Result

Incumbent Rep. Jason Dawkins (D-PA) won reelection to Pennsylvania State House District 179 in the Nov. 3 general election. The seat was not open. Dawkins held it going into the race and ran to keep it. ​

Dawkins was the only named candidate on the ballot. According to Philadelphia's unofficial election returns, he received 10,086 votes (99.3%), compared with 74 write-in votes (0.7%). His margin over the combined write-in vote was 10,012 votes, or approximately 98.5 percentage points. All 53 voting divisions reported results.

Candidates and platforms

Dawkins was the only candidate on the general election ballot. The Philadelphia Citizen's voter guide describes his work in office as including criminal justice reform, increased regulation of corner stores and ensuring recovery houses comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The guide does not present these as new or explicit campaign pledges. Dawkins' official legislative biography identifies additional work involving labor policy and neighborhood development, but those activities should not be treated as new campaign promises. He chairs the House Labor and Industry Committee.

District and chamber

Pennsylvania House District 179 includes parts of northeast Philadelphia, including the Frankford, Wissinoming, Mayfair, Olney and Oxford Circle neighborhoods. Dawkins has represented the district since his 2014 election. The seat is held, not open.

The nationwide state House tally in the supplied race record counts 1,978 races with a Democratic winner and 1,712 with a Republican winner. Six carry the label I, one carries N, and one carries X. Democrats account for about 53.5% of the 3,698 called winners and Republicans for about 46.3%, a difference of 266 races.

The tally covers only races with a called winner. It also excludes 873 of the 4,571 records, approximately 19.1%, because they have no party label or called winner. The figures therefore describe only part of the supplied nationwide election record, not the partisan composition of Pennsylvania's 203-member House of Representatives.

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