The nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted Rep. Scott Perry’s (R-Pa.) race toward Democrats on Friday, calling the contest a toss-up. Perry is in a competitive race with Democrat Janelle Stelson in a battle Cook previously had rated as “lean Republican.

Rep. Scott Perry‘s (R-PA) race for reelection is shaping up to be a closer-than-expected contest, with a GOP majority in the House of Representatives at stake. The Cook Political Report shifted Perry’s race for Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District from “lean Republican” to a “toss-up” on Friday,

Democrats hope Janelle Stelson can beat Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry, a Donald Trump ally and Freedom Caucus leader, in the 2024 election.

Cook Political Report credited the new toss up rating to Stelson’s “spending onslaught” in the 10th Congressional District.

The Democratic challenger to Rep. Scott Perry (R., Pa.) raised more than three times the amount of money that Perry did during the most recent fundraising quarter, prompting the Cook Political Report to declare the race for the Harrisburg,

Perry, a conservative Republican, seeks a 7th term in the U.S. House; Stelson, a former television anchorwoman, seeks to flip the seat for Democrats.

In 2022, some Republican House members paid a price for their hardline reputations. The highest-profile example was in Colorado’s 3rd District, where GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert won reelection by just 546 votes in her race against well-funded Democratic challenger Adam Frisch despite running in a district Donald Trump won by eight points.