Chris Rabb

Rabb was born in Chicago, to an ophthalmologist and professor father, Maurice Rabb Jr., and a politically active mother, Madeline Murphy Rabb. His maternal grandmother Madeline Wheeler Murphy, was a Baltimore-based community activist, and his maternal grandfather, William H. Murphy Sr, was a judge in Baltimore Rabb's great-great-grandfather, John H. Murphy Sr., was born a slave and founded the Baltimore Afro-American in 1892. Rabb received his bachelor's degree from Yale in 1992. ==Career==

In the early 90s Rabb worked as an aide to former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun. He then worked for the Clinton administration in the 1995 White House Conference on Small Business. in a three-way Democratic primary 47% to 40%, and then defeated Republican challenger Latryse McDowell 94% to 5% in the November general election. He won the 2018 primary over establishment-backed challenger Melissa Scott 52% to 48%, and has run unopposed in 2020 and 2024. Rabb has been a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 200th District, since 2017. Rabb serves on a number of House Committees, including Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Commerce, and the Judiciary. Rabb has put forward bills that would enable courts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to use restorative justice approaches to sentencing offenders, and introduced and passed bills in the Pennsylvania House to repeal the use of the death penalty (House Bill 999). In 2024, Rabb introduced legislation to counter greenwashing, which is deceptive marketing that incorrectly suggests that a product is beneficial to the environment. According to the Center for Climate Integrity, the bill is the first of its type in the nation. On October 2, 2021, Rabb authored a memo to all members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives indicating that he will be introducing legislation to enforce reproductive responsibility among men. According to the memo, the proposal would "require all inseminators to undergo vasectomies within 6 weeks from having their third child or 40th birthday, whichever comes first." Rabb's satirical memo draws attention to the double-standard of regulating women's bodies via legislation while the equivalent bill affecting men would seem absurd. Rabb called the memo "parody legislation". and to provide protections for cannabis consumers and businesses. 2026 U.S. House of Representatives campaign In 2025, Rabb entered the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district to succeed Congressman Dwight Evans after he announced his retirement. He has been endorsed by numerous progressive organizations, including the Justice Democrats, Sunrise Movement, Philadelphia Democratic Socialists of America, and the Working Families Party. == Personal life ==

Rabb has two sons and lives in East Mount Airy. ==Awards==

• 2019, Rising Environmental Leader award, The National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (NCEL) ==Published works==

• Invisible Capital: How Unseen Forces Shape Entrepreneurial Opportunity (2010) ==References==