The Winner
If you live in Pennsylvania's 13th U.S. House District, you will continue to be represented in Congress by John Joyce) (R-PA), who has been declared the winner of the 2026 congressional race, according to the Associated Press. The seat stays in Republican hands.
Joyce took about 67.5% of the vote to about 32.5% for his Democratic opponent, Beth Farnham, a margin of about 35 points or about 98,307 votes, according to official results as of Nov. 10.
The winner is based on the call, and the vote figures are preliminary: totals may change until the state certifies them.
The Race
Farnham, the Democrat, reached the Nov. 3 general election ballot by advancing from the May 19 Democratic primary. Cook Political Report and Inside Elections each rated the seat Solid Republican before the election.
The district has about 765,400 residents, according to geographic data for the district. Median household income is about $69,300, median age is about 43.5, and about 22.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
About 90.6% of residents are white, about 4.0% Hispanic, about 2.3% Black, and about 0.7% Asian; the unemployment rate is about 3.9% and about 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line.
The district covers all of Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria and Franklin counties, among others, according to WGAL.
What's Next
Joyce is set to take office on Jan. 3, 2027, under the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Joyce's office said in a Sept. 15 press release that he introduced the bipartisan Patients First Act of 2026, which would update Medicare physician payments and support independent primary-care practices, according to the Office of Rep. John Joyce.
The state's certification of the vote counts is still to come, so the figures above remain unofficial.
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