PA-03: Democratic primary tracker: Race heats up as field narrows
For the first time in a decade, the commonwealth’s third congressional district is up for grabs. Eight candidates remain in the race to fill retiring U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans’ spot, down from what was a field of roughly a dozen early on in the deep blue seat that is PA-3.
According to the Cook Political Report, the North and West Philadelphia district is the most partisan – regardless of party – in the nation. Coming in at +40 in favor of Democrats, the district performed about 40 points more Democratic in two-party vote share than the nation as a whole in 2020 and 2024.
Candidates jumped on the opportunity to run soon after Evans announced his plans to retire, with political veterans, local activists and newcomers throwing their hats into the ring. March 10 was the deadline for filing signatures needed to get on the ballot and Tuesday was the deadline for challenging any signatures. And on Wednesday, after physician Dave Oxman dropped out and endorsed fellow physician Ala Stanford, voters began getting a clearer picture of who will be on the May 19 ballot.
Here’s the latest on each remaining Democratic candidate in the PA-3 primary, along with their list of endorsements. City & State also has one-on-one interviews with Sharif Street, Ala Stanford and Chris Rabb.
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