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2026 candidates we're tracking in PA-16
Justin Wagner
Top priorities
- Fighting for veterans and labor
- Affordability and opportunity for working families
- Access to healthcare
Per the campaign site.
About Justin Wagner
Senior automation engineer whose work has included projects for NASA, Boeing, and Ford, Wagner is a U.S. Army combat veteran who deployed to Iraq in 2006 and is a past UAW and IBEW member, per his campaign site and the New Castle News.
Mike Kelly
Top priorities
- Fiscal responsibility and smaller government
- Pro-growth tax reform to simplify the tax code and lower rates
- Western Pennsylvania priorities: the economy, energy, veterans and education
Per the campaign site.
About Mike Kelly
Mike Kelly is the sitting U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 16th District, serving since 2011. He won the May 19, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, per Pennsylvania's official primary returns.
About this race
Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Pennsylvania primary is Tuesday, May 19, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.