Dwight is from North Philadelphia. He has an associate of arts from the Community College of Philadelphia and a bachelors degree from La Salle College. 

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Dwight has worked as an employment counselor and teacher.

Dwight Evans is currently US representative for Pennsylvania Congressional District 3. He was elected in 2019 and is serving his 2nd term. He served 2 terms as a US representative for Pennsylvania Congressional District 2 from 2016-2019. He has also served multiple terms as a Pennsylvania State Representative for the 203rd Legislative District. 

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Supports funding afterschool enrichment efforts, including sports and arts programs.

Supports expanding pre-kindergarten and early childhood education in communities with struggling schools, with the goal of establishing universal preschool.

Plans to expand pre-kindergarten and early childhood education in communities with "struggling schools" and to eventually establish universal preschool programs.

- Supports funding afterschool enrichment efforts, including sports and arts programs.
- Plans to expand pre-kindergarten and early childhood education in communities with "struggling schools" and to eventually establish universal preschool programs.

Education

Supports increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage.

Believes that building a bank at every neighborhood crossroad will help promote urban development.

Supports approving temporary businesses in order to revitalize unused spaces.

- Supports increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage.
- Believes that building a bank at every neighborhood crossroad will help promote urban development.
- Supports approving temporary businesses in order to revitalize unused spaces.

Economy

Supports expanding school-based health centers to provide comprehensive care, including preventive services, routine exams, and treatment for various illnesses, to students nationwide, especially in schools with the greatest needs.

Wants to improve school health centers to provide comprehensive care, including preventive services, routine exams, and treatment for various illnesses, especially in schools with the greatest needs.

- Wants to improve school health centers to provide comprehensive care, including preventive services, routine exams, and treatment for various illnesses, especially in schools with the greatest needs.

Healthcare

As of September 30, 2024, Dwight Evans’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Foreign Policy and Immigration

Energy & the Environment

Supports expanding neighborhood policing efforts by creating more police satellite offices, especially in high-crime neighborhoods.

Supports expanding neighborhood policing efforts by creating more individual police sites, especially in high-crime neighborhoods.

Supports expanding HUD’s “Cop Next Door” program to incentivize officers to live in higher crime areas, fostering visible presence and community relationships.

Wants to expand the “Cop Next Door” program to incentivize officers to live in higher crime areas and promote community relationships.

Supports establishing city gun courts to address gun-related offenses.

Believes in bringing back specialized city gun courts to address gun-related offenses.

- Supports expanding neighborhood policing efforts by creating more individual police sites, especially in high-crime neighborhoods.
- Wants to expand the “Cop Next Door” program to incentivize officers to live in higher crime areas and promote community relationships.
- Believes in bringing back specialized city gun courts to address gun-related offenses.

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Dwight Evans

- Your US Representative represents the interests of your district in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. Pennsylvania currently has 19 US Representatives.
- US Representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become national law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain policy areas, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the Speaker of the House or Majority/Minority Leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a legal resident of Pennsylvania for at least seven years before their election. 
- US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.