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Ehasz Campaign: “We know that our district unites around the belief that people’s welfare comes first, and Brian Fitzpatrick’s shameful votes to ban abortion and deny lifesaving healthcare to women are in stark contrast to that belief”
Brian Fitzpatrick is on shaky ground, with new reporting this week showing Ashley Ehasz only down two points with a clear path to victory in November.
The news comes on the heels of DCCC polling earlier this month that highlighted how Fitzpatrick’s war on women could cost him his seat. According to the DCCC poll, once voters “hear a single message about Fitzpatrick’s anti-choice record, the race flips to 50% Ehasz / 43% Fitzpatrick, an extraordinary net shift from -5 to +7 Ehasz.”
Fitzpatrick has a lengthy anti-abortion record. He has voted for a nationwide abortion ban in Congress that would rip away reproductive rights from women across the country, calling it “a good starting point.”
During his most recent primary he also “mailed a letter to constituents promoting the right-wing agenda” — including his vote for legislation that attacks women’s reproductive rights and punishes doctors.
DCCC Spokesperson Nebeyatt Betre:
“Brian Fitzpatrick’s record of trying to strip away women’s reproductive freedom is coming back to haunt him. It’s clear Southeast Pennsylvanians are growing tired of Fitzpatrick’s anti-abortion crusade as Ashley Ehasz continues to build the momentum necessary to win this race.”
POLITICO Inside Congress
Nicholas Wu | June 24, 2024
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Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, one of the House GOP’s toughest-to-beat swing-district members, is up by just two points in new Democratic polling.
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The new polling is showing a potentially competitive race between Ashley Ehasz, a former Apache helicopter pilot, and Fitzpatrick in the purplish Bucks County. Ehasz, who lost to Fitzpatrick in 2022 by about 10 points, is down 45-47 right now, with 8 percent undecided, according to polling by Upswing Research & Strategy and obtained by Inside Congress.
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“From conversations our team has had with voters and from this poll data, we know that our district unites around the belief that people’s welfare comes first, and Brian Fitzpatrick’s shameful votes to ban abortion and deny lifesaving healthcare to women are in stark contrast to that belief,” Ehasz campaign manager Rachel Berlowe Binder said in a statement.
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The group surveyed 400 likely general election voters from June 12-16, with a 4.9 percent margin of error. (As you likely know, polling in House races is pretty hard to come by.) The district that Biden won by 4.7 points in 2020 has been a perennial target for Democrats.
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In the survey, 18 percent of voters viewed her favorably and 10 percent unfavorably, while 41 percent rated Fitzpatrick favorably and 37 percent unfavorably.
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