Representative Chris Rabb is a father, educator, author, and social justice activist. He was born on February 21, 1970, in Chicago, Illinois. He is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 200th District since 2017.1
Education: Rabb received his bachelor’s degree from Yale in 1992. He got a master’s degree in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006.
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. Since moving to Philadelphia to obtain his master’s at Penn, he has taught a business course at Temple University. He published the non-fiction book Invisible Capital: How Unseen Forces Shape Entrepreneurial Opportunity in 2010.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives: In 2016, Rabb defeated the incumbent Tonyelle Cook-Artis 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 challenger Melissa Scott 52%-48%, and has run unopposed since.
Personal Life: Rabb is an avid family historian and genealogist. He lives in East Mt. Airy with his two sons.
