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Elections · U.S. House · Pennsylvania

2026 Pennsylvania House race, District 3

Chris Rabb (Democrat) and Dennis Mahoney (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Pennsylvania District 3.

The November ballot

Rabb
$1.3M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: Dennis Mahoney (Independent).

Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.

The seat

Dwight Evans

Democrat · Holds the seat now

First took office 2016 · Age 72

Not on the November ballot

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How to vote in Pennsylvania

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

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How they won the primary

Democratic primary

The primary · 147,413 votes

  • Chris Rabb Won: 44.6% 65,782
  • Sharif Street: 29.3% 43,137
  • Ala Stanford: 24.0% 35,452
  • Shaun Griffith: 2.1% 3,042

Primary results as recorded September 25, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State official primary returns. Certified June 17, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$3.3M
Outside money
$5.8M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Rabb$1.6M
Opposing Rabb$5.6K

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $4.2M of the race's $5.8M was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.

Where each candidate's money comes from

23%$311KSmall donors--
67%$895KLarge donors$9.8K91%
7%$89KPACs--
--Self-funding$1K9%
3%$34KOther--

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 15 groups

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

17 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
763K
Median household income
$64K
Unemployment
8.0%
Living below the poverty line
20.6%
Without health insurance
5.7%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

Unopposed in 2024

  • Dwight Evans Won: 100%

340,223 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and July 13, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.