The Winner

If you live in Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) will keep representing you after winning a fifth term. The Associated Press called the race for Reschenthaler on election night, Tuesday, Nov. 3. ​

Reschenthaler won 57.6% of the vote to 42.4% for Democrat Alan Bradstock, a margin of about 15 points, according to unofficial state results reported by the Daily Courier. That was less than half his margin in 2024, when he won 66.5% of the vote against Democrat Chris Dziados.

The Race

Bradstock is a Donora native and Fayette County resident who served in the Army during Desert Storm and retired from the FBI. He ran unopposed in the May 19 Democratic primary, and Reschenthaler had no opponent in the Republican primary. Before the election, Cook Political Report and Inside Elections rated the seat Solid Republican, and Sabato’s Crystal Ball rated it Safe Republican, according to Ballotpedia.

The district covers all of Fayette, Greene and Washington counties and parts of Indiana, Somerset and Westmoreland counties, according to Pennsylvania’s congressional redistricting records. Its communities include Washington, Canonsburg, Uniontown and Waynesburg.

The district has about 758,000 residents, a median household income of $67,400 and a median age of 45. About 27% of adults hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, unemployment is 5.4% and 12.2% of residents live below the poverty line. Residents are 91.1% white, 3.1% Black, 1.7% Hispanic and 0.8% Asian.

What’s Next

Reschenthaler’s new term begins Sunday, Jan. 3, and he will serve in the minority after Democrats won control of the House. He has been chief deputy whip, the top appointed post on the House Republican whip team led by Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), who is now running for minority whip. Reschenthaler also sits on the House Appropriations Committee, which writes federal spending bills, according to 90.5 WESA.

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