PHILADELPHIA — With Election Day less than one week away, all eyes are on Pennsylvania. But it’s not only in the presidential race where the state’s swing voters are poised to influence partisan power on a national scale. And nearby in New Jersey and Delaware, voters will see history-making races on the ballot, too.
Moderate Democrats and right-wing Republicans are fighting competitive races for control of three of the state’s Congressional districts. The fate of these races — the most competitive Congressional matchups in the state — could help determine which party controls the U.S.
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Rep. Scott Perry, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump is trying to hold his grasp on the 10th Congressional District, which includes parts of the Harrisburg suburbs that have been shifting blue. He’s facing his most serious challenge yet after he easily carried the Central Pennsylvania district in 2022.
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Matt Cartwright, a Democrat, is trying to hold onto his seat, which he’s had a narrow grasp on as his district has voted for Trump in the past two presidential races. U.S.
Rep. Susan Wild, a Democrat, is also fighting to hold onto a district she narrowly won in 2022. Wild’s Lehigh Valley district has proven politically fickle by voting for Obama in 2012, then swinging to Trump in 2016, then back to Biden in 2020.
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report has rated all three of these races as toss-ups, and all are among the.