{"id":281870,"date":"2026-09-09T01:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T01:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/281870\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T01:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T01:58:19","slug":"im-thinking-about-it-pa-congressman-may-challenge-fetterman-in-2028-primary-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/281870\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m thinking about it:&#8217; PA Congressman may challenge Fetterman in 2028 primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 A Pennsylvania representative said at a Labor Day parade that he is toying with the idea of challenging Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) in the 2028 Democratic primary.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) was asked whether he was thinking about running against Fetterman at the Labor Day Parade in Pittsburgh, and he said he has heard support for the idea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m thinking about it. I&#8217;ve gotten a lot of encouragement, today even,&#8221; Deluzio answered when asked, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/chris-deluzio-considers-running-against-john-fetterman-2028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Deluzio is currently being challenged for his 17th District seat by Republican Tony Guy, who currently serves as the Beaver County Sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania representative has been <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisForPA\/status\/2095826600369533395?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">critical of Fetterman<\/a>, most recently in response to a Sept. 3 Wall Street Journal report of Fetterman blowing off a meeting with Children&#8217;s Hospital of Philadelphia surrounding medicaid card concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a lot I could say about this report of John Fetterman\u2019s pathetic behavior as a Senator. But between the laziness, disrespect, and willingness to carry water for a foreign government, it shows us something we already know: this man has no sense of duty,&#8221; Deluzio wrote on X. &#8220;He is not up for the high office he was elected to \u2014 and we in Pennsylvania will do something about it in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>A recent poll showed Fetterman is more popular among Pennsylvania Republicans with voters in his party, showing 77% Republican approval vs. 19% Democratic support.<\/p>\n<p>Deluzio showed support for ending the conflict in Iran, which he said is in direct contrast to Fetterman, who voted to continue hostilities overseas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We should put a stop to it, bring our troops home, put a stop to these trade wars, reverse the healthcare cuts, and do the things we have to do to turn this ship around so that your hard work translates to the American Dream,&#8221; Deluzio said.<\/p>\n<p>CBS 21 has reached out to Fetterman for comment and has yet to hear back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 A Pennsylvania representative said at a Labor Day parade that he is toying with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-281870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}