--- title: "Rabb vs. Mahoney: 2026 Pennsylvania’s 3rd District race" url: "https://www.2026election.com/race/2026-house-pa-03" updated: "2026-08-01" source: "Candidates' campaign sites and Ballotpedia, quoted verbatim" publisher: "Pluribus" --- # 2026 Pennsylvania’s 3rd District race: Christopher Rabb (D) vs. Dennis Mahoney (Independent Party) Rating: Safe D · Election: November 3, 2026 · Ballot checked: October 9, 2026 · Positions captured: August 1, 2026 The 2026 election for Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District features Democratic nominee Christopher Rabb, a state representative who won the May 19 primary with 44.6% of the vote. Incumbent Representative Dwight Evans retired, leaving the seat open. No candidates appeared on the Republican primary ballot, making Rabb unopposed in the general election for this Solid Democratic seat. ## Candidates - **Christopher Rabb** (Democrat) · [Campaign site](https://www.chrisrabb.com/) · [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Christopher_Rabb) - **Dennis Mahoney** (Independent Party) ## Issues ### Cost of living and economy Salience: high **Christopher Rabb:** Supports universal basic guarantees and public services Rabb advocates addressing the affordability crisis by guaranteeing universal basic income, a living wage, and expanded direct public services. His platform includes creating national grocery stores, free high-speed public transit, and municipal broadband. - Establish universal basic income and a living wage for all workers - Create direct public services, including national grocery stores and free high-speed public transit - Provide high-speed gigabit broadband for every household - Pass a Workers' Bill of Rights and establish Baby Bonds - Replace Gross Domestic Product with the Genuine Progress Indicator as an economic metric > “Universal basic income and a living wage for all will help tackle the affordability crisis, but we must also create direct public services, including national grocery stores, free high-speed public transit, and high-speed gigabit broadband for every household.” > — Christopher Rabb, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Christopher_Rabb) **Dennis Mahoney:** No documented position in our sources ### Climate change and energy Salience: high **Christopher Rabb:** Supports Green New Deal and renewable transition Rabb supports rapid economic decarbonization and a transition to 100% renewable energy. He champions a Green New Deal, a Civil Climate Corps, green union jobs, and banning hyperscale data centers. - Pass the Green New Deal and achieve a just transition to 100% renewable energy - Establish a Civil Climate Corps to create green union jobs - Modernize national energy grids and ban hyperscale data centers - Protect community access to clean air, clean water, and green spaces > “Passing a strong climate agenda that includes a Civil Climate Corps will help create millions of good-paying jobs and ensure a strong and sustainable transition to renewable energy for every community.” > — Christopher Rabb, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Christopher_Rabb) **Dennis Mahoney:** No documented position in our sources ### Public safety and criminal justice reform Salience: high **Christopher Rabb:** Supports community investment and sentencing reform Rabb opposes over-policing and over-prosecution, emphasizing that safety stems from community investments in housing, education, and mental health care. He advocates for ending the War on Drugs and abolishing the death penalty. - Invest in mental health responders and community support systems to reduce violence - Abolish the death penalty and death by incarceration - End the War on Drugs and decriminalize poverty - Transform criminal sentencing to lower incarceration and recidivism rates > “Real safety comes from strong communities, not over-policing or over-prosecuting. We must reduce violence by investing in housing, education, good jobs, and mental health care – the true foundations of stability.” > — Christopher Rabb, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Christopher_Rabb) **Dennis Mahoney:** No documented position in our sources ### Foreign policy Salience: high **Christopher Rabb:** Supports anti-imperialist foreign policy and Gaza ceasefire Rabb calls for dismantling the military-industrial complex, ending imperialist interventions, and ceasing U.S.-led regime-change efforts. He supports an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, unrestricted aid, Palestinian self-determination, and lifting the Cuba embargo. - Dismantle the military-industrial complex and end U.S.