.2% | D+79.3 |
| 2004 | Chaka Fattah Democrat | 88.0% | Stewart Bolno Republican | 12.0% | D+76.1 |
| 2002 | Chaka Fattah Democrat | 87.8% | Thomas G. Dougherty Republican | 12.2% | D+75.5 |
| Earlier lines, elections 1992-2000 seat count changed from 23 to 21 after the census | |||||
| 2000 | Chaka Fattah Democrat | 98.0% | Kenneth V. Krawchuk Libertarian | 2.0% | D+96.0 |
| 1998 | Chaka Fattah Democrat | 86.5% | Anne Marie Mulligan Republican | 13.5% | D+73.1 |
| 1996 | Chaka Fattah Democrat | 88.0% | Larry G. Murphy Republican | 12.0% | D+76.0 |
| 1994 | Chaka Fattah Democrat | 85.9% | Lawrence R. Watson Republican | 14.1% | D+71.8 |
| 1992 | Lucien E. Blackwell Democrat | 76.8% | Larry Hollin Republican others 0.8% | 22.4% | D+54.4 |
| Earlier lines, elections 1982-1990 seat count changed from 25 to 23 after the census | |||||
| 1990 | William H. Gray III Democrat | 92.1% | Donald Bakove Republican | 7.9% | D+84.2 |
| 1988 | William H. Gray III Democrat | 93.7% | Richard L. Harsch Republican | 6.3% | D+87.4 |
| 1986 | William H. Gray Democrat | 98.4% | Linda R. Ragin New alliance | 1.6% | D+96.8 |
| 1984 | William H. Gray III Democrat | 91.0% | Ronald J. Sharper Republican others 0.7% | 8.3% | D+82.7 |
| 1982 | William H. Gray, III Democrat | 76.1% | T. Milton Street Milton street others 1.7% | 22.2% | D+53.9 |
| Earlier lines, elections 1976-1980 | |||||
| 1980 | William H. Gray III Democrat | 96.4% | Garland Dempsey Citizens others 1.8% | 1.8% | D+94.6 |
| 1978 | William H. Gray III Democrat | 82.0% | Roland J. Atkins Republican others 2.1% | 15.9% | D+66.0 |
| 1976 | Robert N. C. Nix Democrat | 73.5% | Jesse W. Woods, Jr. Republican others 1.1% | 25.4% | D+48.2 |
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About these results
Shares count all candidate votes, including write-ins, with a candidate's votes on several party lines added together. Each result is on the lines in force at the time. Mid-decade redraws before 2016 may be unmarked.
President in this district: 2016 and 2020 are estimates: precinct votes are split between districts by census block.
Counties only partly inside the district show the 2024 result for that part; estimates are labelled.
Margin chart: winner minus runner-up. Gaps are unopposed races; dashed lines are new district lines.
Sources
Results: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2016 (doi:10.7910/DVN/IG0UN2, CC0; via MEDSL/constituency-returns), and Clerk of the US House, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election 2018-2024 (public domain).
Presidential results: PollCheck calculation from MIT Election Data and Science Lab 2024 precinct returns (doi:10.7910/DVN/XDJYKC, doi:10.7910/DVN/USBYR4, CC0; state totals doi:10.7910/DVN/42MVDX, CC0) and Voting and Election Science Team 2016 and 2020 precinct results and shapes (doi:10.7910/DVN/NH5S2I, doi:10.7910/DVN/K7760H, CC BY 4.0), with US Census Bureau 2020 block populations and block equivalency files (public domain). Official figures: Texas Legislative Council (2024 on the 2026 lines); Louisiana, New Jersey, California and Washington election offices (county totals). Certified results transcribed by Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): Maine 2024 by district: 2024 United States presidential election in Maine (revision 1382530995); Indiana county totals: 2024 United States presidential election in Indiana (revision 1382505975); Oregon county totals: 2024 United States presidential election in Oregon (revision 1382605746).
District lines: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2026 (120th Congress) and 2025 cartographic boundary files (119th Congress), public domain.
Members: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0).
Counties: US Census Bureau 2024 cartographic boundary file (public domain); 2024 county results summed from the same MEDSL precinct returns, with the official county totals above.
Demographics: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024 (public domain).
2028 candidates: Federal Election Commission (public domain).
Photos: official portraits, public domain (US government); see Photo credits.
PollCheck US. Data through November 5, 2026. Photo credits