This is another in our series highlighting the U.S. House of Representatives races in the Commonwealth.

15th Congressional District

Glenn “G.T.” Thompson | Website | Twitter | Facebook

Age: 63 | Served in Harrisburg since 2009 | BA: Penn State ’81; M.Ed. Temple ’98 | Resides: Howard

Positions

• close the digital divide and bring connectivity to rural America
• improve forest management, increase access to precision agriculture, and produce responsible energy and conservation incentives
• increase domestic energy production on federal lands and water
• abortion rights should be made at the state level, but in cases where a woman’s life is at peril due to pregnancy, the decision to terminate should be made between a woman and her physician. He does not support abortion in cases of rape or incest
• enforcing existing laws to keep “guns out of the hands of criminals” and providing more resources for mental health professionals

Mike Molesevich (D) | Website | Twitter | Facebook

Age: 67 | BS: Juniata ’77; MS; Bucknell | Resides: Lewisburg

Positions

• fight for federal programs and funding to guarantee accessible and affordable health care
• supports the right of a woman to make her own decisions on health care
• Codify Roe v. Wade into federal law
• expand USDA operating loan programs
• ban no-knock warrants in federal drug cases
• provide assistance to students who need help with tuition costs for career, technical, and community college education
• supports American energy independence and moving to a sustainable economy powered by American renewable energy
• strongly supports the “DREAM Act”
• reinstating limited sales of military style weapons, also supported by police, restricting high-capacity magazines, creating universal background checks, and passing “red flag” legislation.
• Repeal Citizens United

Dave Redistricting Partisan Lean: R+30.4 (63.9 – 33.5%)

Voter Registration:

• Overall (484,958): R+26.6 (56.4 – 29.8)
  • Centre (105,986): D+2.0 (42.0 – 40.0)
  • Clearfield (48,320): R+31.4 (60.0 – 28.6)
  • Armstrong (42,725): R+31.7 (60.1 – 28.4)
  • Jefferson (27,985): R+43.5 (66.3 – 22.8)
  • Lycoming (26,649): R+43.0 (65.2 – 22.2)
  • Warren (26,440): R+28.0 (56.4 – 28.4)
  • Tioga (26,082): R+44.7 (65.8 – 21.1)
  • Union (26,021): R+23.5 (53.4 – 29.9)
  • McKean (24,967): R+38.1 (61.9 – 23.8)
  • Clarion (23,510): R+25.3 (51.3 – 26.0)
  • Snyder (22,602): R+44.6 (66.3 – 21.7)
  • Clinton (21,881): R+23.3 (55.1 – 31.8)
  • Elk (20,152): R+21.1 (54.8 – 33.7)
  • Venango (19,842): R+32.7 (59.7 – 27.0)
  • Potter (10,966): R+51.1 (69.8 – 18.7)
  • Indiana (4,500): R+47.5 (68.8 – 21.3)
  • Forest (3,335): R+29.6 (59.2 – 29.6)
  • Cameron (2,995): R+32.9 (60.2 – 27.3)

2020 Presidential Results: Trump +43.6

2020 Results: Thompson d. Robert Williams, 73.5 – 26.5%

Current Ratings

• Cook Political Report: Solid R
• Five Thirty Eight: Solid R
• Sabato’s Crystal Ball: Safe R
• RealClearPolitics: Safe GOP

Fundraising Q3

Thompson | Raised: $79.651 | Spent: $65,009 | Cash on Hand: $435,771

Molesevich | Raised: $41,641 | Spent: $39,259 | Cash On Hand: $(-3,311)

ARMSTRONG, CAMERON, CENTRE, CLARION, CLEARFIELD, CLINTON, ELK, FOREST, INDIANA, JEFFERSON, LYCOMING, MCKEAN, POTTER, SNYDER, TIOGA, UNION, VENANGO and WARREN Counties.
Total population: 764,864

All of ARMSTRONG County; All of CAMERON County; All of CENTRE County; All of CLARION County; All of CLEARFIELD County; All of CLINTON County; All of ELK County; All of FOREST County; Part of INDIANA County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Banks, Canoe, East Mahoning, Grant, Montgomery, North Mahoning, South Mahoning (PART, District 01 (only blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2042, 2043, 2044, 3000 and 3001 of tract 960200)) and West Mahoning and the BOROUGHS of Glen Campbell, Marion Center and Smicksburg; All of JEFFERSON County; Part of LYCOMING County consisting of the CITY of Williamsport (PART, Ward 05 (only blocks 1034, 1035, 1036, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1055, 1056, 1057, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088 and 2089 of tract 000900)) and the TOWNSHIPS of Anthony, Armstrong, Bastress, Brady, Brown, Cascade, Cogan House, Cummings, Gamble, Hepburn, Jackson, Lewis, Limestone, Lycoming, McHenry, McIntyre, McNett, Mifflin, Nippenose, Old Lycoming, Piatt, Pine, Porter, Susquehanna, Washington, Watson and Woodward and the BOROUGHS of Duboistown, Jersey Shore, Salladasburg and South Williamsport; All of MCKEAN County; All of POTTER County; All of SNYDER County; All of TIOGA County; All of UNION County; Part of VENANGO County consisting of the CITY of Oil City and the TOWNSHIPS of Allegheny, Cherrytree, Clinton, Cornplanter, Cranberry, Oakland, Oil Creek, Pinegrove, Plum, President, Richland, Rockland, Scrubgrass and Victory (only blocks 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1050, 1051, 1053, 1058, 1059 and 1060 of tract 201400) and the BOROUGHS of Clintonville, Emlenton (Venango County Portion), Pleasantville and Rouseville and All of WARREN County.