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Midterms 2026 · US House

PA-07 House race: Ryan Mackenzie vs Bob Brooks

How the candidates in the Pennsylvania's 7th district race are arguing their case, read the same way for each of them. Updated every 15 minutes until election day, 3 November 2026.

Cook Political Report rating: Toss-up

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Ryan Mackenzie

Republican · incumbent

Absolutes0.8
Labeling0.6
Leverage0.5

Hostility this week 1.2 / 10, in line with their usual.

Audience impact, 30 days: +1 leans reassuring

21 Oct 2026 · Spotlight PA

I will continue to work together with both sides to ensure that working families get the resources, representation, and support that they deserve.

Audience impact +2 reassures or unites

21 Oct 2026 · Spotlight PA

Members of Congress are sent to Washington to serve their constituents, not themselves. The best way to stop members of Congress from trading stocks is to prevent them from ever starting. It’s not enough for candidates to make promises on this issue; they…
Absolutes

Audience impact +3 reassures or unites

20 Oct 2026 · wvia.org

Bob Brooks is calling his son a liar and accusing him of fabricating his resume. Bob's willingness to repeatedly betray his own family members is absolutely disgusting.
AbsolutesLabeling

Audience impact −2 alarms or divides

18 Oct 2026 · wfmz.com

My position is that I'm opposed to a federal ban on abortion and I do support the exceptions of rape, incest and the life of the mother. So, people are looking for a change and so I present that new opportunity of reigning in that wasteful spending, which…

Audience impact +2 reassures or unites

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Bob Brooks

Democrat

Absolutes1.0
Sincerity insistence0.5

Hostility this week 0.6 / 10 (too little history yet for a personal norm).

Audience impact, 30 days: +0.3 neutral

21 Oct 2026 · Spotlight PA

The cost of caring for the people you love keeps climbing, and nobody in Washington seems to notice.
Absolutes

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

16 Oct 2026 · cityandstatepa.com

This is from a man who can’t stand on his own votes. So what do they do? They try to character-assassinate their opponent. We’re watching my opponent right now scrub his website of things that he supported, like forever wars, which is driving the cost up of…

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

28 Sept 2026 · thehousemajoritypac.com

When I show up to work every day, it was a possibility of helping somebody on their worst day. I’ve been through that myself when my house burned down. It was very important because quite honestly, what was happening is our members were killing themselves.…
AbsolutesSincerity insistence

Audience impact −1 leans negative

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