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House District 194

Philadelphia · currently held by D (Tarik Khan) · uncontested

Forecast

99%
chance Tarik Sharif Khan (D) wins
Democrat
Tarik Sharif Khan
Republican
— (no candidate)
Rating
Safe D
Expected margin
D+66.0 (90% range D+53.3 to D+78.8)
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+56.7
= Fundamentals before candidatesD+63.3
+ Incumbency advantage+2.8
= Fundamentals marginD+66.1
No public district polls
No external ratings for this seat
Final expected marginD+66.1

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+56.3R+1.8+58.00.45
2022 GovernorD+69.8D+15.0+54.70.2
2022 U.S. SenateD+62.4D+5.0+57.40.2
2020 PresidentD+55.2D+1.1+54.10.15

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Tarik Khan (D) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2024Tarik Khannanuncontested
2022Tarik KhannanD+100.0
2020Pamela A DelissioLisa Goldman RileyD+52.4