PA-03: Sharif Street steps down as state Democratic chair to focus on congressional run

The race to succeed longtime Philadelphia Congressman Dwight Evans, who announced in June that he would not run for reelection in next year’s midterm election, already features several candidates who have thrown their hats in the ring to represent the 3rd House District.

According to the Cook Political Report, the North and West Philadelphia district is the most partisan – regardless of party – in the nation. Coming in at +40 in favor of Democrats, the district performed about 40 points more Democratic in terms of two-party vote share than the nation did as a whole in 2020 and 2024.

With that in mind, there are plenty of progressives and party establishment Democrats looking to fill in deep blue seat.

The first, and arguably the most well-known, name on the list of candidates is Sharif Street.



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