Patrick J. Harkins (born December 22, 1963) is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for 1st District and was elected in 2006.

After a year at Mercyhurst he transferred to Penn State Behrend where he studied political science and business.

The district opened up when Rep. Linda Bebko-Jones retired following a challenge to the validity of her petition signatures.

[1] He won a three-way primary election over Democrats Michael Skrzypczak and Dennis Iaquinta and went on to defeat Republican Christine Pontoriero with 75% of the vote.

[citation needed] In the primary of 2016 Harkins faced no opposition, in the general election on November 8.