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House District 182

Philadelphia · currently held by D (Ben Waxman) · uncontested

Forecast

100%
chance Benjamin R Waxman (D) wins
Democrat
Benjamin R Waxman
Republican
— (no candidate)
Rating
Safe D
Expected margin
D+84.4 (90% range D+71.7 to D+97.1)
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+75.0
= Fundamentals before candidatesD+81.7
+ Incumbency advantage+2.8
= Fundamentals marginD+84.5
No public district polls
No external ratings for this seat
Final expected marginD+84.5

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+75.4R+1.8+77.20.45
2022 GovernorD+85.2D+15.0+70.10.2
2022 U.S. SenateD+79.6D+5.0+74.50.2
2020 PresidentD+76.8D+1.1+75.60.15

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Ben Waxman (D) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Benjamin R. Waxmannanuncontested
2022Benjamin R WaxmanAlbert Ivan Robles MontasD+78.8
2020Brian K SimsAndrew I MurrayD+66.2