DENT, CHARLES WIEDER

R · house · bioguide D000604

FEC candidate id: H4PA15087
Internal id: dbd36b8d-cba6-4ae2-a589-56322fc6f8bf
Status: incumbent

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here — American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), PA-15. Source.

Category	Metric	Value
People	Population	758,565
People	Median age	42
Income	Median household income	$65,472
Income	Per-capita income	$34,968
Income	In poverty	13.1%
Income	Unemployed	4.4%
Income	Gini inequality index	0.444
Race	White alone	91.8%
Race	Black alone	1.9%
Race	Asian alone	1.7%
Race	Hispanic or Latino	2.3%
Race	Two or more races	3.7%
Origin	Foreign-born	2.8%
Language	Speaks English only at home	93.9%
Language	Speaks Spanish at home	1.3%
Education	High school or higher	67.9%
Education	Bachelor's or higher	25.3%
Education	Advanced degree	10.4%
Household	Family households	62.7%
Household	Avg household size	2.33
Household	Never married (15+)	32.5%
Housing	Median home value	$172,600
Housing	Median gross rent	$912
Housing	Single-family detached	73.3%
Housing	Built before 1940	6.2%
Housing	Overcrowded (>1 per room)	1.3%
Housing	Vacant units	18.0%
Service	Veterans (18+)	7.5%
Health	With a disability	16.0%
Connectivity	Households with broadband	85.0%
Connectivity	Households with no internet	10.9%
Commute	Drove alone	74.5%
Commute	Public transit	0.9%
Commute	Worked from home	9.4%

Cycle financials

Source: FEC weball bulk file (cycle summary). Numbers in USD; 0 = no activity reported.

Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand	Debts	Indiv. contribs.
2018	$591,477	$632,068	$812,303	$0	$202,561
2016	$1,669,362	$1,754,285	$852,893	$0	$622,721
2014	$1,762,782	$1,059,973	$937,816	$0	$848,587
2012	$1,706,451	$1,511,724	$235,006	$0	$882,444
2010	$2,415,571	$2,553,936	$40,279	$0	$1,241,672
2008	$1,881,018	$1,775,400	$178,644	$0	$1,115,532
2006	$1,282,685	$1,284,763	$73,027	$0	$666,443
2004	$2,046,241	$1,971,136	$75,105	$0	$1,006,366

Elections

2004 general house · PA-15 — won
2006 general house · PA-15 — won
2008 general house · PA-15 — won
2010 general house · PA-15 — won
2012 general house · PA-15 — won
2014 general house · PA-15 — won
2016 general house · PA-15 — won
2018 general house · PA-15 — lost_general

Committees

D AND G PAK COMMITTEE — joint_fundraising · type N
DENT VICTORY FUND — joint_fundraising · type N
GOVERN PAC — principal · type Q
GOVERN PAC — independent · type Q
PATRIOT DAY II COMMITTEE — joint_fundraising · type H
PENNSYLVANIANS FOR A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE — joint_fundraising · type H

Recent votes

No votes on file.

Election prediction

Cycle 2026 · model baseline-v1 · base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 99.0%

Feature	Δ P(win)
Base rate (historical)	15.1%
incumbent	+78.0%
R (major party)	+10.0%

Baseline model (incumbency × party × office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

Connected on the graph

Outbound (6)

date	type	to	amount	source
—	independent_committee_of	GOVERN PAC	—	candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	PENNSYLVANIANS FOR A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE	—	candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	DENT VICTORY FUND	—	candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	PATRIOT DAY II COMMITTEE	—	candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	D AND G PAK COMMITTEE	—	candidate_committees
—	principal_candidate_of	GOVERN PAC	—	candidate_committees

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