2026Flipped from RepublicanCalledUnofficial resultsIncumbent defeated
2026 election for Pennsylvania House District 44
Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Pennsylvania
Hadley B. Haas (D) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Valerie Gaydos (R) by 6.5 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Hadley B. HaasDemocrat · winner
53.2%15,309
Valerie GaydosRepublican · incumbent
46.8%13,447
100% of the expected vote counted · 28,756 votes
Source: civicAPI unofficial results and race callsUpdated Nov 5, 2026, 3:57 PM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2026
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
Hadley B. HaasValerie Gaydos
$278.7K
Raised by the campaign
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$66K
Spent by the campaign
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$257.9K
Cash on hand
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Campaign money: Pennsylvania Department of State, through Jun 8, 2026.
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State campaign filingsUpdated Jun 8, 2026
Pre-election forecast (final, Nov 3)
Our model's last run before Election Day, Nov 3, 2026. It no longer updates.
- Hadley B. Haas
- 55%
- Valerie Gaydos
- 45%
- Projected margin
- D+0.8