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House District 179

Philadelphia · currently held by D (Jason Dawkins) · uncontested

Forecast

99%
chance Jason Dawkins (D) wins
Democrat
Jason Dawkins
Republican
— (no candidate)
Rating
Safe D
Expected margin
D+73.8 (90% range D+61.0 to D+86.5)
Chance of flipping
0.5%
Tipping-point chance
0.0% (chance this seat decides control)

How the forecast was built

Statewide generic legislative margin (environment)D+6.6
+ District partisan lean+64.4
= Fundamentals before candidatesD+71.0
+ Incumbency advantage+2.8
= Fundamentals marginD+73.8
No public district polls
No external ratings for this seat
Final expected marginD+73.8

District-level error SD 6.6 pts; total with statewide and regional error ≈ 7.8 pts. Uncontested: probability fixed at 99.5% for the sole major-party candidate.

Inputs

Partisan lean (current lines)

RaceDistrictStatewideLeanWeight
2024 PresidentD+60.1R+1.8+61.90.45
2022 GovernorD+76.7D+15.0+61.70.2
2022 U.S. SenateD+73.9D+5.0+68.90.2
2020 PresidentD+70.7D+1.1+69.50.15

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Jason Dawkins (D) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Jason Dawkinsnanuncontested
2022Jason T Dawkinsnanuncontested
2020Jason T Dawkinsnanuncontested