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U.S. Representative, 5th Congressional District

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Term
2 years
Candidates
2
Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A member of the U.S. House of Representatives votes on federal laws, taxes and spending on behalf of the district.

Delaware County part: the whole county (on all 382 precinct ballots). Other parts (per the Census district maps): in Montgomery County, Bridgeport and Narberth boroughs, Norristown, and most of Lower Merion and Upper Merion townships; part of the City of Philadelphia; and a few blocks of Birmingham Township in Chester County.

CandidatesCompare by issue

Taxes & budget

  • Nick ManganaroRepublican

    • Calls for a bipartisan path to a balanced federal budget and opposes new entitlement expansions.

  • Mary Gay ScanlonDemocratic

    No documented position found.

Public safety

  • Nick ManganaroRepublican

    • Supports ICE's efforts to remove criminals and the Deporting Fraudsters Act (H.R. 1958).

  • Mary Gay ScanlonDemocratic

    No documented position found.

Education

  • Nick ManganaroRepublican

    • Supports giving parents access to per-child school district funding for homeschooling or private school.

  • Mary Gay ScanlonDemocratic

    No documented position found.

Housing

  • Nick ManganaroRepublican

    No documented position found.

  • Mary Gay ScanlonDemocratic

    • Introduced the Stable Homes Act, a grant program to help local governments create eviction diversion programs.In office

Economy & jobs

  • Nick ManganaroRepublican

    • Supports rapid depreciation for new capital equipment and a review of federal regulations to streamline them.

  • Mary Gay ScanlonDemocratic

    • Introduced a bill to give USDA more tools against anticompetitive practices behind rising meat and poultry prices.In office

Environment & parks

  • Nick ManganaroRepublican

    • Supports an all-of-the-above energy policy, using oil reserves in the near term while developing nuclear power plants.
    • Supports developing Pennsylvania's petrochemical resources with requirements and monitoring for drilling and fracking.

  • Mary Gay ScanlonDemocratic

    No documented position found.

Health & human services

  • Nick ManganaroRepublican

    • Supports giving patients more control of their health care spending in free markets.

  • Mary Gay ScanlonDemocratic

    • Supports reinstating ACA subsidies, more Medicare and Medicaid support, and getting private equity out of health care.
    • Introduced the Take Back Our Hospitals Act to bar private equity firms from owning hospitals and nursing homes.In office
    • Introduced the SWIFT Act to raise Social Security survivor benefits for widows, widowers and surviving divorced spouses.In office

Government & transparency

  • Nick ManganaroRepublican

    • Opposes the war with Iran but supports funding current operations while seeking a negotiated settlement.

  • Mary Gay ScanlonDemocratic

    • Calls for anti-corruption reform, including overturning Citizens United, and pro-worker economic reform.
    • Voted for a War Powers Resolution directing the President to end military action against Iran without Congress's OK.In office

Courts & justice

  • Nick ManganaroRepublican

    No documented position found.

  • Mary Gay ScanlonDemocratic

    • Introduced a bill denying state-prosecution immunity to immigration agents who kill or seriously injure someone.In office

Challengers are listed first and incumbents last; otherwise candidates appear in ballot order. The Gist does not rank, rate or endorse candidates. Only positions backed by a cited source are shown; 9 issues covered in this race.