Summary
Pennsylvania’s first congressional district includes all of Bucks County and a sliver of Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania. It has been represented by Brian Fitzpatrick since 2019.
The state congressional district map was redrawn by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional due to partisan gerrymandering; the previous 1st district was geographically succeeded by the newly redrawn 2nd district which on November 6, 2018, elected Brendan Boyle, the incumbent from the 13th district. The new first district is similar to the previous eighth district, with the new boundaries going into effect for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter.
Fitzpatrick, the incumbent from the previous 8th district, was elected on November 6, 2018, to the newly redrawn 1st district. As of 2022, it is one of nine districts that voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election while being held or won by a Republican.
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Brian Fitzpatrick
Current Position: US Representative for PA District 1 since 2017
Affiliation: Republican
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment, & Cyber – House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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The Great American Outdoors Act passed the House one year ago today! This landmark bipartisan legislation will preserve and protect our nation’s public lands for generations, and I am proud to have led this effort.
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Rep. Gottheimer and Rep. Fitzpatrick on reaching bipartisan infrastructure plan.
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Ashley Ehasz
Current Position: Other
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2022 US Representative for US House District 1
Ashley Ehasz is a U.S. Army Veteran and Apache helicopter pilot.
She grew up in Southeastern Pennsylvania, and at the age of 17 with a waiver in hand, she joined the Army, seeing that as her best option to afford her college education. If elected, Ashley would be the first woman serving in Congress to have graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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