PA-03 · U.S. House
Chris Rabb is almost certain to keep Pennsylvania’s 3rd congressional district in Democratic hands. Predicted margin: D+76.0.
- DemocratChris Rabb
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Forecast history
Latest reading · Oct 28 · first published Sep 9 · 80% range · margin points D+60.9 to D+91.1. Methodology
About this series
Reconstructed with the current model Aug 1 – Sep 8 and Sep 16 – Sep 18; published readings Sep 9 – Oct 28. Each reconstructed day is the current model on that day’s own inputs, not a forecast published then. Corrections are dated in the changelog.
Faded: CTMM 2.2 reconstructed history: computed after the fact with each date's available polls and environment, without expert ratings; not an issued forecast. Issued forecasts begin at the launch marker.
CTMM 2.2 readings for 2026-09-16, 2026-09-17, 2026-09-18 were computed after the fact with each day's available inputs: no edition was issued on those days. Not an issued forecast.
Data table
| Date | Margin | Chance | 80% range | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28 | D+76.0 | D win >99.9% | D+60.9 to D+91.1 | Published forecast |
| Oct 27 | D+76.0 | D win >99.9% | D+60.9 to D+91.1 | Published forecast |
| Oct 26 | D+76.0 | D win >99.9% | D+60.9 to D+91.1 | Published forecast |
| Oct 25 | D+76.0 | D win >99.9% | D+60.9 to D+91.1 | Published forecast |
| Oct 24 | D+76.0 | D win >99.9% | D+60.9 to D+91.1 | Published forecast |
| Oct 23 | D+76.0 | D win >99.9% | D+60.8 to D+91.1 | Published forecast |
| Oct 22 | D+76.0 | D win >99.9% | D+60.8 to D+91.1 | Published forecast |
| Oct 21 | D+76.0 | D win >99.9% | D+60.8 to D+91.1 | Published forecast |
| Oct 20 | D+75.9 | D win >99.9% | D+60.8 to D+91.1 | Published forecast |
| Oct 19 | D+75.9 | D win >99.9% | D+60.7 to D+91.0 | Published forecast |
| Oct 18 | D+75.9 | D win >99.9% | D+60.7 to D+91.0 | Published forecast |
| Oct 17 | D+75.9 | D win >99.9% | D+60.7 to D+91.0 | Published forecast |
| Oct 16 | D+75.8 | D win >99.9% | D+60.6 to D+91.0 | Published forecast |
| Oct 15 | D+75.8 | D win >99.9% | D+60.6 to D+90.9 | Published forecast |
| Oct 14 | D+75.7 | D win >99.9% | D+60.6 to D+90.9 | Published forecast |
| Oct 13 | D+75.7 | D win >99.9% | D+60.6 to D+90.9 | Published forecast |
| Oct 12 | D+75.7 | D win >99.9% | D+60.5 to D+90.9 | Published forecast |
| Oct 11 | D+75.7 | D win >99.9% | D+60.5 to D+90.9 | Published forecast |
| Oct 10 | D+75.8 | D win >99.9% | D+60.5 to D+91.0 | Published forecast |
| Oct 9 | D+75.7 | D win >99.9% | D+60.5 to D+91.0 | Published forecast |
| Oct 8 | D+75.7 | D win >99.9% | D+60.5 to D+90.9 | Published forecast |
| Oct 7 | D+75.7 | D win >99.9% | D+60.4 to D+90.9 | Published forecast |
| Oct 6 | D+75.6 | D win >99.9% | D+60.4 to D+90.8 | Published forecast |
| Oct 5 | D+75.6 | D win >99.9% | D+60.3 to D+90.8 | Published forecast |
| Oct 4 | D+75.6 | D win >99.9% | D+60.3 to D+90.9 | Published forecast |
| Oct 3 | D+75.6 | D win >99.9% | D+60.3 to D+90.8 | Published forecast |
| Oct 2 | D+75.5 | D win >99.9% | D+60.3 to D+90.8 | Published forecast |
| Oct 1 | D+75.6 | D win >99.9% | D+60.3 to D+90.8 | Published forecast |
| Sep 30 | D+75.6 | D win >99.9% | D+60.3 to D+90.9 | Published forecast |
| Sep 29 | D+75.5 | D win >99.9% | D+60.2 to D+90.8 | Published forecast |
| Sep 28 | D+75.5 | D win >99.9% | D+60.2 to D+90.9 | Published forecast |
| Sep 27 | D+75.5 | D win >99.9% | D+60.2 to D+90.9 | Published forecast |
| Sep 26 | D+75.5 | D win >99.9% | D+60.2 to D+90.9 | Published forecast |
| Sep 25 | D+75.5 | D win >99.9% | D+60.2 to D+90.9 | Published forecast |
| Sep 24 | D+75.5 | D win >99.9% | D+60.1 to D+90.8 | Published forecast |
| Sep 23 | D+75.4 | D win >99.9% | D+60.1 to D+90.8 | Published forecast |
| Sep 22 | D+75.4 | D win >99.9% | D+60.0 to D+90.8 | Published forecast |
| Sep 21 | D+75.4 | D win >99.9% | D+60.0 to D+90.8 | Published forecast |
| Sep 20 | D+75.4 | D win >99.9% | D+60.0 to D+90.8 | Published forecast |
| Sep 19 | D+75.4 | D win >99.9% | D+60.0 to D+90.8 | Published forecast |
| Sep 18 | D+75.5 | D win >99.9% | D+60.0 to D+90.9 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Sep 17 | D+75.4 | D win >99.9% | D+60.0 to D+90.9 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Sep 16 | D+75.4 | D win >99.9% | D+60.0 to D+90.8 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Sep 15 | D+75.2 | D win >99.9% | D+59.8 to D+90.7 | Published forecast |
| Sep 14 | D+75.3 | D win >99.9% | D+59.9 to D+90.7 | Published forecast |
| Sep 13 | D+75.3 | D win >99.9% | D+59.9 to D+90.7 | Published forecast |
| Sep 12 | D+75.3 | D win >99.9% | D+59.8 to D+90.7 | Published forecast |
| Sep 11 | D+75.2 | D win >99.9% | D+59.8 to D+90.7 | Published forecast |
