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

16th Congressional District

Mike Kelly | Website | Twitter | Facebook

Age: 74 | Served in Harrisburg since 2011 | BA: Notre Dame ’70 | Resides: Butler

Positions

• fix the tax code with common sense changes that ensure everyone pays their fair share
• make sure that local communities have both adequate funding and the flexibility to address their particular needs
• focus on accountability, funding only what works, and expanding parental choice
• reduce the size of government and limit our spending
• tax code should be simpler, taxes should be lower, and that the federal government needs to be careful not to pick winners and losers.

Dan Pastore (D) | Website | Twitter | Facebook

Age: 64 | BS: Indiana Univ. of PA ’80 | Resides: Fairview

Positions

• reign in health care costs while maintaining people’s ability to choose their own doctor
• oppose any effort to privatize or cut Medicare
• women should always have the freedom to make choices about their health and their body
• reforming our trade laws to level the playing for American manufacturers
• increase funding to our public schools
• prohibit the owning and trading of individual stocks by members of Congress and their staff

Dave Redistricting Partisan Lean: R+14.6 (56.1 – 41.5%)

Voter Registration:

• Overall (507,005): R+10.4 (48.4 – 38.0)
  • Erie (177,427): D+9.0 (47.4 – 38.4)
  • Butler (136,254): R+27.2 (56.6 – 29.4)
  • Mercer (72,014): R+12.7 (49.6 – 36.9)
  • Lawrence (56,064): R+9.0 (48.5 – 39.5)
  • Crawford (52,706): R+26.6 (57.2 – 30.6)
  • Venango (12,540): R+28.5 (57.7 – 29.2)

2020 Presidential Results: Trump +18.7

2020 Results: Kelly d. Kristy Gnibus, 59.3 – 40.7%

Current Ratings

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

Fundraising Q3

Kelly | Raised: $34,880 | Spent: $237,748 | Cash on Hand: $1,070,762

Pastore | Raised: $38,954 | Spent: $190,580 | Cash On Hand: $9,248

BUTLER, CRAWFORD, ERIE, LAWRENCE, MERCER and VENANGO Counties.
Total population: 764,865

All of BUTLER County; All of CRAWFORD County; All of ERIE County; All of LAWRENCE County; All of MERCER County and Part of VENANGO County consisting of the CITY of Franklin and the TOWNSHIPS of Canal, Frenchcreek, Irwin, Jackson, Mineral, Sandycreek and Victory (all blocks except 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1050, 1051, 1053, 1058, 1059 and 1060 of tract 201400) and the BOROUGHS of Barkeyville, Cooperstown, Polk, Sugarcreek and Utica.