This Pennsylvania House race could predict who wins the presidency
The race between Democratic Rep. Susan Wild and Republican state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie in Pennsylvania could determine who wins the House and the presidency.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Big-name politicians are descending on Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley in the closing weeks of the 2024 election, where voters in the swingy 7th Congressional District could determine which party controls the House next year — if not the White House.
On Wednesday, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar joined Rep. Susan Wild, who is running for re-election in the district, here on a tour of Latino-owned small businesses. The next day, Speaker Mike Johnson stumped for Wild's GOP opponent, state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, in Hellertown, while Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., participated in a voting rights discussion with Wild in nearby Easton.
Next week, Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., will campaign for Wild at a reproductive rights event in Allentown.
The race between Wild, a moderate Democrat, and Mackenzie, a Republican with a long family history in the district, is a “bellwether” for the presidential election, Wild said — a true swing district in a swing state that will play a critical role in deciding who occupies the White House.
“This is a district that has chosen the president, rightly or wrongly, for the last seven cycles, at least — and will again this year. I keep telling people from outside the area: On election night, watch Pennsylvania 7 if you want to know how the presidential is going to come out,” Wild said in an interview with NBC News after several campaign stops in downtown Allentown with Aguilar, of California.
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