2026 forecast · Pennsylvania 16th

Mike Kelly is very likely to win Pennsylvania's 16th District.

Justin Wagner vs Mike Kelly. The model has Kelly ahead by 10.5 points, winning 94 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Likely RModel R +10.5Updated October 22, 2026
Justin Wagner
Democrat
44.7%
160,285 projected votes
Mike Kelly
Republican
55.3%
198,013 projected votes
94%Kelly
6%Wagner
Kelly very likelyEach square is one simulated election night, Kelly wins about 94 of 100
RatingLikely R94% chance for Kelly
Model marginR +10.5No polls in the race
80 percent rangeR +1.9 to R +19.02,000 simulations
Projected votes358,298Kelly 55.3%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Pennsylvania districts

17 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Justin WagnerDemocrat · 6% to win
44.7%
Mike KellyRepublican · 94% to win
55.3%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

358,298 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Mike Kelly R198,01355.3%
Justin Wagner D160,28544.7%
Total358,298100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%6% Wagner94% Kelly16 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

The Pennsylvania governor polling average
20%25%30%35%40%45%50%55%60%65%MayJunJulAugSepOct55.7Shapiro32.0Garrity
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
The New York Times/The Philadelphia Inquirer/SienaAug 21 · 760 LV · Gold16%Shapiro +16.0
Quinnipiac UniversityOct 5 · 1,159 LV · C15%Shapiro +25.0
Susquehanna Polling & ResearchSep 30 · 700 LV · A-15%Shapiro +21.0
The New York Times/The Philadelphia Inquirer/SienaSep 21 · 615 LV · Gold14%Shapiro +20.0
Bravo Group/PennLiveOct 11 · 628 RV · NR14%Shapiro +30.1
Z to A Research for Rust Belt Rising (D)Oct 1 · 630 RV · NR12%Shapiro +19.0
Every other poll together: 13%

This is the same On Point polling average as the full average page. The forecast reads the polls through its own Election Day projection, shown as the On Point average in the table below, and blends it with partisan lean and fundamentals.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageNo polls

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Kelly +10.5
Chance of winning
Justin Wagner6%
Mike Kelly94%
Simulated vote
Justin Wagner44.7%
Mike Kelly55.3%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +23.0
FundamentalsR +10.5
With pollsR +10.4
Early vote turnoutR +0.2
With early voteR +10.5

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Pennsylvania, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +28R +28Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +23.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +10.5With pollsno pollsR +10.4With early voteturnout so farR +10.5
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.