The Philadelphia Inquirer: Chris Rabb's path to victory in the U.S. House race ran through Northwest Philly and the progressive left
The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 21, 2026 · By Anna Orso and Sam Janesch
The Inquirer works through precinct-level results to explain how Chris Rabb won PA-3. His campaign knew it early on election night, when returns showed him taking nearly 40 percent in the 50th Ward, the highest-turnout slice of the city. The analysis credits his strength in Northwest Philadelphia, the city's densest pocket of typically pro-establishment Black voters, plus an internet-savvy campaign and a serious field operation. The piece puts Reclaim Philadelphia in that history: born out of the 2016 movement, central to lifting Larry Krasner into the District Attorney's Office in 2017, and, with allied organizations, responsible for putting a bench of candidates in the state House, the state Senate and City Council since.