Incumbent Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and Mark Houck are running in the Republican primary election for Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District on April 23.
Fitzpatrick describes himself as the most independent member of Congress and his campaign as a movement fighting against hyper-partisanship. He said, “I am the Vice-Chair of the Bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, a group of 25 Democrats and 25 Republicans who have forged together to build consensus and find common ground to solve our national challenges.” Fitzpatrick says he supports term limits for members of Congress, reducing drug abuse and fatalities from the opioid crisis, increasing resources for law enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border, and limiting illegal immigration while supporting Dreamers, referring to children brought to the United States without legal permission.
In Houck’s response to Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey, he said he supports restoring constitutional values, lowering the national debt, and defunding programs that he believes are unconstitutional, including the Department of Education. Houck says he will work to limit illegal immigration, increase military funding, and “rebuild the foundations of faith, family, and freedom.”
