Philly's Harrisburg delegation returns, with one new face. Control of the state Senate is still uncalled

Philadelphia sent its whole Harrisburg delegation back with one new face, and the only Philadelphia seat held by a Republican stayed that way. But the bigger question for the city, which party controls the state Senate, was still uncalled Wednesday morning, WHYY reported in an update at 8:54 a.m. Democrats kept control of the state House, WHYY reported.

That matters at City Hall because so much of the city's agenda runs through the state. "SEPTA funding is dependent on what happens in Harrisburg," state Sen. Sharif Street said before the election, and the state provides most of the School District's funding, the Philadelphia Tribune reported.

The contested races in the city

Most of the 26 state House races and three state Senate races on Philadelphia ballots had only one major-party candidate. Here are the ones that didn't, from unofficial results posted by the Philadelphia City Commissioners, last updated at 10:25 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, with 1,694 of 1,703 divisions reporting (state House, state Senate).

| Seat | Winner | Votes | Share | Opponent | Votes | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | House 170th | Martina White (R) | 9,898 | 57.6% | Rob Gurtcheff (D) | 7,269 | | House 173rd | Pat Gallagher (D) | 9,183 | 66.1% | Bill Griffin (R) | 4,698 | | House 177th | Joe Hohenstein (D) | 11,732 | 72.8% | Robyn Bird (R) | 4,339 | | House 192nd | Morgan Cephas (D) | 19,257 | 95.8% | Tiffany Vann Brown (R) | 801 | | Senate 4th | Art Haywood (D) | 53,082 | 96.5% | Todd Johnson (R) | 1,863 |

Shares are our math and include write-ins. The 170th had 56 of 57 divisions in, and the 177th 62 of 64. The 4th Senate District also reaches into Montgomery County; these are Philadelphia votes only.

The 170th, in the Far Northeast, was the closest race in the city. Gurtcheff won the mail vote counted so far, 2,165 to 1,551, but White won the in-person vote 8,347 to 5,104, according to the commissioners' division-level export.

Unopposed winners included state Sens. Christine Tartaglione (2nd) and Anthony Hardy Williams (8th), and House members Amen Brown, Sean Dougherty, Ed Neilson, MaryLouise Isaacson, Jason Dawkins, Jose Giral, Malcolm Kenyatta, Ben Waxman, Elizabeth Fiedler, Regina Young, Jordan Harris, Rick Krajewski, Roni Green, Joanna McClinton, Tarik Khan, Sierra McNeil, Danilo Burgos, Darisha Parker, Andre Carroll, Jared Solomon and Anthony Bellmon, according to the commissioners' returns and the Philadelphia Citizen.

The one new member is Chris Johnson in the 200th District, the Northwest Philadelphia seat Chris Rabb left to run for Congress. Our Congress story has more.

What our records add: where the contested seats sit

Using the city's division and Council district maps, we matched each House district's divisions to Council districts:

• The 170th lies entirely within the 10th Council District, represented by Brian J. O'Neill.
• The 173rd lies entirely within the 6th, represented by Mike Driscoll.
• The 177th spans three: the 6th, the 1st (Mark Squilla) and the 7th (Quetcy Lozada).

Those Northeast Council districts were also where the city's two charter questions got their lowest support and where Republican candidate Stacy Garrity ran strongest in the governor's race (how each district voted).

The state Senate

Outside the city, WHYY reported that Bucks County Democrats declared Eileen Hartnett Albillar the winner over Republican Sen. Frank Farry in the 6th District, a seat Republicans had held for more than three decades. With the chamber still uncalled, it is not yet clear which party will control the Senate when the city goes to Harrisburg with its asks on transit and schools.

What's next

• Certification: The city's official count begins Friday, Nov. 6 (notice).
• Senate control: We'll report it when it is called.
• At City Hall: Council meets Nov. 12. The governor's race in the city is in a separate story.