# Dwight Evans

Dwight Evans is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Pennsylvania’s 3rd district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, Pennsylvania’s 3rd district
- Serving since: 2016-11-14
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: E000296
- FEC candidate IDs: H6PA02171

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/E000296 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

91% of Evans’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Pennsylvania, in the top 5% of House Democrats.

## What Evans says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,807 classified statements: 1,726 posts on X, 44 press releases, 36 newsletters, 1 Congressional Record speech. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Evans | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.0% | 6.6% | 120 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 40.4% | 27.5% | 19 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 68.2% | 73.2% | 166 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 7.4% | 9.8% | 135 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 13.6% | 22.7% | 188 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 1.6% | 1.9% | 102 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 38% (House Democrats 26%); Economics and Public Finance 28% (House Democrats 20%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (House Democrats 20%); Armed Forces and National Security 14% (House Democrats 16%); Taxation 13% (House Democrats 6.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.05 (standard error 0.01), from 1,483 donors and 4,650 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 92.8% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 99.7% (96.4%). 12 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted not voting · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted not voting · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 14 bills: 14 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 556. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 171 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10049: Visitable Inclusive Tax credits for Accessible Living (VITAL) Act (in committee, 2026-08-06) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10049
- H.R. 8746: VICTIM Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8746
- H.R. 8501: Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8501
- H.Res. 1071: Recognizing the desegregation efforts at Girard College in Philadelphia, and the leaders involved in African-American integration and civil rights expansion. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1071
- H.R. 7532: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4431 Main Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Dr. Constance 'Connie' E.… (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7532
- H.Res. 898: Recognizing November 2025 as "National Family Caregivers Month". (in committee, 2025-11-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/898
- H.R. 5383: Mentoring and Supporting Families Act (in committee, 2025-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5383
- H.R. 5384: MORE Act (in committee, 2025-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5384
- H.Res. 712: Expressing support for the designation of September 14, 2025, as "National Food is Medicine Day". (in committee, 2025-09-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/712
- H.R. 3681: Leveraging Educational Opportunity Networks Act (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3681

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $233.8K (House Democrats median $2.0M). 5.5% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDwightEvans/status/2114822361039925434
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepDwightEvans/status/2114845912539230570
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDwightEvans/status/2113712798228209908
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDwightEvans/status/2113731714748944860
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDwightEvans/status/2113372138585362438
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDwightEvans/status/2113383639287476475
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDwightEvans/status/2113398268080107734
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDwightEvans/status/2112896402288193619
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDwightEvans/status/2112626084705640511
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDwightEvans/status/2112646206644003016

## Links

- Official site: https://evans.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepDwightEvans
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepDwightEvans
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repdwightevans
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/E000296

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/E000296