Chris Deluzio
Chris Deluzio (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 3, 2025.
Deluzio (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Democratic primary on April 23, 2024.
Biography
Christopher Deluzio was born in Thornburg, Pennsylvania. Deluzio served in the U.S. Navy. He earned a bachelor's degree from the United States Naval Academy and earned a law degree from Georgetown University. Deluzio's career experience includes working as the policy director of the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security.[1][2]
Committee assignments
U.S. House
2023-2024
Deluzio was assigned to the following committees:[Source]
- Committee on Agriculture
- General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
- Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture
- House Committee on Armed Services
- Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems
- Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems
- Seapower and Projection Forces
- Committee on Financial Services
- Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy
- Housing and Insurance, Vice Chairman
- National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions
Key votes
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Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023
The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, at which point Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.
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Elections
2024
See also: Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District election, 2024
Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District election, 2024 (April 23 Democratic primary)
Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District election, 2024 (April 23 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17
Incumbent Chris Deluzio and Rob Mercuri are running in the general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
Chris Deluzio (D) | ||
Rob Mercuri (R) |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17
Incumbent Chris Deluzio advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Chris Deluzio | 100.0 | 84,461 |
Total votes: 84,461 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17
Rob Mercuri advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Rob Mercuri | 100.0 | 42,232 |
Total votes: 42,232 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Nelson (R)
- Jesse Vodvarka (R)
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17
Chris Deluzio defeated Jeremy Shaffer and Walter Sluzynsky in the general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Chris Deluzio (D) | 53.4 | 193,615 | |
Jeremy Shaffer (R) | 46.6 | 169,013 | ||
Walter Sluzynsky (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 |
Total votes: 362,628 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17
Chris Deluzio defeated Sean Meloy in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Chris Deluzio | 63.6 | 62,389 | |
Sean Meloy | 36.4 | 35,638 |
Total votes: 98,027 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William Murray (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17
Jeremy Shaffer defeated Jason Killmeyer and Kathleen Coder in the Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Jeremy Shaffer | 58.7 | 40,965 | |
Jason Killmeyer | 24.1 | 16,801 | ||
Kathleen Coder | 17.3 | 12,079 |
Total votes: 69,845 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Samuel DeMarco III (R)
- Tricia Staible (R)
- James Tomshay (R)
- Dean Cavaretta (R)
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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|Chris is a Pittsburgh-area native, Iraq War veteran, and voting rights attorney. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, Chris served as an officer in the Navy and deployed overseas multiple times. As a lawyer, Chris worked to protect voting rights and our elections as the policy director at Pitt Cyber and previously at the Brennan Center for Justice. He was part of the Pitt Faculty Organizing Committee with the United Steelworkers, fighting successfully for a union. Chris lives with his wife, Zoë, three young children, and their dog, Yankee Doodle, in Allegheny County.
- I believe in fighting for our common good, for our shared prosperity, for a government that serves all of us -- not just the biggest and most powerful corporations.
- We should be making things in this country, right here in western Pennsylvania with our union brothers and sisters doing the work. The American people never agreed to ship our jobs overseas. We never agreed to let mega corporations swallow up competitors and kill small businesses. We never agreed to sell the dreams of millions of hard-working families to the highest bidder and to make us dependent on fragile foreign supply chains that are driving up prices.
- Our democracy is in peril. From limitless corporate money running through our political system, to the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol, to Republican voter suppression efforts in Harrisburg and across the country, and gerrymandered maps that serve politicians instead of the people – we need bold action to protect and strengthen our democracy.
I stand with the labor movement and supports the union way of life. I fought alongside fellow Pitt faculty members and the United Steelworkers as a member of the Pitt Faculty Organizing Committee to secure a faculty union at Pitt (the biggest union election in the country in 2021).
It’s no surprise that the radical right and their corporate backers have been waging war against unions, one of the most important tools we have to push back against corporate power. Unions have been on the defensive for decades in the face of this rising corporate power, hostile judges, and governments willing to lure companies with anti-union so-called “right-to-work” laws. We know that unionized workers earn better wages, benefits, and working conditions, and it’s long past time we make it easier for folks to form and join a union.
I support the PRO Act, legislation that would reset the playing field to give workers a fair shot at forming a union and to hold employers liable when they break the law, and efforts to protect the collective bargaining and other rights of both private and public sector workers. I also believe we have to fight to protect hard-earned pensions, resist outsourcing of jobs, and guard against efforts to privatize our government.
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Campaign finance summary
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Notable endorsements
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Candidate U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 |
Officeholder U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Chris for PA, "Meet Chris Deluzio," accessed November 23, 2022
- ↑ University of Pittsburgh, "Christopher Deluzio, JD," accessed October 26, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2670 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.185 - To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2811 - Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.Con.Res.9 - Denouncing the horrors of socialism." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs Act," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.30 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to 'Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights'." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.7 - Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3746 - Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "Roll Call 20," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.Res.757 - Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "Roll Call 527," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.Res.757 - Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant." accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.Res.878 - Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives." accessed February 23, 2024
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Preceded by Conor Lamb (D) |
U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 2023-Present |
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