Jimmy Dillon (born January 15, 1979) is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the

Senate of Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered eve ...

. He was elected to represent the 5th senatorial district on May 17, 2022, in a special election to replace incumbent Democrat

John Sabatina John Patrick Sabatina Jr. is an American politician and judge currently serving on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. From 2006 to 2015, Sabatina served as a Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Pennsylvania state representative from the Pe ...

. He was formerly a

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grant compliance monitor.

Early life and education

Dillon was born on January 15, 1979 in

Northeast Philadelphia Northeast Philadelphia, nicknamed Northeast Philly, the Northeast and the Great Northeast, is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the 2000 census, Northeast Philadelphia has a population of between 300,000 and 450,000, depending ...

. He is a graduate of Holy Ghost Prep and the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...

, where he played basketball.

Pennsylvania State Senate

In 2021, Democratic state senator

was elected as a judge on the

Court of Common Pleas A court of common pleas is a common kind of court structure found in various common law jurisdictions. The form originated with the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, which was created to permit individuals to press civil grievances against one ...

in Philadelphia and resigned his seat on December 31. On January 10, 2022, Democrats selected Dillon's older brother Shawn as their nominee. Shawn later withdrew from the race after facing a legal challenge due to missing candidate filing paperwork and was replaced on the ballot by Dillon, a

grant compliance monitor. A special election was held on May 17; Dillon won with 54% of the vote. He was sworn in on June 7.

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Living people Politicians from Philadelphia 21st-century American politicians 1979 births {{Pennsylvania-PASenate-stub Democratic Party Pennsylvania state senators University of Notre Dame alumni