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Pennsylvania PA-18 House2020

RACE AT A GLANCE

RACE TYPE

Incumbent running

Mike Doyle (D)

RACE RATING

Last updated : Jan 31, 2019
Solid D

COOK PARTISAN VOTING INDEX

Last updated : Oct 2, 2020
D +50
R +50
D +13

Key Dates

Filing Deadline: Feb 18, 2020

Primary Election: Apr 28, 2020

INCUMBENT

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INCUMBENT

Mike Doyle

First Elected: 1994

Last General Election: -

Last Primary Election: -

Full Bio:
DOYLE, Michael F., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Swissvale, Allegheny County, Pa., August 5, 1953; graduated from Swissvale Area High School, Swissvale, Pa., 1971; B.S., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa., 1975; member of the Swissvale, Pa., borough council, 1977-1981; staff, Pennsylvania state senator Frank Pecora, 1979-1994; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-present).

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DISTRICT DATA

Pennsylvania - 18

Southwest: Pittsburgh 

Population Breakdown

Source: American Community Survey 2015

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Past Presidential Results from this District

2016 Election Results

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2012 Election Results

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RACE ANALYSIS

The Bottom Line

Updated: Jan 31, 2020

Doyle, the dean of the delegation, has held this Pittsburgh seat since 1994 and now chairs a key Energy and Commerce subcommittee. But for the first time in decades, he's facing a credible primary on April 28 against progressive Jerry Dickinson, a University of Pittsburgh law professor who draws inspiration from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and has raised $127,000.

Dickinson, who is African-American, supports a Green New Deal and will attack Doyle for accepting $220,000 in campaign donations from oil and gas interests over the past three decades. But Dickinson remains a long shot: Doyle can point to his vote to impeach President Trump as an example of his alignment with the base, and plenty of 18th CD primary voters aren't progressive activists.

Race Analysis

Updated: Jun 19, 2026

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