+ − Contact Information
Phone: (202) 225-4001
Office Address:
1105 Longworth House Office Building
+ − Biography
EVANS, Dwight, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia,
Philadelphia County, Pa., May 16, 1954; graduated from Germantown High School,
Philadelphia, Pa., 1971; A.A., Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia,
Pa.,1973; B.A., La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pa., 1975; teacher,
Philadelphia, Pa., public schools; employment counselor, Urban League of
Philadelphia, Pa.; member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives,
1980-2016; unsuccessful candidate for nomination as lieutenant governor of
Pennsylvania in 1986; unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor of
Pennsylvania in 1994; unsuccessful candidate for nomination as Mayor of
Philadelphia, Pa., in 1999 & 2007; elected simultaneously as a Democrat to
the One Hundred Fourteenth and the One Hundred Fifteenth Congresses, by special
election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States
Representative Chaka Fattah, and reelected to the succeeding Congress (November
8, 2016-present).