Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Mary Gay Scanlon
- 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 June 2, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Pennsylvania, District 5
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H8PA07200 · Principal campaign committee: SCANLON FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 5 | $1,340,757.14 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 5 | $1,532,211.38 | Won the general election |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 5 | $1,596,137.42 | General-election nominee |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 5 | $1,479,735.15 | Won the general election (64.7%) |
Total raised$1,479,735.15
Total spent$1,374,969.35
Cash on hand$218,678.96
Debts owed by the campaign$250,000.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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$1,077,212.8873%
- PACs and other committees$379,001.0026%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$4,061.820%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$19,459.451%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Rules
- Rules and Organization of the House Ranking Member
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
- The Constitution and Limited Government Ranking Member
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
128 committees reported giving $373,419.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$14,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$8,500.00
- INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS PAC (IBC PAC)Connected PAC$8,250.00
- AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$8,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- EXELON CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXELON PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$6,500.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pagePAC$6,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
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- CIGNA CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AT&T INC./WARNERMEDIA LLC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T/WARNERMEDIA FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE VANGUARD GROUP COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- KEYSTONE AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- BALLARD SPAHR LLP PACPAC$5,000.00
- NORTH AMERICA'S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS POLITICAL EDUCATIONAL FUND Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA - COAL MINERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$4,000.00
- LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, LFGPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- TRANS UNION LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- GOOGLE LLC NETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) Company pagePAC$4,000.00
- DUANE MORRIS GOVERNMENT COMMITTEEPAC$3,396.00
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BIPARTISAN VOLUNTARY PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. (PNC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- WAWA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- HUMANA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ARGENTUM'S SILVER PAC Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SAP AMERICA INC PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST, INC. PAC (WGAW PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION PACPAC$2,500.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST - JEFF PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$2,000.00
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- IHEARTMEDIA INC. PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- HIGHMARK PAC OF HIGHMARK INC. Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COALITION PAC (SEEC PAC)Connected PAC$2,000.00
- JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. PAC Company pagePAC$1,500.00
- DISTRICT NO. 1-PCD, MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFICIAL ASSOC. - POLITICAL ACTION FUND (MEBA-PAF) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NEXSTAR PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- QURATE RETAIL, INC. PACConnected PAC$1,250.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$1,012.00
- FRIENDS OF RAJA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,001.00
- NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CANDY PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NCTA - THE INTERNET AND TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTA PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CORNING INCORPORATED EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (COREPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BMS PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TARGET CORPORATION CITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM (TARGETCITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE IPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- INTEL CORPORATION EMPLOYEE GOVERNMENT ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- VIACOMCBS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (GUARDIAN LIFE P Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- BLUEPAC - BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION PACPAC$1,000.00
- DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- THE ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTSConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MAGELLAN HEALTH, INC. EMPLOYEE COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENTConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PENNSYLVANIA FEDERATION OF DEMOCRATIC WOMEN INC FEDERAL PACPAC$1,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TRIUMPH GROUP INC PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PENNSYLVANIA ASSOC OF STAFF NURSES AND ALLIED PROFESSIONALS PASNAP-PACPAC$1,000.00
- UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP EMPLOYEE ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENDO PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- MAC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- COVINGTON AND BURLING LLP PACPAC$1,000.00
- KUSTER FOR CONGRESS, INCCandidate committee$1,000.00
- COX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC. Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WAKEFERN FOOD CORP. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- FACEBOOK INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- 4 MA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ROTHMAN INSTITUTE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JAMIE RASKIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (A.K.A. GRAMMY FUND FOR MUSIC CREATORS)PAC$1,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DAN MUROFFCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ACADEMY OF RAIL LABOR ATTORNEYS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN NETWORK OF COMMUNITY OPTIONS AND RESOURCES DISABILITY CHAMPIONS PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND, INC. PAC (EVERYTOWN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CONGRESSMAN WAXMAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$500.00
- WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
- COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$500.00
- PAKISTANI AMERICAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAK-PACConnected PAC$500.00
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$500.00
- NATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- THE US CAMPAIGN FUNDLeadership PAC$500.00
- IRISH AMERICAN DEMOCRATSConnected PAC$250.00
- CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$200.00
- YOUTH PROGRESSIVE ACTION CATALYSTHybrid PAC$50.00
- EBAY INC-COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE INTERNET COMMERCE Company pageConnected PAC$10.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Mary Gay Scanlon$14,615.28
- Independent expenditures opposing Mary Gay Scanlon$159.71
- Company and union communications to members about Mary Gay Scanlon$5,083.33
FEC totals for the 2020 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.
- COMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONSSupporting$8,504.00
- BEND THE ARC JEWISH ACTION INCSupporting$1,668.00
- TOGETHER WE THRIVESupporting$750.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL 98 COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONSupporting$398.00
- ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUNDSupporting$368.00
- JDCA PACSupporting$305.00
- PENNSYLVANIA PRO-LIFE FEDERATION PACOpposing$158.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSupporting$104.00
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
The race
Pennsylvania U.S. House, District 5, 2020 · 5 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Gay Scanlon (D) | $1,479,735.15 | $218,678.96 | 2020-12-31 |
| Dasha Pruett (R) | $108,445.69 | $22,709.16 | 2020-12-31 |
| Robert Jordan (R) | $25,210.44 | $1,949.33 | 2020-12-31 |
| Lou Lanni (D) | $8,000.00 | $0.00 | 2020-07-15 |
| Joseph Michael Billie (R) | $3,112.26 | $3,505.19 | 2020-03-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
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Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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