2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania


The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania were held on November 8, 2022, to elect representatives for the 17 seats in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania's legislature enacted new district maps in January 2022, which were promptly vetoed by Governor Tom Wolf. The state supreme court took control of the process and selected a map in February 2022. After the court rejected several legal challenges in March, the new district boundaries were used in the May 2022 primary elections.
Despite losing the popular vote, with one Democratic and two Republican incumbents running unopposed, Democrats won the majority of seats in the state for the first time since 2008. As a result, Pennsylvania was one of only two states in which the party that won the state's popular vote did not win a majority of seats in 2022, the other state being Nevada.

District 1

The 1st district is based in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia, including all of Bucks County and parts of Montgomery County. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It has an even PVI and voted for Joe Biden by 5 points in 2020. Republican Brian Fitzpatrick, who had represented the district since 2017, was most recently re-elected in 2022 with 54.9% of the vote.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ashley Ehasz, former U.S. Army pilot
    Withdrawn
  • Eric Bruno, former auto mechanic
  • Paul Fermo, former U.S. Navy pilot

    Endorsements

Results

Independent and third-party candidates

Libertarian Party

Disqualified
  • Caroline Avery, personal antiquities buyer ''''

    Endorsements

Green Party

Withdrawn
  • Henry Conoly, activist

    General election

Predictions

Post-primary endorsements

Polling

Results

District 2

The 2nd district is based in central and northeastern Philadelphia. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of D+22, and voted for Joe Biden by 43 points in 2020. Democrat Brendan Boyle, who had represented the district since 2019, was most recently re-elected in 2022 with 75.7% of the vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Brendan Boyle, incumbent U.S. representative
    Declined
  • Sharif Street, state senator from the 3rd district and son of former Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street

    Endorsements

Polling

Poll sourceDate
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Brendan
Boyle
Sharif
Street
Undecided
MuniciPoll December 4–7, 2021939 ± 3.2%58%18%24%

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Aaron Bashir

    Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 3

The 3rd district is based in west and south Philadelphia. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of D+40, making it the second most democratic leaning district in the nation, and voted for Joe Biden by 81 points. Democrat Dwight Evans, who had represented the district since 2019, was most recently re-elected in 2022 with 95.1% of the vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Dwight Evans, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Michael Cogbill
  • Alexandra Hunt, public health researcher
    Declined
  • Helen Gym, Philadelphia City Councilor

    Endorsements

Results

Independent and third-party candidates

Socialist Workers Party

Qualified for ballot

Predictions

Results

District 4

The 4th district is based in the western suburbs of Philadelphia, including most of Montgomery County and parts of Berks County. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of D+7, and voted for Joe Biden by 19 points in 2020. Democrat Madeleine Dean, who had represented the district since 2019, was most recently re-elected in 2022, winning 61.3% of the vote in the general election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Madeleine Dean, incumbent U.S. representative

    Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Predictions

Post-primary endorsements

Results

District 5

The 5th district is based in the southwestern suburbs of Philadelphia, including all of Delaware County, parts of Montgomery County, and parts of south Philadelphia. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of D+14, and voted for Joe Biden by 32 points in 2020. Democrat Mary Gay Scanlon, who had represented the district since 2018, was most recently re-elected in 2022, winning 65.1% of the vote in the general election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Mary Gay Scanlon, incumbent U.S. representative

    Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • David Galluch, Navy veteran

    Results

Independent and third-party candidates

Libertarian Party

Filed paperwork
  • Robert Margus

    General election

Forum

Predictions

Results

District 6

The 6th district includes all of Chester County and the city of Reading in Berks County. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of D+5, and voted for Joe Biden by 15 points in 2020. Democrat Chrissy Houlahan, who had represented the district since 2019, was most recently re-elected in 2022, garnering 58.3% of the vote in the general election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Chrissy Houlahan, incumbent U.S. representative

    Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Guy Ciarrocchi, CEO of the Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry and former chief of staff to Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley
    Eliminated in primary
  • Steve Fanelli, businessman
  • Regina Mauro, businesswoman
  • Ron Vogel, realtor

    Endorsements

Results

General election

Debate

Predictions

Post-primary endorsements

Results

District 7

The 7th district is based in the Lehigh Valley, including all of Lehigh, Northampton, and Carbon counties and a small sliver of Monroe County. The district was modestly altered by redistricting, losing Stroudsburg in exchange for Carbon County. This made the district more conservative, with a PVI of R+2, but it voted for Joe Biden by 0.6 points in 2020. Democrat Susan Wild, a representative since 2018, was most recently re-elected in 2022, winning 51.0% of the vote.
During the campaign, a research firm contracted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee inappropriately obtained the military records of candidate Kevin Dellicker.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Susan Wild, incumbent U.S. representative

    Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

General election

Debate

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 8

The 8th district is based in Northeast Pennsylvania, specifically the Wyoming Valley and Pocono Mountains, including all of Lackawanna, Wayne, and Pike counties, and most of Luzerne and Monroe counties. The district added Stroudsburg in redistricting, making it slightly more liberal. It had a PVI of R+4, and voted for Donald Trump by 3 points in 2020. Democrat Matt Cartwright, who had represented the district since 2013, was most recently re-elected in 2022, garnering 51.2% of the vote in the general election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Matt Cartwright, incumbent U.S. representative

    Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

General election

Predictions

Post-primary endorsements