The filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Pennsylvania this year was March 15, 2022. Forty-eight candidates are running for Pennsylvania’s seventeen U.S. House districts, including 23 Democrats and 25 Republicans. That is 2.82 candidates per district, slightly less than the 2.83 candidates per district in 2020, and less than the 4.66 in 2018.
Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings:
- This is the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census, which resulted in Pennsylvania losing one U.S. House district.
- The 48 candidates running this year are the lowest number of candidates running for Pennsylvania’s U.S. House seats since 2016, when a total of 44 candidates filed.