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House District 181

Philadelphia · currently held by D (Malcolm Kenyatta) · uncontested

Forecast

100%
chance Malcolm Kenyatta (D) wins
Democrat
Malcolm Kenyatta
Republican
— (no candidate)
Rating
Safe D
Expected margin
D+90.8 (90% range D+78.0 to D+103.5)
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+81.4
= Fundamentals before candidatesD+88.1
+ Incumbency advantage+2.8
= Fundamentals marginD+90.9
No public district polls
No external ratings for this seat
Final expected marginD+90.9

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+80.6R+1.8+82.40.45
2022 GovernorD+91.0D+15.0+76.00.2
2022 U.S. SenateD+88.4D+5.0+83.30.2
2020 PresidentD+84.5D+1.1+83.30.15

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Malcolm Kenyatta (D) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Malcolm Kenyattananuncontested
2022Malcolm Kenyattananuncontested
2020Malcolm Kenyattananuncontested