Progressives seek another big primary win in the nation’s bluest House district

Progressives are cautiously optimistic that they can capture the nomination for a congressional seat in Philadelphia in a race against the Democratic Party’s center-left establishment Tuesday

Progressives are cautiously optimistic that they can capture the nomination for a congressional seat in Philadelphia in a race against the Democratic Party’s center-left establishment Tuesday.

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It would give the insurgent left a third high-profile primary win in the last year, following New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s defeat of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Rep. Analilia Mejia’s victory in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District.

Now, Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb, a favorite of progressives, is taking part in what amounts to a three-way contest to replace retiring Rep. Dwight Evans in Pennsylvania’s 3rd District. Rabb’s supporters and those backing his opponents — Dr. Ala Stanford, a pediatric surgeon, and state Sen. Sharif Street, a former chair of the state Democratic Party — see the race as a jump ball heading into Tuesday’s vote.