Pennsylvania House District 16 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them
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Mike Kelly (Republican) and Justin Wagner (Democrat) are the nominees for Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Mike Kelly is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Mike Kelly's campaign had raised $1.4 million (through October 14, 2026) and Justin Wagner's campaign $247,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $0 for Justin Wagner and $23 against.
Mike Kelly (REP, incumbent), Justin Wagner (DEM).
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How to vote in Pennsylvania
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Registration
Register by Mon, Oct 19 (passed) Source: pa.gov ↗ Source: pa.gov ↗
Early voting in person
No early voting (No early in-person voting; in-person mail ballot at county office once ballots are ready.)Source: pa.gov ↗
By mail
Anyone can vote by mail; request a ballot by Tue, Oct 27 (Application must be received by the county.); return it by Tue, Nov 3 (Received by the county election office by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day; postmarks do not count.) (passed) Source: pa.gov ↗ Source: pa.gov ↗
Election Day
Tue, Nov 3. Polls: 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. (passed) Source: pa.gov ↗
ID at the polls
Only first-time voters at a polling place must show photo or non-photo ID.Source: pa.gov ↗
Checked October 8, 2026. Rules can change; confirm with the official site before you go.
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Money in this race
From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
Mike Kelly (REP, incumbent)
Raised
$1.4M through 2026-10-14
individuals $333K · PACs $1.1M · cash on hand $1.0M
Outside spending
none reported
Bundled through PACs
$11K through 2 PACs · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
— $11K from 14 gifts
Lobbyist/registrant PAC
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)
— $375 from 1 gift
Lobbyist/registrant PAC
275 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAX CREDIT COALITION PAC (AFFORDABLE HOUSING PAC $1,000 AFLAC INCORPORATED PAC $5,000 AGC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500 AICPA PAC $5,000 AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC) $750 ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500 ALTERMAN MANAGEMENT GROUP PAC $2,000 ALTICOR, INC. PAC ALTIPAC $2,500 ALTRIA GROUP, INC. PAC $2,000 ALZHEIMERS IMPACT MOVEMENT PAC $1,000 AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER ASSOCIATION PAC (ASCAPAC) $2,500 AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION PAC $6,000 AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS (AHIP PAC) $1,000 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS PAC $6,500 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY BRAINPAC $1,000 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY INC POLITICAL COMMITTEE (OPHTHPAC) $5,000 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY ENT PAC $4,000 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS PAC (NEUROSURGERYPAC) $5,000 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) $2,500 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS PAC $1,000 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS PAC $3,000 AMERICAN BAKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000 AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $7,500 AMERICAN BEVERAGE PAC $1,000 AMERICAN BUS ASSOC PAC BUSPAC $2,500 AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC $1,000 AMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY PAC (HEARTPAC) $3,000 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES INC PAC; AKA ACP SERVICES PAC $10K AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC $4,000 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION PAC $4,000 AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) $4,000 AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS PAC $3,500 AMERICAN DENTAL PAC $3,500 AMERICAN FIDELITY CORPORATION PAC $1,000 AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOC. PAC $4,000 AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOC. PAC $1,500 AMERICAN FROZEN FOOD INSTITUTE PAC (FROZEN FOOD PAC) $1,000 AMERICAN FUELS & PETROCHEMICAL MANU PAC $1,000 AMERICAN HARDWOOD LUMBER PAC $1,000 AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000 AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION PAC ('HOTELPAC') $5,000 AMERICAN INVESTMENT COUNCIL AIC-PAC $1,000 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $10K AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500 AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOC., INC. PAC $2,000 AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION PAC $2,000 AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOC. PAC $3,000 AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOC. (APMA-PAC) $7,000 AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION PAC $4,500 AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC $5,000 AMERICAN SHORT LINE AND REGIONAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION-POLITICAL ACTION CMTE (ASLRRA-PAC) $7,050 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES (ASAE) APAC $10K AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION PAC $2,000 AMERICAN SUPPLY ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000 AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000 AMGEN PAC $3,000 AMSTED INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED PAC $5,000 ARCONIC CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' VOLUNTARY PAC $1,500 ARDA ROC PAC $2,500 ARNOLD & PORTER PARTNERS $1,000 ASCO ASSOCIATION PAC $3,000 ASSOCIATION OF FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS PAC $2,500 ASTRO PAC $1,500 AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PAC $10K BALLARD SPAHR LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000 BAYER US LLC EMPLOYEE PAC (BAYERPAC) $1,000 BLUEPAC-BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD ASSOC PAC $1,250 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP PAC $1,000 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY PAC (BMS PAC) $1,000 BUCHANAN INGERSOLL ROONEY COMM. FOR EFFECTIVE GOV'T $1,000 BUILD PAC OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) $3,500 BURNS & MCDONNELL INC PAC $10K CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP POLITICAL FUND $5,000 CARDINAL HEALTH INC. PAC $2,000 CARPENTERS' LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE $5,000 CENTENE CORPORATION PAC (CENTENE PAC) $3,500 CERRIS INC. PAC (FORMERLY KNOW AS MMC CORP PAC) $6,000 CHEVRON EMPLOYEES PAC $2,500 CIGAR PAC $342 CINTAS CORPORATION PARTNERS PAC $2,500 CLEANCAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC PAC $1,000 COAST PROFESSIONAL, INC. PAC $1,000 COMCAST CORPORATION & NBC PAC $5,000 COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM PAC $2,000 CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE PAC (CEPAC) $1,000 COOK GROUP INC PAC $1,000 CORNING INCORPORATED EMPLOYEES PAC (COREPAC) $5,000 COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS PAC $5,000 COVINGTON & BURLINGTON PAC $4,000 COX ENTERPRISES PAC COXPAC, INC $5,000 CVS HEALTH PAC $2,500 D.R.I.V.E PAC $1,000 DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. PAC; AKA DFA-PAC $5,000 DAVITA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,000 DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500 DIVERSIFIED GAS & OIL CORPORATION PAC $1,500 EDWARD JONES PAC $2,000 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES PAC (EDWARDS PAC) $3,000 ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS (EMMER PAC) $5,000 ELI LILLY AND COMPANY PAC $10K EMMER FOR CONGRESS $2,000 EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION PAC $2,000 ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE COUNCIL PAC $1,000 ENERGY MARKETERS OF AMERICA SMALL BUSINESS PAC $2,000 ERNST & YOUNG PAC $2,500 ESCA PAC $4,500 EXELON PAC $1,000 EXXONMOBIL PAC $1,000 FAEGRE DRINKER PAC $1,000 FINSECA PAC $4,000 FMR LLC FIDELITY PAC $1,000 FOOD SOLUTIONS ACTION PAC (FSA PAC) $2,000 FORGING PAC $2,000 FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE FRE-PAC $10K GARNEY HOLDING CO. PAC $3,000 GENESEE & WYOMING INC. PAC $7,025 GILEAD SCIENCES INC. HEALTHCARE POLICY PAC $1,000 GLOBAL MEDICAL RESPONSE, INC. PAC $2,000 GOOGLE NETPAC $2,500 GRANT THORNTON PAC $5,000 GRIDIRON PAC $1,000 HARDWOOD FEDERATION PAC $1,000 HDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC $2,500 HEALTH & FITNESS ASSOCIATION PAC (FITPAC) $2,000 HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE PAC (HDA PAC) $1,000 HIGHMARK PAC OF HIGHMARK INC. $3,750 HNTB HOLDINGS LTD. PAC $3,000 HOME DEPOT INC. PAC $7,500 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL PAC $1,000 HOOPER, LUNDY, & BOOKMAN PC PAC $3,000 HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUND $1,000 HOUSEHOLD & COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION INC PAC (HCP-PAC) $2,500 HUMANA INC PAC $5,000 HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED HBI-PAC $2,000 INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS PAC $2,000 INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA PAC $2,500 INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IRI PAC) $2,500 INT' L UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION CMTE $10K INTERDIGITAL, INC., PAC $3,500 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS FIREPAC $1,000 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS FIREPAC $2,000 INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS INC. $1,000 INTERNATIONAL FOODSERVICE DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000 INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING PAC INC $1,000 INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PAC $1,000 INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE PAC $5,500 IRON MOUNTAIN EMPLOYEES PAC $3,500 JACKSON HOLDINGS LLC AND JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY FEDERAL SSF $1,000 JOHNSON & JOHNSON PAC $5,000 K&L GATES LLP PAC (DC) $2,000 KOCH INDUSTRIES INC. PAC $2,500 KOCHPAC - KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. $2,500 LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA PAC $5,500 LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500 LIUNA PAC $5,000 LOCKHEED MARTIN EMPLOYEES PAC $1,000 LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. PAC $2,500 LPL FINANCIAL LLC PAC $3,000 MANAGED FUNDS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500 MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP. EMPLOYEES PAC $10K MATSON, INC. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMITTEE $5,000 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP PAC $1,000 MCKESSON CORP. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL FUND $1,000 MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS ASSN. PAC $1,000 MERCK & CO., INC., EMPLOYEES PAC (MERCK PAC) $9,000 MESSER CONSTRUCTION CO PAC $2,000 MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (MORPAC) $2,000 MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC $5,000 NAT'L CUSTOMS BROKERS & FORWARDERS ASSOC. PAC $1,000 NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION PAC $10K NATIONAL ASSOC. OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC $1,000 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC (NABIP PAC) $1,000 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES, INC. PAC $1,000 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMM $10K NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS PAC (NAM-PAC) $2,500 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS, INC. PAC $8,000 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC $5,000 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMMITTEE $5,000 NATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINERS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500 NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000 NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOC. PAC $5,000 NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $5,000 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION PAC, NECA PAC $5,000 NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE PAC $5,000 NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY FEDERAL PAC $10K NATIONAL INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOC (NIADA) PAC $1,000 NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION AND MARINE RETAILERS ASSOCIATION BOAT PAC $1,000 NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL AND REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSFORMATION CENTER PAC (NM... $5,000 NATIONAL PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000 NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000 NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. PAC (NSSF PAC) $3,500 NATIONAL TANK TRUCK CARRIERS INC PAC $2,500 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PAC $4,500 NATIONAL TOOLING & MACHINING ASSOC. PAC $1,500 NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOC. PAC $1,000 NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE PAC $10K NFIB FEDERAL PAC $2,500 NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL FEDERAL PAC $7,000 NOVARTIS PAC $1,000 NOVO NORDISK INC PAC $2,500 NOVOCURE INC. PAC $1,000 NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $2,000 NSSGA ROCKPAC $1,500 OPTIONS CLEARING CORPORATION PAC $1,000 OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL INC. PAC $2,500 OWENS & MINOR, INC. PAC (OWENS & MINOR PAC) $2,500 PATH PAC - COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS PAC $3,000 PCG (PERFORMANCE CONTACTING GROUP) EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC $7,000 PFIZER PAC $10K PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA BETTER GOVT COMMITTEE $5,000 PHYSICIAN HOSPITALS OF AMERICA PAC $5,000 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AAOS $2,000 POLSINELLI PAC $1,000 PPG INDUSTRIES INC. PAC $3,500 PRECISION MACHINED PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000 PRECISION METALFORMING ASSOCIATION PAC $1,500 PREMIER INC. EMPLOYEES' CIVIC ACTION FUND $2,000 PRIDE MOBILITY PRODUCTS CORP PAC $1,500 PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. PAC (PTC-PAC) $1,000 QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC. PAC $2,500 RAPTOR PAC $2,000 REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION PAC $1,000 REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PAC $1,000 REYNOLDS AMERICAN PAC $2,500 RGA REINSURANCE CO. FEDERAL PAC $1,000 RUDY FOR INDIANA $4,000 RYAN LLC PAC (RYANPAC) $5,000 S CORPORATION ASSOCIATION PAC (S-CORP PAC) $2,000 SAMMONS ENTERPRISES INC. PAC $5,000 SANOFI US SERVICES INC. EMPLOYEES' PAC $2,500 SCHWAN PAC $3,500 SECURITIES INDUSTRY & FINANCIAL MARKETS PAC $3,500 SENIORS HOUSING PAC $5,000 SHEEDER LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE $500 SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS PAC $2,500 SOCIETY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR ANGIOGRAPHY AND INTERVENTIONS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000 SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS PAC $1,000 SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOC PAC $1,000 SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS PAC $1,000 STEPTOE LLP PAC $1,000 SWEDISH MATCH NORTH AMERICA LLC PAC $2,500 SWISHER INTERNATIONAL INC. PAC FUND $2,500 SYSCO CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE $1,000 T-MOBILE USA INC. (T-PAC) $1,000 TD BANK US HOLDING COMPANY PAC (TD BANK PAC) $2,000 TENASKA INC EMPLOYEES PAC $2,000 TEXTRON INC. PAC $1,000 THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PENSION PROFESSIONALS AND ACTUARIES PAC (ASPPA-NAPA PAC) A/K/A AMERICAN R... $2,000 THE CIGNA GROUP EMPLOYEE PAC $2,500 THE INTUIT 21ST CENTURY LEADERSHIP FUND $1,500 THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (A... $6,000 THE US ONCOLOGY NETWORK PAC $5,000 THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS PAC $7,000 TIAA PAC $7,500 TOGETHER FOR OUR MAJORITY PAC TOMPAC $1,000 TRALAPAC (TRUCK RENTING AND LEASING ASSOCIATION PAC) $7,500 TRINET GROUP INC PAC $1,000 TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE LLP PAC, INC. $2,000 UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC $3,000 UPSPAC $5,000 US CHAMBER PAC $2,500 US RENAL CARE PAC $2,000 VALERO PAC $5,000 VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PAC (VERIZON PAC) $5,000 VIZIENT, INC., PAC $1,500 WALDEN FOR CONGRESS $1,000 WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $3,000 WAWA, INC. PAC $4,000 WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK PAC $5,000 WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION PAC $2,500 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC PAC $6,000 WEYERHAEUSER CO. PAC $2,500 WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA PAC $2,500 ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. PAC (ZIMMER BIOMET PAC) $2,000
All filings at the FEC ↗
Justin Wagner (DEM)
Raised
$247K through 2026-10-14
individuals $246K · PACs $0 · party $50 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $620 · cash on hand $63K
Outside spending
$23 opposing Wagner · latest reported 2026-09-22
Largest outside spenders
PENNSYLVANIA PRO-LIFE FEDERATION PAC
— $23 opposing Wagner
Bundled through PACs
none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01
All filings at the FEC ↗
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