{"id":281250,"date":"2026-09-08T05:16:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T05:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/281250\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T05:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T05:16:30","slug":"pennsylvania-democrat-says-he-might-challenge-fetterman-in-2028-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/281250\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Democrat says he \u2018might\u2019 challenge Fetterman in 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pennsylvania Rep. Chris Deluzio (D) said Sunday<\/a> he \u201cmight\u201d mount a primary challenge<\/a> to Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) in 2028.<\/p>\n

\u201cI might, I haven\u2019t decided that. And to be really blunt, I\u2019m doing everything I can right now to help Democrats in Pennsylvania flip congressional seats to give [Pennsylvania Gov.] Josh Shapiro a governing majority in the state Senate and grow the majority in the state House,\u201d Deluzio told host Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation\u2019s \u201cThe Hill Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deluzio later said, \u201cJohn Fetterman\u2019s nowhere to be seen on the campaign trail. And again, to be very blunt, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any Democrat in Pennsylvania who wants him campaigning with them, even if he wouldn\u2019t show up.”<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019m focused on doing what we can do right now to win, and I\u2019ll deal with 2028 when we get past\u201d the midterms.<\/p>\n

Democrats inside and outside of Pennsylvania have taken Fetterman to task throughout the last 18 months, as the first-term senator has sided with President Trump and the GOP on multiple issues \u2014 including on the Iran war, with Fetterman voting against<\/a> every Senate war powers resolution introduced in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n

Criticism of Fetterman also ramped up after The Wall Street Journal published a piece<\/a> on Friday outlining Fetterman\u2019s alleged lack of commitment<\/a> to his duties as a senator. Fetterman has blasted the report as a \u201chit piece.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deluzio was among those to criticize Fetterman, saying Friday that Fetterman \u201chas no sense of duty\u201d to his constituents.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is not up for the high office he was elected to \u2014 and we in Pennsylvania will do something about it in 2028,\u201d the second-term representative wrote on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fetterman has also criticized his party\u2019s turn against Israel, defending the Israeli military\u2019s campaign in Gaza. Fetterman said in June<\/a> his party abandoning the country\u2019s Middle Eastern ally would be a red line.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf our party ever becomes \u2014 and just makes it official \u2014 the anti-Israel party, that\u2019s when I would leave,\u201d he told Alexander Bolton at the Hill Nation Summit.<\/p>\n

Roughly half of Democrats believe that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, according to a poll conducted in June<\/a> by The Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.<\/p>\n

Last year, Fetterman voted in line with Trump\u2019s position 28 percent of the time \u2014 the most of any Senate Democrat, per data from VoteHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Updated 3:44 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

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