PA Legislature 2026

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Senate District 2

Philadelphia · currently held by D (Christine M. Tartaglione) · uncontested

Forecast

99%
chance Christine M Tartaglione (D) wins
Democrat
Christine M Tartaglione
Republican
— (no candidate)
Rating
Safe D
Expected margin
D+53.9 (90% range D+41.1 to D+66.6)
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+44.5
= Fundamentals before candidatesD+51.2
+ Incumbency advantage+2.8
= Fundamentals marginD+54.0
No public district polls
No external ratings for this seat
Final expected marginD+54.0

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+39.4R+1.8+41.20.45
2022 GovernorD+59.6D+15.0+44.50.2
2022 U.S. SenateD+53.6D+5.0+48.60.2
2020 PresidentD+50.5D+1.1+49.40.15

Candidates & money

Incumbent
Christine M. Tartaglione (D) — running
Receipts
no matched PA DoS filings for both sides

Past results in this district

YearDemocratRepublicanMargin
2022Christine M Tartaglionenanuncontested