Representative · Pennsylvania's 5th district

Mary Gay Scanlon

Mary Gay Scanlon is a Democratic representative for Pennsylvania's 5th district, in Congress since 2018. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 10, and cast 468 of 468 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Nov 13, 2018
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	1.5%10 of 675 · rank 263 of 439	100%468 of 468 · rank 1 of 439	270 became law	13%60 of 454
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	4.7%57 of 1,222 · rank 103 of 442	100%801 of 805 · rank 26 of 442	190 became law	10%50 of 493
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	0.8%8 of 997 · rank 256 of 443	100%568 of 570 · rank 61 of 443	350 became law	3%19 of 713

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.46+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActYea
Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
H.R. 1338: SAT Streamlining ActYea
Jul 25, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 250–163· Against party
H.R. 4350: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022Nay
Sep 23, 2021· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 142–286· Against party
H.R. 1: For the People Act of 2021Nay
Mar 3, 2021· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 125–302· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

House Committee on Rules
Rules and Organization of the HouseRanking Member
House Committee on the Judiciary
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
The Constitution and Limited GovernmentRanking Member

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Pennsylvania's 5th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $3.5B
Per resident: $4,563
Rank in Pennsylvania: 3 of 17
Contract actions: 380.7K; New awards: 378.2K

By fiscal year

1.9BFY2017
1.7BFY2018
2.1BFY2019
1.4BFY2020
1.8BFY2021
1.7BFY2022
2.8BFY2023
2.8BFY2024
3.1BFY2025
3.5BFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Army$1.5B43%
Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency$758.4M22%
Department of Defense
U.S. Special Operations Command$547.7M16%
Department of Defense
Department of the Navy$291.3M8.3%
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force$258.8M7.4%
Department of Defense
Defense Contract Management Agency$66.5M1.9%
Department of Defense
Federal Acquisition Service$9M0.3%
General Services Administration
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$7.2M0.2%
Department of the Interior

Top recipients

THE BOEING COMPANY$2.3B65%
316 awards
AMERISOURCEBERGEN DRUG CORP$695.3M20%
363,158 awards
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$101.6M2.9%
11 awards
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$53.3M1.5%
22 awards
DELPHINUS ENGINEERING, INC.$47.1M1.3%
45 awards
NOBLIS MSD LLC$46.7M1.3%
61 awards
SAP NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICES INC$32.3M0.9%
2 awards
RHOADS INDUSTRIES, INC.$30M0.9%
10 awards
BENAKA, INC.$23M0.7%
1 award
BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE$15.9M0.5%
480 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $990.6K; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $448.6K
From committees: $492.1K; 139 committees
From contractor PACs: $86.5K; 27 PACs · 18% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
the boeing companythe boeing company pac	$9,000	THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization	$9B
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$5,500	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
international union of painters and allied tradesinternational union of painters and allied trades political action together political committee	$5,000	INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99% · the same organization	—
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac	$5,000	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$5,280
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac	$5,000	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.2M
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i	$5,000	PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization	$4.8M
comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal	$5,000	COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$453.1K
constellation energy corporationconstellation energy corporation employee political action committee (cepac)	$5,000	CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$1.9M
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$4,500	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)	$4,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$0

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$990.6K	$492.1K	$86.5K27 PACs · 18% of committee money
2024	$1.5M	$690.8K	$121.8K32 PACs · 18% of committee money
2022	$1.6M	$649.6K	$112.7K33 PACs · 17% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Pennsylvania's 5th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Pennsylvania's 5th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Pennsylvania's 5th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Pennsylvania's 5th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · Pennsylvania's 7th districtNov 13, 2018 – Jan 3, 2019

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: scanlon.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-2011
Office: 1214 Longworth House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.