{"id":197536,"date":"2026-05-20T06:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T06:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/197536\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T06:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T06:25:07","slug":"philadelphia-crowded-democratic-primary-decided-in-most-liberal-us-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/197536\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia crowded Democratic primary decided in most liberal US district"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Philadelphia\u2019s Chris Rabb, a far-left state lawmaker backed by the “Squad,” won the crowded and at-times-heated Democratic primary contest for Pennsylvania<\/a>\u2019s 3rd Congressional District.<\/p>\n

The district \u2014 rated the most Democratic in the nation \u2014 includes much of Center City, all of North Philadelphia and West Philadelphia, and is one of the few Black-majority districts in the country, with Tuesday night\u2019s results essentially foreshadowing November\u2019s likely outcome.<\/p>\n

Rabb, whose district includes Mount Airy and West Oak Lane, celebrated endorsements from progressive figures, including members of the “Squad<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

SOROS-BACKED PHILADELPHIA DA SURVIVES PRIMARY CHALLENGE, BUT POTENTIAL GOP WRINKLE AHEAD<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Liberty Bell, saved from the British by Lynnport farmer Frederick Leaser, is displayed in its Philadelphia shrine. (iStock)<\/p>\n

State Sen. Sharif Street<\/a> is the son of former popular yet controversial Mayor John Street, and is endorsed by several officials including his father\u2019s predecessor Ed Rendell.<\/p>\n

He is a former chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party<\/a> and appeared to characterize himself as the true Philadelphian in the race.<\/p>\n

“People who are from, live and can vote in Philadelphia have supported me,” Street told the Penn Capital-Star<\/a>. “People who are from outside the city, they\u2019re cozying up to my opponents.”<\/p>\n

Besides Rendell, Street had the endorsement of the state party, Mayor Cherelle Parker and other noted Philadelphians.<\/p>\n

Street, who is Muslim, made news when he spoke out against a virulent anti-Israel protest in the city earlier this year, telling Fox News Digital at the time he “forcefully condemn[s] the antisemitic rally<\/a> that took place today in Rittenhouse Square.”<\/p>\n

Rep. Gregorio Casar, D-Texas, was one of several lawmakers to endorse Rabb, saying in a joint statement<\/a> with Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., that Rabb is a “social justice activist [and] an educator who helped unionize 1,500 adjunct professors and a legislator who has taken on Republicans and the billionaire class to create a democracy that works for everyone rather than just the wealthy few.”<\/p>\n

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Pennsylvania State Rep. Chris Rabb, D-West Oak Lane, is shown. (Joe Lamberti\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Rabb, 56, said in a statement that he also welcomed the endorsement of the left-wing Working Families Party and the Justice Democrats \u2014 a group that has supported “Squad” members and other federal candidates of similar ideology.<\/p>\n

“Our coalition is people-powered, and our allies are united in our fight to demand a prosperous future for the multiracial working class families and communities who are the heart of Philly and represent our city\u2019s incredible strength and potential,” he said.<\/p>\n

Rabb\u2019s political history includes working with the first elected Black Democrat in the Senate, Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois<\/a>, in the 1990s. Two Black Republicans had been elected previously in the 1880s from Mississippi.<\/p>\n

Rabb was endorsed by Philadelphia City Council Minority Leader Kendra Brooks and Minority Whip Nicolas O\u2019Rourke, both of the WFP. Republicans have just one member<\/a> on council \u2014 longtime Northeast Philadelphia representative Brian O\u2019Neill, whose presence is considered the “third party.”<\/p>\n

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Pa. State Sen. Sharif Street speaks during a rally at the Capitol Building against life without parole on Oct. 25, 2017. <\/p>\n

Dr. Ala Stanford<\/a> was recently a Biden administration HHS appointee \u2014 as she led the agency\u2019s “Region III” covering Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

The pediatric surgeon made news during her tenure for setting up a major 24-hour COVID-19 vaccine site at Temple University\u2019s Liacouras Center at 15th Street and Montgomery Avenue and reportedly making house calls<\/a> to offer testing.<\/p>\n

With no clear Republican challenger, Tuesday night\u2019s winner is expected to sail to victory in November in what is considered the nation\u2019s most Democratic Congressional District<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Charles Creitz is a reporter for\u00a0Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Charles covers media<\/a>, politics<\/a> and culture for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Charles is a Pennsylvania native and graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Story tips can be sent to charles.creitz@fox.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Philadelphia\u2019s Chris Rabb, a far-left state lawmaker backed by the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2258,28,69,71,70,50,74143,87679],"class_list":["post-197536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-democrats","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-politics","tag-pramila-jayapal","tag-the-squad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}