Federal race · 2024

Pennsylvania U.S. House, District 12, 2024

Primary: April 23, 2024 · General election: November 5, 2024

Money raised

  1. Summer Lee (D)$3M raised · $1M on hand
  2. Bhavini Patel (D)$701K raised · $41K on hand
  3. James Hayes (R)$136K raised · $686 on hand
  4. Laurie Macdonald (D)$126K raised · $0 on hand

Raised Cash on hand · bars are blue for Democrats, red for Republicans, gray for others

Candidates

CandidateStatusRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
Summer Lee (D)Won the general election$2,959,031.02$1,971,818.87$1,011,579.112024-12-31
Bhavini Patel (D)Lost primary$701,477.21$680,975.11$41,081.332024-12-31
James Hayes (R)General-election nominee$136,244.75$135,559.24$685.512024-12-31
Laurie Macdonald (D)Withdrawn$126,170.00$116,041.47$0.002024-12-31

Totals from the FEC candidate summary file, retrieved October 23, 2026. A dated snapshot, not live reporting; each candidate’s FEC page is the official source.

Total spent on this race

$4,227,196.75 = candidates’ own spending $2,855,150.89 + outside spending $1,372,045.86

CandidateOutside spending forAgainstElectioneering and member messages
Summer Lee$736,268.96$210.18$23,492.38
Bhavini Patel$612,074.34$0.00$0.00

Candidates’ own spending is their committees’ disbursements less transfers to other committees, contributions to others, loan repayments and refunds (FEC committee summary). Outside spending is independent expenditures, electioneering communications and company or union member communications for or against these candidates (FEC totals by candidate from regular reports, retrieved October 24, 2026; the latest 24- and 48-hour notices are not included yet). Party coordinated spending is not split by race and is not included. All the money

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DDecember 12, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DDecember 15, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DSeptember 7, 2023
  • Elections DailySafe DFebruary 5, 2024
  • CNalysisSolid DNovember 16, 2023

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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.

Results

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Summer LeeDemocratic Party234,802

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