| Sep 10 | D+75.2 | D win >99.9% | D+59.7 to D+90.6 | Published forecast |
| Sep 9 | D+74.9 | D win >99.9% | D+59.5 to D+90.3 | Published forecast |
| Sep 8 | D+75.1 | D win >99.9% | D+59.6 to D+90.5 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Sep 7 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.6 to D+90.5 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Sep 6 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.6 to D+90.5 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Sep 5 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.5 to D+90.5 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Sep 4 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.5 to D+90.5 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Sep 3 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.5 to D+90.5 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Sep 2 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.5 to D+90.5 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Sep 1 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.5 to D+90.5 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 31 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.5 to D+90.5 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 30 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.5 to D+90.5 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 29 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.5 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 28 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.4 to D+90.5 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 27 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.4 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 26 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.4 to D+90.5 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 25 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.4 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 24 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.4 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 23 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.4 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 22 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.4 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 21 | D+74.9 | D win >99.9% | D+59.3 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 20 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.3 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 19 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.3 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 18 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.3 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 17 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.3 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 16 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.3 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 15 | D+75.0 | D win >99.9% | D+59.3 to D+90.7 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 14 | D+74.9 | D win >99.9% | D+59.2 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 13 | D+74.9 | D win >99.9% | D+59.2 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 12 | D+74.9 | D win >99.9% | D+59.2 to D+90.7 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 11 | D+74.9 | D win >99.9% | D+59.2 to D+90.7 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 10 | D+74.9 | D win >99.9% | D+59.2 to D+90.7 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 9 | D+74.9 | D win >99.9% | D+59.2 to D+90.7 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 8 | D+74.9 | D win >99.9% | D+59.2 to D+90.7 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 7 | D+74.9 | D win >99.9% | D+59.1 to D+90.7 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 6 | D+74.8 | D win >99.9% | D+59.1 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 5 | D+74.8 | D win >99.9% | D+59.0 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 4 | D+74.8 | D win >99.9% | D+59.0 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 3 | D+74.8 | D win >99.9% | D+59.0 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 2 | D+74.8 | D win >99.9% | D+59.0 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
| Aug 1 | D+74.8 | D win >99.9% | D+59.0 to D+90.6 | Reconstructed with the stated inputs |
How the margin was built
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Displayed values are rounded.
All calculations & sources
This district's measured terrain +68.469 points
Call the Map's partisan lean on the CURRENT district lines, before any current-cycle evidence. Every pull below is measured from here — not from EVEN.
