2026-09-2010brief

Fitzpatrick voted against Trump's tariffs, tax law and Iran war powers — and lifelong GOP backers are still leaving him

Pennsylvania's 1st District is one of the few Republican-held seats Harris carried in 2024.

The five-term Republican won his 2024 race comfortably in a district Harris carried by less than a point. He also skipped Trump's midterm convention in Dallas. It hasn't held his base. Mary Ryan, 60, a registered Republican who backed him all five terms, is voting for Democrat Bob Harvie this year.

  • Harvie is a twice countywide-elected Bucks County commissioner and a former social studies teacher.
  • Fitzpatrick on weighing each vote against his constituents' interests: "That's the job."