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We did very well in the Judicial Reten-tion races here, and\u00a0Pennsylvanians will next go to the polls on Tuesday, May 19,\u00a02026 for the Primary\u00a0Election. At this point, we plan to start canvassing again after that.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no U.S. Senate election this year, and the big media focus is on the state elections.\u00a0 Our focus, of course, is winning a majority in the U.S. House.\u00a0 But\u00a0control of the Pennsylvania General Assembly will be on the ballot in 2026;\u00a0Democrats and Republicans will each vie to maintain control of one legislative chamber while attempting to flip the other.\u00a0\u00a0Democrats flipped the state House in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We go into 2026 feeling quite upbeat: Democrats won a massive upset in March when they flipped\u00a0a Lancaster County state Senate seat<\/a>.\u00a0 We believe that a relatively new map<\/a>\u00a0and the Lancaster County flip could open a viable path to a Democratic majority in the state Senate.\u00a0\u00a0Twenty-five even-numbered districts in the 50-member state Senate are on the ballot this year.<\/p>\n Pennsylvania is poised to be ground zero for a hotly contested midterm election cycle that will determine whether Republicans will continue to control both chambers of Congress, or whether Democrats can regain (at least)\u00a0control of the House. <\/p>\n Most people expect Pennsylvania\u2019s 7th, 8th and 10th Congressional District to be the most hotly contested races of the cycle.\u00a0 But\u00a0all four of Pennsylvania\u2019s swing-seat Republican congressmen are uniquely vulnerable due to their own failures and self-inflicted wounds.\u00a0\u00a0What happens in the gubernatorial race is going to have real consequences downballot.<\/p>\n We spent\u00a037 Saturdays\u00a0knocking on doors in Pennsylvania last year, in the Philadelphia\u00a0and Pittsburgh (PA-17) metropolitan areas and in PA-07, PA-08 and PA-10. \u00a020,077 Hope Springs volunteers\u00a0came out to knock on\u00a01,460,077 doors\u00a0this year. \u00a0We collected\u00a0257,484 responses\u00a0to our Issues Survey\u00a0last year. \u00a061.8% of these were voters who were not identified as Democrats.\u00a0 (We don\u2019t canvass Republican households.)<\/p>\n Hope Springs from Field PAC<\/a>\u00a0starts knocking on doors March 7th this year. \u00a0We \u00a0will continue to target Democrats and unaffiliated voters with our systematic approach that reminds them not only that Democrats care, but that Democrats are determined to deliver the best, most affordable government possible to all Americans. \u00a0The voters we talk to continue to tell us they come away more invested in governance and feel more favorably towards Democrats in general because of our approach.<\/p>\n Obviously, we rely on grassroots support, so if you support field\/grassroots organizing, voter registration (and follow-up) and our efforts to protect our voters, we would certainly appreciate your\u00a0support:<\/p>\n https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/UNRIGtheMidterms<\/a><\/p>\n Hope Springs from Field<\/a>\u00a0understands that volunteer to voter personal interactions are critical. \u00a0Knocking on doors has repeatedly been found to be the most successful tactic to get voters to cast a ballot and that is the goal of what we do.<\/p>\n Yes, we really need your help here!\u00a0\u00a0Our printer\u2019s bills are \u2014 like most things \u2014 much higher than we had anticipated for the year. \u00a0Adding extra states (like California) did not help the budget!<\/p>\n PA-17, representing Pittsburgh suburbs, rated likely to remain in Democratic hands, is where Republicans think they have best shot at their own pickup in the state.<\/p>\n In PA-01, a high off-year election turnout led to\u00a0Democrats\u00a0winning more<\/a>\u00a0local seats<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Bucks County.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a fantastic omen,\u201d one volunteer in my first stop noted.<\/p>\n PA-07 is widely seen as one of the purest swing seats in the country. Republican Ryan Mackenzie flipped the seat in 2024 with\u00a0just over 50%<\/a>\u00a0of the vote, ousting Democratic Rep. Susan Wild, who served two terms.\u00a0 It\u2019s a crowded Democratic primary but fundraising reports show all six PA-7 candidates together raised\u00a0more than $1.5 million<\/a>\u00a0in the last quarter, suggesting how vulnerable Democrats believe Mackenzie to be \u2014 and how much attention voters there can expect in the coming year.<\/p>\n Perhaps no Pennsylvania race is drawing more national attention than PA-10. Republican Rep. Scott Perry, a former chair of the House Freedom Caucus, won re-election in 2024 by just over a point.\u00a0Cook<\/a>,\u00a0Sabato<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Inside Elections<\/a>\u00a0now rate PA-10 a \u201ctoss-up,\u201d with some analysts describing it as one of the most vulnerable GOP seats in the country heading into 2026.<\/p>\n Democrats already have their preferred candidate in Janelle Stelson, the former TV news anchor who ran against Perry last time, is running again. She is expected to be the best-known Democrat in a\u00a0large primary field<\/a>, and has already received the\u00a0endorsement of Gov. Josh Shapiro<\/a>.<\/p>\n Perry is also facing dissent inside his own party. Last year, a group formed Republicans Against Perry<\/a>\u00a0and criticized the incumbent for his extreme right-wing views. That effort may have helped Stelson to come within a point of winning. Now, Perry has primary competition that may weaken him.\u00a0<\/p>\n Because we had an Election here in November, we did present our Incident Reports to the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Right Division this year. \u00a0Although we did not anticipate any troubles at the polls in Pennsylvania, we still gave them a summary of voters have told us about prior elections. \u00a0As reported, they seemed\u00a0unnecessarily hostile to our collection of Incident Reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n Regardless, we still have to bring a sledgehammer to the fight. \u00a0Pennsyl-vania alone can determine who holds the majority in the House \u2014\u00a0just as it did in 2024.<\/p>\n Hope Springs<\/a>\u00a0starts up our Issues Canvass again in March. \u00a0Our volunteers knock on doors of Democratic and Independent voters and use a voter-driven approach to guide them through the Issues Survey, the CSR and Incident Reports. \u00a0We record questions voters raise with a Q(uestion)-slip and record other relevant observations on an Observations form. \u00a0Q-slips are sent to the relevant Democrat to respond to and Observations are entered into VAN. \u00a0At every door, we leave a piece of \u201cshow the flag\u201d lit, something that tells them we were there and hopefully reinforces the Democratic brand. \u00a0The lit focuses on the things voters told us were important to them last fall, aiming to appeal to every voter.<\/p>\n But the main focus of our canvassing is the Issues Survey, asking voters for their input and concerns. \u00a0Voter responses to the questionnaire are entered into VAN and made available to all Democratic candidates who use VAN in the state after the primary.<\/p>\n![\"hsffmap1.png\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hsffmap1.png\" "\\"hsffmap1.png\\"\/")
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