Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Mary Gay Scanlon

Official portrait of Mary Gay Scanlon
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Pennsylvania’s 5th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Swarthmore, PA
Born
1959
In Congress
House since 2018 · 7 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
SCANLON, MARY GAY
Next election
Primary May 19, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Pennsylvania with the current district highlighted

Pennsylvania, District 5

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Pennsylvania District 5IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H8PA07200 · Principal campaign committee: SCANLON FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 5$1,340,757.14General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 5$1,532,211.38Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 5$1,596,137.42General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 5$1,479,735.15Won the general election (64.7%)
Total raised$1,340,757.14
Total spent$1,186,796.71
Cash on hand$471,706.20
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $723,160.41PACs and other committees: $611,700.00Party committees: $1,392.16Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $4,504.57
  • Individual contributions$723,160.4154%
  • PACs and other committees$611,700.0046%
  • Party committees$1,392.160%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$4,504.570%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$143,501.4126%
  • Contributions over $200$409,930.0074%
  • Itemized from inside Pennsylvania$381,021.0082%
  • Itemized from other states$85,198.1518%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $17,470.00 · Massachusetts $15,900.00 · District of Columbia $11,100.00 · Virginia $8,750.00 · New Jersey $6,650.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$460K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $100,557.40APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $113,396.11JULY QUARTERLY: raised $176,810.78JULY QUARTERLY: spent $153,736.20OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $127,506.13OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $155,799.51YEAR-END: raised $175,945.50YEAR-END: spent $107,156.59APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $179,537.51APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $157,103.21PRE-PRIMARY: raised $78,594.43PRE-PRIMARY: spent $69,404.34JULY QUARTERLY: raised $151,634.18JULY QUARTERLY: spent $103,145.57OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $274,081.21OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $263,142.512025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea278
Voted nay385
Voted present1
Did not vote10 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored28
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored466

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10895 To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Civic Education and Service Learning Grant Program, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Oct 22, 2026 · Latest action Oct 22, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by…
  • H.R. 10700 Accessible Voting Act of 2026
    Introduced Oct 1, 2026 · Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
  • H.R. 10699 Dropbox Access Act
    Introduced Oct 1, 2026 · Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
  • H.R. 10506 Packers and Stockyards Improvements Act
    Introduced Sep 17, 2026 · Latest action Sep 17, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.R. 10103 Stable Homes Act
    Introduced Aug 13, 2026 · Latest action Aug 13, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 9878 Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act
    Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Latest action Jul 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 9763 SWIFT Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Latest action Jul 16, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined …
  • H.R. 9638 Sunshine for Our Kids Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 9, 2026 · Latest action Jul 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9482 Health and Location Data Protection Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 25, 2026 · Latest action Jun 25, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9297 Pedestrian Protection Act
    Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Latest action Jun 11, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

142 committees reported giving $507,578.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Show all 142 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Mary Gay Scanlon$105.16
  • Independent expenditures opposing Mary Gay Scanlon$22.94

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Pennsylvania U.S. House, District 5, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Mary Gay Scanlon (D)$1,340,757.14$471,706.202026-10-14
Nicholas Waln Morris Manganaro (R)$21,043.18$10,768.202026-09-30
Joshua Brown (R)$4,405.00$0.002026-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DSeptember 11, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DSeptember 11, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DApril 10, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: SCANLON FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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