“NATIONAL DEMOCRATS TARGET PA-01 AS FLIPPABLE” [BUCKS COUNTY HERALD]

The Bucks County Herald reports today that Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District “could have national implications on the Democrats’ chances of taking back the majority.” 

The paper adds that “after nearly a decade in Washington, D.C., Fitzpatrick is seen by the DCCC as deeply unpopular with what the committee characterizes as a record of voting for higher costs and health care cuts.”

Read other key segments from the Herald’s reporting for yourself:

• The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has identified PA-01 as one of the 44 districts nationwide on its “Districts in Play” list as flippable for Democrats.
• […] the group has made it clear that Fitzpatrick is one of its top targets in a race that could have national implications on the Democrats’ chances of taking back the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
• “Democrats’ path back to the House majority runs straight through communities likes Bucks and Montgomery counties, who are tired of career politicians like Brian Fitzpatrick selling them out in Washington and making their lives unaffordable,” said Eli Cousin, Mid-Atlantic regional press secretary for DCCC. “Fitzpatrick won’t stand up to Trump when it matters most. He won’t hold a town hall to hear from his constituents face-to-face.”
• Cousin added that what he called “dominant victories” up and down the ballot across Bucks County in November 2025 proved that the Democrats are on the offensive and have Republicans, including Fitzpatrick, “on their back foot.”
• When contacted, the Fitzpatrick campaign declined comment.
• For its part, DCCC has launched a nominees fund page on its website dccc.org for the Democratic candidates in all 44 districts across the country that it has identified as flippable.
• Specifically, DCCC considers Fitzpatrick beatable for a number of reasons:
  • PA-01 is one of only three districts that President Donald Trump lost in 2024, but is still represented in Congress by a Republican.
  • After nearly a decade in Washington, D.C., Fitzpatrick is seen by the DCCC as deeply unpopular with what the committee characterizes as a record of voting for higher costs and health care cuts.
  • Fitzpatrick has failed to stand up to Trump when it mattered most, including voting to advance the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” out of the House […]
  • Fitzpatrick has voted to “rubber stamp” Trump’s war with Iran, which has in turn increased gas prices as the pump. Fitzpatrick voted against H.Con.Res.38, an attempt by Democrats to direct Trump to halt use of U.S. Armed Forces against Iran without a vote from Congress.
  • And that Fitzpatrick has not held face-to-face town halls with the constituents of PA-01 in several years and prefers to conduct town halls by telephone where the questions are prescreened in advance.