-led regime-change campaigns - Enact an immediate and permanent ceasefire between Israel and Palestine with unrestricted aid to Gaza - Support Palestinian right of return and free assembly under international law - Pass a new War Powers Act to enforce Congressional oversight of foreign military actions - End the U.S. economic embargo on Cuba > “We must immediately dismantle the military industrial complex, cease all imperialist foreign policy, and end all U.S. led efforts for regime-change.” > — Christopher Rabb, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Christopher_Rabb) **Dennis Mahoney:** No documented position in our sources ### Housing Salience: medium **Christopher Rabb:** Supports Housing First and social housing Rabb supports guaranteeing homes for all individuals using a Housing First framework. He advocates for scaling social housing across the nation and rehabilitating vacant properties. - Guarantee housing for everyone using a Housing First model - Scale social housing programs nationwide - Renovate and retrofit vacant properties and publicly owned buildings > “Guarantee Homes for Everyone through Housing First Model” > — Christopher Rabb, via [Campaign site](https://www.chrisrabb.com/) **Dennis Mahoney:** No documented position in our sources ### Healthcare and reproductive rights Salience: medium **Christopher Rabb:** Supports Medicare for All and reproductive freedom Rabb advocates for single-payer healthcare through Medicare for All as part of a universal basic guarantee. He also works to defend reproductive freedom across the country. - Implement Medicare for All as a universal basic guarantee - Protect reproductive freedom and access to care > “Medicare For All, Protecting Reproductive Freedom” > — Christopher Rabb, via [Campaign site](https://www.chrisrabb.com/) **Dennis Mahoney:** No documented position in our sources ### Democracy and government reform Salience: medium **Christopher Rabb:** Supports public election funding and judicial reform Rabb seeks to reform democratic institutions by establishing public campaign funding, banning corporate PAC donations, and ending partisan gerrymandering. He also supports overhauling the Supreme Court and impeaching Donald Trump. - Publicly fund elections and correct gerrymandered election maps - Reject all corporate PAC money and end corporate media monopolies - Overhaul the Supreme Court and protect freedom of speech - Support the impeachment and removal of President Trump > “When giant corporations buy up politicians, exploit, skirt or change our laws to line their pockets, it is an attack on our ability to make our voice heard in our democracy.” > — Christopher Rabb, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Christopher_Rabb) **Dennis Mahoney:** No documented position in our sources ### Education and childcare Salience: medium **Christopher Rabb:** Supports free higher education and universal childcare Rabb promotes universal childcare for children up to age five alongside equitably funded K-12 public education. He also supports tuition-free public college and vocational training. - Provide universal childcare from birth to age 5 - Fully fund public K-12 schools and increase teacher pay - Make public colleges and vocational training programs tuition-free > “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 and job training programs will help ensure ongoing education access and opportunity for all.” > — Christopher Rabb, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Christopher_Rabb) **Dennis Mahoney:** No documented position in our sources ### Immigration Salience: medium **Christopher Rabb:** Supports abolishing ICE and immigrant detention facilities Rabb condemns aggressive enforcement practices by immigration authorities, calling for the abolition of ICE and the closure of immigrant detention facilities. - Abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - Dismantle immigrant detention facilities and concentration camps > “When ICE terrorizes our neighbors, when families are separated and innocent people are targeted in the name of citizenship, it is an attack on our communities.” > — Christopher Rabb, via [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Christopher_Rabb) **Dennis Mahoney:** No documented position in our sources ## Polls and markets _Updated Oct 31._ - [Polymarket](https://polymarket.com/event/pa-03-house-election-winner) — PA-03 House Election Winner: Democrats 97.3%, Republicans 1.9% - [Kalshi](https://kalshi.com/events/KXHOUSERACE-PA03-26) — PA-03 House winner?: Christopher Rabb 99.3%, Republicans 2.7% [View this race on 2026election.com](https://www.2026election.com/race/2026-house-pa-03)