Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry is projected to win his re-election effort towards Democratic challenger Janelle Stelson within the state’s tenth Congressional District.
Perry has served as a Pennsylvania congressman since 2013, and at present represents the state’s tenth District, which incorporates the state’s capital, Harrisburg, in addition to Dauphin County and components of Cumberland and York Counties.
The race for the district’s seat heated up lately at the same time as most consideration has been on the Keystone State’s presidential and Senate races.
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Rep. Scott Perry speaks throughout the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) on the Nationwide Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Picture/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Perry, who has repeatedly been endorsed by former President Trump all through his profession, is the previous chair of the conservative Home Freedom Caucus and campaigned on points similar to cracking down on unlawful immigration following the “Biden-Harris Administration’s reprehensible, harmful, and failed border insurance policies,” American vitality independence, defending ladies’s sports activities and reeling in inflation following the “the novel Left’s spending will increase.”
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Perry confronted Stelson, a former broadcast journalist for many years within the Harrisburg space. Simply days forward of the election, the Democratic challenger racked up endorsements from former Republican Home members who labored with Perry. Former Reps. Barbara Comstock, Adam Kinzinger, Denver Riggleman, Dave Trott and Joe Walsh threw their help behind Stelson final week and launched a “Republicans for Janelle” group.
Janelle Stelson talks with patrons on the Broad Road Market in Harrisburg on Oct. 19, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Pictures)
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Stelson campaigned on points similar to defending abortion entry following the Supreme Courtroom’s 2022 resolution to overturn Roe v. Wade, hiring extra border brokers to raised safe the border, and reducing the price of residing for Pennsylvanians.
The pair traded barbs throughout a debate final month, with Perry touting laws he supported below Trump’s administration when the price of residing was cheaper for voters.
“I voted for the biggest tax minimize in historical past, giving individuals on this district and throughout the nation, in Pennsylvania, extra money of their pocket,” he mentioned. “After I was in Congress 4 years in the past, when President Trump was there, wages had been the best they’ve ever been for the reason that Carter administration.”
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A welcome signal greets drivers on U.S. Route 222 coming into Peach Backside, Pennsylvania, from Maryland, 2022. (Charlie Creitz)
In the meantime, Stelson targeted on elevating the minimal wage.
”Pennsylvania has a $7.25 an hour minimal wage,” she mentioned. “Each state round us, has nearly double. West Virginia has a better fee than that, and the price of residing is much much less.”
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Political eyes have been locked on Pennsylvania as Keystone State voters are championed as those who will doubtless decide the end result of the federal election. Trump narrowly gained the state in 2016 when he efficiently campaigned towards former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, however misplaced the state in 2020 towards President Biden.
The Senate race between longtime Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger Dave McCormick has additionally attracted a better focus within the state because the GOP regarded to flip that seat pink.
