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2026 midterms · Candidate

Democrat · Candidate · U.S. House, Pennsylvania’s 2nd District · Incumbent

Portrait of Brendan Boyle, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
5.9%
of statements contain a personal attack

In the top quarter of Democratic House incumbents (their average is 3.2%; Boyle ranks 25th of 212, where 1st is the highest rate), from 12,715 statements.

An AI model reads everything Boyle publishes in office (posts, press releases, newsletters, floor speeches) and marks whether each attacks a person’s character, integrity or loyalty; the rate is the share marked.

What Boyle says

5.9% of Boyle’s statements contain a personal attack, in the top quarter of Democratic House incumbents. Their average is 3.2%.

An AI model reads everything Boyle publishes in office and marks five kinds of statement; the rate is the share of statements with each label. The thin grey bar is the average of the 212 Democratic House incumbents with 50 or more statements, and the rank places Boyle among them (1st is the highest rate). A rate describes what was said, not whether it was right.

How often does Boyle make each kind of statement?

Share of statements: Boyle (thick bar) against the Democratic House incumbents average (thin grey bar)

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Boyle
Average
Rank
Personal attacks
5.9%
3.2%
25th of 212
Policy criticism
17%
17%
93rd of 212
Policy discussion
58%
66%
186th of 212
Bipartisanship
3.5%
6.6%
177th of 212
Credit claiming
12%
19%
172nd of 212
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Boyle’s share of statements of each kind, against the Democratic House incumbents average: Personal attacks 5.9%, Policy criticism 17%, Policy discussion 58%, Bipartisanship 3.5%, Credit claiming 12%.
RowBoyleAverage
Personal attacks5.9%3.2%
Policy criticism17%17%
Policy discussion58%66%
Bipartisanship3.5%6.6%
Credit claiming12%19%
12,715

statements classified

From everything they publish in office: posts, press releases, newsletters and floor speeches.

This compares Boyle with other candidates. Boyle’s official profile compares Boyle with fellow office-holders and has every statement, vote and bill.

The five kinds of statement

Personal attacks. Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

Policy criticism. Objects to a specific policy, law or court ruling with fact-based arguments, without personal attacks or emotional appeals.

Policy discussion. Discusses a specific public policy or policy area (health care, taxes, defense, …).

Bipartisanship. Emphasises working across the aisle, compromise or common ground between the parties.

Credit claiming. Claims credit for passing legislation, securing funding or grants, or other accomplishments in office.

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Money

Boyle reports $2.9M raised and $5.9M cash on hand. By money raised, 1st of the two candidates on this race’s list with FEC figures.

Totals the campaign reports to the Federal Election Commission for the 2026 cycle, as filed.

Raised

$2.9M

Spent

$827.9K

Cash on hand

$5.9M

Where has Boyle’s money come from?

Receipts by source, as reported to the FEC

Individuals: $587.2K (32.2%)Individuals $587.2KPACs: $1.2M (67.8%)PACs $1.2M
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Boyle’s receipts by source: Individuals $587.2K, PACs $1.2M, Party committees $0, Own money $0, Candidate loans $0.
PartValue
Individuals$587.2K
PACs$1.2M
Party committees$0
Own money$0
Candidate loans$0
Notes
Sources are the FEC’s categories; what is left (transfers, refunds, other receipts) is not drawn. The race page compares every candidate in the race.

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Online

Engagement is what X reports for each collected post, averaged; it measures reach, not support.

No engagement figures are on file for this account.

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The race

Pennsylvania 2nd District: Boyle advanced from the primary. Primary May 19, 2026. General election Nov 3, 2026.

This race is not among the races the lab lists as rated toss-up or leaning.

Who else is on the list?

Candidates recorded as advancing from the primary

The race page compares every candidate’s statements and money · every race in Pennsylvania

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Methods and sources

The headline. Each candidate’s headline is chosen by one rule for everyone. The peer group is the ranked candidates (50 or more statements) of the same party, for the same office and measured on the same record, widened to both parties when it has fewer than 10. Each kind of statement is scored by how far the candidate sits from the middle of the group (|percentile − 0.5|, ties counting half); the farthest leads if it is outside the middle half (above 0.25), scores within 0.03 tie and fall to a fixed order, and a high rate backed by fewer than 10 labelled statements cannot lead. Otherwise the headline is a plain count.

The statements. As an incumbent member of Congress, this candidate is measured on everything the lab collects from them in office: posts on X, press releases, newsletters and floor speeches. An AI model marks each statement for five kinds of statement; rates are shown from 10 statements and ranked from 50.

The race. Candidates come from FEC filings (House and Senate), the lab’s list of sitting members of Congress, and the lab’s list of candidates for governor. The lab records each primary’s result once it is official. House districts follow FEC filings; a sitting member is placed in the race for the seat they hold now.

Identifiers. FEC candidate id H4PA13199 (FEC record). Bioguide id B001296. First FEC filing Apr 4, 2013.

Money and reach. Campaign money is as reported to the FEC. Followers, likes and views are what X reports for the posts the lab collected.

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