State Representative
State House District 35; Pennsylvania
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 74 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 63,682 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(13,018,639 ÷ 63,682) ÷ ln(50,000) = 74.59, measured against a statewide vote in PA (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Dan Goughnour serves in the Pennsylvania House and spent over 16 years with the McKeesport Police Department, most recently as captain of police detectives. He served on the McKeesport Area school board and is a Teamsters Local 205 member.
Records: Environment and Public Health 29 for, Corporate Accountability 22 for, Labor Rights 15 for,
Republican · declared
James Edwards is a Republican candidate for State Representative in State House District 35 (2024) in 2026.
Source: ballotpedia.org