Pennsylvania 3rd District
Dwight Evans (D) is not running again. 2 candidates were on the ballot on November 3, 2026.
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Chris Rabb
Democrat · Pennsylvania state representative
FLiberty Score F0 out of 100 across 4 principles. Graded on what Rabb has said and done, because I have no votes in Congress to count for Rabb.
Raised $1,457,912 since January 2025: 90% from people, 8% from PACs and other committees, 2% transfers and other income. The filing at FEC.gov
Dennis Mahoney
Independent · humanitarian aid worker, independent from south philadelphia
No gradeNothing on recordI have no votes in Congress to count for Mahoney, and I found nothing Mahoney has said or done on any of these questions: no campaign positions and no interview I could check. I went through it on October 21.
Raised $37,385 since January 2025: 97% from people, 3% the candidate’s own money. The filing at FEC.gov
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A solid letter is a grade from recorded votes on that principle. An outlined letter is on the same scale, for a candidate with no votes: it comes from what that candidate has said and done, and every source is listed below.
Chris Rabb, on the record
I have no votes in Congress to count for Rabb, so the grade above comes from this list: what Rabb has said and done on my principles. Each line has its source, and each is marked with the same test I use for votes.
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At a WHYY forum he said the United States is complicit in genocide in Gaza because its tax money sends bombs.
“We have to acknowledge our complicity in an ongoing genocide in Gaza; it’s our taxpayer dollars that are sending bombs”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Calling the war genocide and objecting to US weapons for Israel is the against side of this measure.
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His campaign platform says the genocide in Gaza must end.
“The genocide in Gaza must end.”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Calling the war in Gaza a genocide is the against side of this measure.
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At a WHYY forum he said the country absolutely needs Medicare for All.
“We absolutely need ‘Medicare for All’,”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Government-run health care for all is the against side of this measure.
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His campaign platform describes his own politics as Democratic Socialist.
“As a Democratic Socialist, I believe that revitalizing federal public works programs would reclaim pathways to long-term economic mobility”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Self-described socialism is the against side of this measure.
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His campaign platform calls for dismantling the military industrial complex and cutting the US military footprint abroad.
“We must immediately dismantle the military industrial complex, cease all imperialist foreign policy, and end all U.S. led efforts for regime-change.”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Dismantling the military industrial complex is the against side of this measure (cutting defence).
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His campaign record page says he wrote a state bill in 2017 to end Pennsylvania’s collaboration with ICE.
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
A bar on state cooperation with ICE is the against side of this measure.
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His campaign platform lists abolishing ICE.
“Abolish ICE & Dismantle Immigrant Concentration Camps”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Abolishing ICE is the against side of this measure.
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