page_title: Dwight Evans (politician)
section_title: 2016 special election
hierarchical_section_title: Dwight Evans (politician) / U.S. House of Representatives / Elections / 2016 special election
caption_attribution_description: English: Speaker Ryan and Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA)
context_page_description: Dwight E. Evans is an American politician of the Democratic Party serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district since 2016. The district, numbered as the 2nd District during his first term, includes most of Center City, West, and Northwest Philadelphia.
  He defeated incumbent Chaka Fattah in the Democratic primary election, and won a special election on November 8, 2016, following Fattah's resignation from Congress after he faced corruption charges. He previously served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 203rd district located in Philadelphia County.
context_section_description: In November 2015, Evans announced that he would run for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district in 2016 against Democratic incumbent Chaka Fattah. In an upset, Evans beat Fattah for the Democratic nomination–the real contest in this heavily Democratic, black-majority district–on April 26, 2016. He won mainly by running up his margins in his Olney-Oak Lane stronghold. Fattah later resigned amid a corruption scandal.
  As a result, Evans ran in two elections on November 8, 2016–a special election for the balance of Fattah's sixth term, and a regular election for a full two-year term. Evans won both elections and was sworn in on Monday, November 14, 2016. This led to Evans having more seniority than other new members who won the 2016 congressional election. The district has been in Democratic hands without interruption since 1949, and has been represented by black congressmen since 1959.
caption: Evans being sworn in by Speaker Paul Ryan
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