Federal

U.S. Representative, 3rd Congressional District

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A member of the U.S. House of Representatives votes on federal laws, taxes and spending on behalf of the district.

Entirely within the City of Philadelphia (on the 23 ballot splits beginning "3-"). On the city's ballots it takes in all of State House districts 10, 188, 190, 192, 194, 200 and 201, parts of 175, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 191, 195 and 198, and parts of State Senate districts 4 and 8. The incumbent, Dwight Evans, is not running; there is no Republican nominee.

Candidates Compare by issue

Chris Rabb

Democratic

State Representative, 200th District · Philadelphia (Northwest Philadelphia)

The gist

Supports single-payer Medicare for All and eliminating medical debt.
Calls for guaranteed housing for everyone through a Housing First model and national social housing.
Supports a universal basic income, a living wage and a higher minimum wage.
Backs a Civil Climate Corps, a shift to 100% renewable energy and no hyperscale data centers.
Favors community investment over policing and prosecution, and calls for abolishing ICE.
Calls for universal childcare to age 5, fully funded K-12 schools and free public college.
Supports public financing of elections, fair election maps and rejecting corporate PAC money.
Calls for removing war powers from the executive, ending the siege in Palestine and supporting Ukraine.

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Supports single-payer Medicare for All and eliminating medical debt.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Pennsylvania US Representative District 3
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“We must pass Medicare for All as a single-payer system to guarantee universal healthcare for everyone … Medical debt must be eliminated.”
Calls for guaranteed housing for everyone through a Housing First model and national social housing.
Platform | Chris Rabb For Congress
Campaign website · Chris Rabb for Congress · chrisrabb.com
“Guarantee Homes for Everyone through Housing First Model … Social Housing Scaled Nationally”
Supports a universal basic income, a living wage and a higher minimum wage.
Platform | Chris Rabb For Congress
Campaign website · Chris Rabb for Congress · chrisrabb.com
“Universal basic income and a living wage for all will help tackle the affordability crisis”
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Pennsylvania US Representative District 3
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“We need to strengthen workers’ rights by raising the minimum wage and passing Medicare for All.”
Backs a Civil Climate Corps, a shift to 100% renewable energy and no hyperscale data centers.
Platform | Chris Rabb For Congress
Campaign website · Chris Rabb for Congress · Climate Crisis · chrisrabb.com
“Passing a strong climate agenda that includes a Civil Climate Corps will help create millions of good-paying jobs … No Hyperscale Data Centers … A Just Transition to 100% Renewable Energy”
Favors community investment over policing and prosecution, and calls for abolishing ICE.
Platform | Chris Rabb For Congress
Campaign website · Chris Rabb for Congress · Supporting Safer Communities · chrisrabb.com
“Real safety comes from strong communities, not over-policing or over-prosecuting. … Abolish ICE & Dismantle Immigrant Concentration Camps”
Calls for universal childcare to age 5, fully funded K-12 schools and free public college.
Platform | Chris Rabb For Congress
Campaign website · Chris Rabb for Congress · Fully Funded Education · chrisrabb.com
“A truly universal child care system for kids from birth to age five, an equitably funded K-12 public school system, and truly free public college”
Supports public financing of elections, fair election maps and rejecting corporate PAC money.
Platform | Chris Rabb For Congress
Campaign website · Chris Rabb for Congress · chrisrabb.com
“Publicly Fund Elections and Fix Rigged Election Maps … Reject All Corporate PAC Money”
Calls for removing war powers from the executive, ending the siege in Palestine and supporting Ukraine.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Pennsylvania US Representative District 3
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“ending the siege in Palestine, supporting Ukraine’s right to sovereignty, and reducing the risk of war through arms control and nuclear disarmament … remove war powers from the executive”

Dennis Mahoney

The Independent Party

Founder, AOI Solutions (disaster relief and humanitarian response) · South Philadelphia

The gist

Proposes ending the "benefits cliff" so families leaving poverty lose public assistance gradually.
Supports expanding access to affordable housing and addressing tangled property titles in Philadelphia.
Wants to build generational wealth through homeownership, community investment and small business growth.
Calls for improving family programs in healthcare, childcare, food assistance and tax credits.
Says he would help form the first independent caucus in the U.S. House if elected.
Proposes claiming federal funds earmarked for Philadelphia that have gone unclaimed.
Wants neighborhood advisory groups across the district to set the needs he would take to Washington.

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Proposes ending the "benefits cliff" so families leaving poverty lose public assistance gradually.
Building hope, not division: Dennis Mahoney seeks to represent Pennsylvania's Third District as an independent candidate
News coverage · Impacto · Sep 11, 2026 · impactomedia.com
“His signature proposal is to end the “benefits cliff” and restructure public assistance so families climbing out of poverty lose support gradually”
Supports expanding access to affordable housing and addressing tangled property titles in Philadelphia.
Independent Dennis Mahoney is trying to defeat Chris Rabb in November
News coverage · The Philadelphia Inquirer · Sep 10, 2026 · inquirer.com
“Mahoney’s platform focuses on addressing poverty, expanding access to affordable housing, and investing in education.”
Building hope, not division: Dennis Mahoney seeks to represent Pennsylvania's Third District as an independent candidate
News coverage · Impacto · Sep 11, 2026 · impactomedia.com
“He talks, too, about generational wealth and the tangled titles that quietly strip it away.”
Wants to build generational wealth through homeownership, community investment and small business growth.
Your Guide to the 2026 General Election
News coverage · The Philadelphia Citizen · thephiladelphiacitizen.org
“building generational wealth through home ownership and maintenance, community investment, and small business growth”
Calls for improving family programs in healthcare, childcare, food assistance and tax credits.
Your Guide to the 2026 General Election
News coverage · The Philadelphia Citizen · thephiladelphiacitizen.org
“improving child- and family-centered programs in healthcare, childcare, food assistance, and tax credits”
Says he would help form the first independent caucus in the U.S. House if elected.
Independent Dennis Mahoney is trying to defeat Chris Rabb in November
News coverage · The Philadelphia Inquirer · Sep 10, 2026 · inquirer.com
“Mahoney said, if elected, he would help form the first independent caucus in the U.S. House”
Proposes claiming federal funds earmarked for Philadelphia that have gone unclaimed.
Building hope, not division: Dennis Mahoney seeks to represent Pennsylvania's Third District as an independent candidate
News coverage · Impacto · Sep 11, 2026 · impactomedia.com
“He says his team has compiled a list of federal dollars that were “left on the table” and earmarked for Philadelphia but never claimed.”
Wants neighborhood advisory groups across the district to set the needs he would take to Washington.
Building hope, not division: Dennis Mahoney seeks to represent Pennsylvania's Third District as an independent candidate
News coverage · Impacto · Sep 11, 2026 · impactomedia.com
“He wants neighborhood advisory groups across the district to name their own needs so that he can carry them to Washington.”

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