(WHTM) \u2014 Proud progressive Chris Rabb easily defeated more establishment candidates in the Democratic primary for the\u00a03rd Congressional District in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
Rabb, a state representative, credited refusing corporate donations as a big reason why. He also welcomed a broad coalition of voters, including far-left Democratic Socialists and anti-establishment types.<\/p>\n
Close<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n Watch for us in your inbox.<\/p>\n Subscribe Now<\/p>\n \u201cThat meant a lot to people who are tired of people, irrespective of whether they are Democrat or Republican, who felt that they were more concerned about the donor class and corporations\u2019 interests over the interests of regular working people,\u201d Rabb said.<\/p>\n But party centrists might cringe when the lawmaker calls for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or for Palestinian voices to be heard.<\/p>\n The Palestinian cause polls well, Rabb said. But the top Democrat in the state, Gov. Josh Shapiro, is Jewish, pro-Israel, and a record-setting fundraiser who didn\u2019t make an endorsement in Rabb\u2019s primary race but was reportedly working against him.<\/p>\n Shapiro and Rabb have since swapped endorsements, though they don\u2019t appear to be ringing ones.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to figure out what are the ways in which we can work together as Democrats and what things we\u2019re just going to have to agree to disagree on,\u201d Rabb said. When pressed on the idea of making centrist Democrats uncomfortable, he said his North Star is the moral center.<\/p>\n Rabb said whether Shapiro joins him in the moral center \u201cdepends on the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n A campaign spokesman for Shapiro, Manuel Bonder, said the governor spoke with Rabb and that the two will work together to win and advance Philadelphia\u2019s priorities.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Governor has been very clear about his focus: defeating Donald Trump\u2019s allies, winning up and down the ballot, and putting a check on Washington D.C.\u2019s chaos, cruelty, and corruption this November,\u201d Bonder said.<\/p>\n Still, the election has some analysts debating<\/a> whether Rabb is a one-off Democrat in a far-left district, or a warning sign for Shapiro.<\/p>\n \u201cPhiladelphia Democrats in a civil war going into a general election \u2014 I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the best-case scenario for them,\u201d said Christopher Nicholas on \u201cThis Week in Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n