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Mary Gay Scanlon

Mary Gay Scanlon

Democratic · PA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

9 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2018

  • background Born August 30, 1959
  • background American attorney
  • achievement Elected to U.S. House in special and regular elections on November 6, 2018
  • role Represented Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from November to December 2018
  • role Represents Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district since 2019

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 98.3%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 633 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 27
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 442 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 27 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 100%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 442 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 0%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 5
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

  • 8
    Disclosed stock trades →

    7 tickers · 6 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

    Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

  • 2
    Documented relationships →

    neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

    A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Mary Gay Scanlon. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

98.3%
of House roll calls voted

Full voting record (633 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 633 of 676 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (14)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House PA-05 · 2026 General Election

  • $990,586 raised
  • $859,742 spent
  • $448,590 cash on hand
$990.59K
$989.49K
$540.40K
Itemized (≥ $200)$466.42K
Unitemized (< $200)$73.98K
Party committees$1.39K
Other committees (PACs)$447.70K
Offsets to expenditures$1.10K
$859.74K
Operating expenditures$709.23K
Contribution refunds$4.15K
Other disbursements$146.37K
Cash on hand$448.59K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: Jul 23, 2026

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Mary Gay Scanlon campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2018$1,925,437$1,811,524$113,913
2020$1,479,735$1,374,969$218,679
2022$1,596,137$1,512,235$302,581
2024$1,532,211$1,517,047$317,746
2026$990,586$859,742$448,590

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $24,680 ·

Industry PAC support

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $1,777,981. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Top PAC contributors (10)
  • ACTBLUE $38,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO $30,000
  • INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IBEW PAC) $30,000
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $27,500
  • THE BOEING COMPANY PAC $27,500 · Defense
  • UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $25,000
  • COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL $25,000 · Telecom
  • NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $25,000
  • INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER IUPAT $25,000
  • THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS PAC $25,000 · Finance

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • BALLARD SPAHR LLP $35,392
  • BALLARD SPAHR $32,750
  • UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA $10,450
  • Employer not reported $9,550
  • AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION $6,600
  • VAMS CORPORATION $6,600
  • MORGAN LEWIS $6,500
  • MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP $6,000
  • DUANE MORRIS LLP $5,975
  • VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY $5,850

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $105 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $1,836 supporting · $210 opposing · 7 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10699To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide secured drop boxes for voted absentee ballots in an election for Federal office, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HR 10659Removing Access Barriers to Running for Elected Office for People with Disabilities ActcosponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HR 10642To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HR 10660AID Local Government Leadership ActcosponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HR 10700To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to increase voting accessibility for individuals with disabilities and older individuals, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HRES 1603Expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.cosponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HRES 1586Recognizing and honoring the 27th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C.cosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • HR 10612To provide for the basic needs of students at institutions of higher education.cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HR 10597Affordability is Access Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HR 10600Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HR 10506Packers and Stockyards Improvements ActsponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • HR 10416Housing Tariff Exclusion ActcosponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • HJRES 216Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.cosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • HR 10393WIC for Kids ActcosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • HJRES 215Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media".cosponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • HRES 1511Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, honoring the memory of the victims, recognizing the courage and sacrifice of the heroes who answered the call to serve, acknowledging the charitable organizations that continue to support survivors and victims' families, and reaffirming the enduring commitment of the United States to never forget.cosponsoredSep 2, 2026
  • HR 10224To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Pennsylvania Avenue in Matamoras, Pennsylvania, as the "PFC Edward Kuhn Memorial Post Office".cosponsoredSep 1, 2026
  • HR 10216Public Transit Mental Health Awareness ActcosponsoredAug 31, 2026
  • HR 10186Hands Off Our Great Lakes ActcosponsoredAug 30, 2026
  • HR 10111Oversight Access ActcosponsoredAug 16, 2026
  • HR 10103Stable Homes ActsponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HRES 1476Supporting the designation of the week of August 2 through August 8, 2026, as "National Farmers Market Week".cosponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HRES 1469Condemning a legal opinion issued by the U.S. Department of Justice on June 18, 2026, regarding the Olmstead v. L.C., the 1999 Supreme Court decision that recognized institutional isolation of people with disabilities as discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act.cosponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HRES 1463Expressing support for July to be designated as "Disability Pride Month".cosponsoredJul 26, 2026
  • HR 9941Right to IVF Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
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Committee assignments (5)

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Scanlon most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Scanlon, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

  • Committee oversight & trading — technology coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on the Judiciary, which oversees the technology sector, and disclosed 1 technology-sector trade (disclosed amounts up to $50,000) in Feb 2021.

    Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.

  • Committee oversight & campaign money — technology coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on the Judiciary, which oversees the technology sector, and received 7 PAC contributions from technology-sector political action committees totaling $12,000 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    FEC PAC contributions

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Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Scanlon connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Congressional testimony

  • Member DayArmed Services CommitteeApr 15, 2026Member of Congress