There are two new members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives today as Keith Harris and Andre Carroll were elected on Tuesday.

The Democrats’ victory in the 195th and 201st Legislative Districts in Philadelphia maintained the party’s one-seat majority in the state’s lower chamber.

Harris, the 28th Ward leader and a local landlord, ran unopposed to fill the North Philadelphia vacancy created by Rep. Donna Bullock’s resignation two months ago. He unofficially received 95.9 percent of the vote.

Carroll, a progressive field organizer for City Council’s two Working Families Party members, was already on the ballot to replace Rep. Stephen Kinsey when Kinsey announced he did not plan to run for reelection last year. He also did not face opposition in the Northwest Philly district, receiving 98.2 percent of the vote.

Carroll and Harris were both chosen by the ward leaders in their districts in closed-door votes, as is the Philadelphia Democratic Party’s process to fill vacant positions.

The special elections were held to fill out the terms of Bullock and Kinsey that run through the end of November. Both Harris and Carroll will be sworn in once the election results are certified by the Philadelphia City Commissioners.

Neither candidate is facing opposition in the November 5 general election.

Steve Ulrich is the managing editor of PoliticsPA.

This article was originally published in PoliticsPA.