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U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania’s 5th District

Mary Gay Scanlon

Democrat 5th term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

100LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 12
0BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2018–now
7 years in CongressMore senior than 57% of the House
Committees
  • Rules 2nd minority
  • Judiciary 9th minority
Age
67

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date502904676740
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1904931,2354

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does she focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 41% 18%
Health 9% 7%
Crime and Law Enforcement 11% 25%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Crime and Law Enforcement and Economics and Public Finance; bills go to Crime and Law Enforcement and Government Operations and Politics.

  • She talks most about: Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Cost of Living (Economics and Public Finance), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Voting Access (Government Operations and Politics), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 28 bills sponsored, most on Crime and Law Enforcement.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberRules and Organization of the House SubcommitteeRules
Ranking memberThe Constitution and Limited Government SubcommitteeJudiciary
MemberRules Committee2nd minority
MemberJudiciary Committee9th minority

Ranking member on the Rules and Organization of the House Subcommittee, more senior than 57% of the House, in the minority.

  • 7 years in Congress: more senior than 57% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Republican bills

14% · peer median 23%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Scanlon.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

14% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 23%); closest in her party: Hernández Rivera and Balint.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on her own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can she get things done?

MethodBills tab →

Her billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 27 · expected 27
Action in committee 0 · expected 4
Beyond committee 0 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 369 of 433 in the House

0.21expected 0.48 · average member 1.00

0 of 27 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.21 against a peer median of 0.48.

  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does she stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.46

With her party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 9 of the 10 she voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 100% of party-line votes, breaks 0 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: −0.46, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Major bills: with her party on 9 of 10.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs her?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Scanlon$1.3M raised11%43%46%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

54% of what she raised came from individuals; 11% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.3M raised, 46% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 30.6 points.

67 PACs of the 102 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to her: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

  1. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  2. Cencora41% D
  3. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers96% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

219 bills

Scanlon voted Yea on 24, Nay on 86, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 108 with no recorded vote.

7

Do her words match her actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.