Blue Pennsylvania: What We Are Up Against

In case we get too confident about an impending Blue Tsunami this November, we might want to look at the most recent campaign finance data available. 

U.S. Congress

District	County/Counties	Democratic Challenger	Money on Hand - As of 6/30/2026		Republican Incumbent	Money on Hand - As of 6/30/2026
1	Bucks/Montgomery	Bob Harvie	$794,921.25		Brian Fitzpatrick	$6,355,534.34
7	Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	Bob Brooks	$1,018,422.84		Ryan MacKenzie	$2,938,717.17
8	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	Paige Cognetti	$3,406,709.73		Rob  Bresnahan, Jr.	$2,608,048.04
10	Dauphin, Cumberland, York	Janelle Stelson	$4,478,639.42		Scott Perry	$2,845,975.82

Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/

PA State Senate

District	County/Counties	Democratic Challenger	Money on hand – 30 days post-primary		Republican incumbent	Money on hand – 30 days post-primary
6	Bucks	Eileen Albillar	$272,177.80		Frank Farry	$1,013,196.25
16	Bucks/Lehigh	Mark Pinsley	$10,021.45		Jarrett Coleman	$502,993.36
24	Berks/Montgomery	Chris Thomas	$312,800.75		Tracy Pennycuick	$523,248.43

Source: https://www.campaignfinanceonline.pa.gov/pages/CFReportSearch.aspx?QsResultAction=NoResults

Granted, this information was last updated in June, and new data  should be available in the next few weeks, but it gives you a sense of what we are up against.  In only two instances below: Paige Cognetti in CD-8, and Jenelle Stelson in CD-10, have the challengers outraised their competition. 

Although other challengers may have made up the difference over the summer, it seems unlikely, given the number of negative TV ads that have been running recently about them. 

What can you do.

You can help to close the money gap by clicking on the links below. 

U.S. Congress

Candidate (Democrat)	District	Count(y/ies)	Incumbent (Republican)
Bob Harvie	PA-1	Bucks, Montgomery	Brian Fitzpatrick
Bob Brooks	PA-7	Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe	Ryan McKenzie
Paige Cognetti	PA-8	Wayne, Pike, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe	Bob Bresnahan
Janelle Stelson	PA-10	Dauphin, Cumberland, York	Scott Perry

PA Senate

Candidate (Democrat)	District	Count(y/ies)	Incumbent (Republican)
Eileen Harnett Albillar	SD-6	Bucks	Frank Farry
Mark Pinsley	SD-16	Bucks/Lehigh	Jarrett Coleman
Chris Thomas	SD-24	Berks/Montgomery	Tracy Pennycuick

You can also help us out by volunteering.  This coming Tuesday, September 22, Blue Pennsylvania will be hosting Tuesday postcard writing at the Highpoint Allen Lane Train Station from 1 - 3 pm, where we will be writing postcards for Chris Thomas, candidate for SD-24 in Pottstown.  As I have stressed in previous emails, we have a Democratic majority in the state house, and we are only two seats away from having a majority (with Austin Davis as the deciding vote) in the senate.  That means we are only two senate seats away from cleaner air and water, good public schools and transportation, sensible gun laws, and affordable health and housing.

Thanks,

Coleman