Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past 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
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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$1,596,137.42
Total spent$1,512,234.94
Cash on hand$302,581.44
Debts owed by the campaign$250,000.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $916,926.64PACs and other committees: $669,750.69Party committees: $5,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $4,460.09
  • Individual contributions$916,926.6457%
  • PACs and other committees$669,750.6942%
  • Party committees$5,000.000%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$4,460.090%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

176 committees reported giving $643,112.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Mary Gay Scanlon$5,404.79
  • Independent expenditures opposing Mary Gay Scanlon$246.22
  • Company and union communications to members about Mary Gay Scanlon$33,151.20

FEC totals for the 2022 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, 2022 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Mary Gay Scanlon (D)$1,596,137.42$302,581.442022-12-31
David Galluch (R)$747,056.83$12,277.692022-12-31
Lou Lanni (D)$562,600.00$0.002022-07-15

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

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Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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