Pennsylvania PA-07 House2022
RACE AT A GLANCE
SEAT HELD
Susan Wild
RACE WINNER
Susan Wild
Seat held
RACE TYPE
Incumbent running
Susan Wild (D)
RACE RATING
Last updated : Oct 5, 2022COOK PARTISAN VOTING INDEX
Last updated : Jul 18, 2022Race summary
Redistricting should have turbo-boosted Republican coatings manufacturing executive Lisa Scheller in her rematch against Wild: Wild eked out a 52%-48% win over Scheller in 2020, and the new court-ordered map adds deep-red Carbon County to the 7th CD, morphing the seat from Biden +5 to just Biden +0.6.Key Dates
Filing Deadline: TBD
Primary Election: TBD
INCUMBENT
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INCUMBENT
Susan Wild
First Elected: 2018
Last General Election: 51.9%
Last Primary Election: 100.0%
Full Bio:
WILD, Susan, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born on June 7, 1957; B.A., American University, Washington, D.C., 1978; J.D., George Washington University, 1982; lawyer, private practice; solicitor, Allentown, Pa., 2015-2018; elected simultaneously as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and the One Hundred Sixteenth Congresses, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Charles W. Dent (November 6, 2018-present).
Source: Bioguide
CANDIDATES
Republicans
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DISTRICT DATA
Pennsylvania - 07
Lehigh Valley: Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton
Population Breakdown
Source: American Community Survey 2015
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Past Presidential Results from this District
2020 Election Results
Source: Dave's Redistricting/VEST
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2016 Election Results
Source: Dave's Redistricting/VEST
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RACE ANALYSIS
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Updated: Oct 5, 2022
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