- Call the Map partisan lean, district geography bound to this forecast edition.
- Prior source: model_reconstructed_trial10.
Fitted model, above the terrain shown +5.467 points
What the fitted model adds on top of the starting terrain above — incumbency, past results, campaign finance and the other fitted terms — measured from that terrain rather than from EVEN. It is a comparison with the starting point already shown, not a separate input. The source detail lists the variables the fit uses.
- Fitted baseline 73.936 minus starting point 68.469 = 5.467 points.
- Presidential-margin-by-congressional-district dynamic core.
- Presidential-margin-by-congressional-district dynamic core (Jul 8 2026 deploy): a mass fit across district demographics, fundraising, incumbency, and past-cycle overperformance, trained on all 435 districts at once instead of a hand-built lean+incumbency recipe.
- The work: the core's fitted terms sum to +73.9 — the fundamentals row.
- fundamentals core = 25-term dynamic formula (mass fit over the master feature matrix, held-out-cycle validated; see matrix/feature_dictionary.md + mass_fit_report.json)
- 40-term formula, held-out validated.
National environment +2.071 points
The contribution to this race’s margin, not the national polling margin itself. The race’s loading, reference level and polling blend determine how much of the national climate reaches its final forecast.
- Three-source blend, updated 2026-10-14: 53% generic-ballot aggregates (D+7.7) · 28% special-election overperformance (D+9.0 across 46 specials) · 20% approval-implied (D+9.1 from net approval -24.3).
- Latest polls — generic ballot 2026-10-14 (14 days old), approval 2026-10-14 (14 days old).
- Generic-ballot average D+7.7 · support factor 0.87 (the share of that channel's capacity the admitted polls carry) — separate inputs; their product is a capacity diagnostic, not a margin.
- Weights are the 55/25/20 capacities scaled by each channel's evidence and renormalized, so thin polling widens the interval instead of pulling the center toward zero — 12% of the weight is carried that way.
- Blended national environment: D+8.3.
- Applied at full strength to this chamber's races.
- This step’s recorded contribution to the margin is +2.1.
- Blended national environment: D+8.3 (updated 2026-10-14).
- Effective poll weight 88%; fundamentals share 12%, carried by the interval (×1.06) rather than by the center.
- The support factor is the share of the generic-ballot capacity the admitted polls carry; average × support is a capacity diagnostic, not a margin, and is not what the row above multiplies.
- Applied at full strength to this chamber: +2.1 of this margin.
The components this edition publishes for this race, in points. “Other factors” closes the sum to the two-party structural lean exactly. Here the structural lean IS the published margin, so the walk sums to the projection exactly; nothing is left over.
| Named factor | Contribution |
|---|---|
| FundamentalsThe admitted fitted baseline. Its surviving variables differ by office; the source detail above identifies those used for this race. | +73.94 |
| National environmentThe national environment’s contribution to the prior. Polling can attenuate its influence; this value is not the national polling margin. | +2.07 |
| Other factors | 0.00 |
Where the votes are
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Recent elections
| Election | Result | Votes cast |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 · U.S. House ↗ | UnopposedOne named candidate in the retained source. | 340,223 |
| 2022 · U.S. House ↗ | Not a D–R contestThe ballot was not a Democrat versus a Republican; a D/R margin cannot identify the winner. | 263,935 |
| 2020 · U.S. House ↗ | D+82.1 | 375,379 |
| 2018 · U.S. House ↗ | D+86.8 | 307,997 |
Historical district boundaries may differ. Margins are the Democrat’s share of all votes cast minus the Republican’s.
The money
Chris Rabb ↗
D$1.3Mraised
$21K cash on hand
The tick marks cash on hand. A missing filing stays blank rather than becoming $0.
One more fundraising reportCall the Map · $325
The candidates are comfortably out-fundraising the website covering them. A little rude, perhaps, but statistically unsurprising.
- Received so far
- $325
- Measured compute
- $26,188.58
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FEC filings · through 06/30/2026 · Definitions & method
Race context
- 2024 presidential vote here
- 394,010
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+78.3between the two parties
Population profile
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 American Community Survey 5-year estimates ↗
Forecast as of October 28, 2026: Call the Map currently has Chris Rabb favored by D+76.0, with a >99 in 100 chance to win. This is an open seat. That result would keep the seat with Democrats. No current nominee-matched poll average is available, so the forecast is leaning on the non-polling evidence shown below.