| Pennsylvania remains the center of the political universe – and in 2026, it will play a decisive role in Democrats winning back the House.
In a new op-ed in the Washington Post, longtime political commentator and Pennsylvania native Chris Matthews explains why he’s bullish on Democrats’ chances of beating vulnerable Republicans Brian Fitzpatrick, Ryan Mackenzie, Rob Bresnahan, and Scott Perry in November.
 Matthews writes in part:
In 2024, Rob Bresnahan won his Scranton seat, just up Interstate 380 from where Trump spoke, with only 50.8 percent of the vote. Ryan Mackenzie won his seat in the Lehigh Valley, which includes Allentown and Bethlehem, with 50.5 percent of the vote. In the Harrisburg area, Scott Perry is another 50 percenter; he eked out reelection in 2024 at 50.6 percent.
Victories in those districts could set the Democrats up for the 30-plus-seat nationwide sweep that some watchers — me included — are betting is coming this coming fall.
[…] the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is salivating over vulnerable Republicans — Bresnahan, Mackenzie and Perry, along with Brian Fitzpatrick of Bucks County — in purple Pennsylvania.
DCCC Spokesperson Eli Cousin:
“It’s true: The DCCC is salivating over pick-up opportunities in Pennsylvania. That’s because Republican Congressmen Rob Bresnahan, Ryan Mackenzie, Scott Perry, and Brian Fitzpatrick have all failed to lower costs and have suffered a series of self-inflicted wounds that will cost them their seats.”
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