John Fetterman
2023 - Present
2029
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John Fetterman (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 3, 2029.
Fetterman (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Pennsylvania. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
In his role as lieutenant governor, Fetterman served as president of the Senate. He ran on a joint ticket with the gubernatorial nominee, Tom Wolf (D).
Fetterman was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania.[1] He was defeated by Katie McGinty in the Democratic primary. He served as mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, from 2005 to 2019; he won his first term by one vote.[2]
Biography
John Fetterman lives in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Fetterman earned a master's degree in public policy from Harvard University. He has served as the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania; as the chair of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons; and with AmeriCorps.[3]
Committee assignments
U.S. Senate
2023-2024
Fetterman was assigned to the following committees:
- Joint Economic Committee
- Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Commodities, Risk Management and Trade
- Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, Chairman
- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Subcommittee on Economic Policy
- Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
- Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
- Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Committee on Aging (Special)
Key votes
- See also: 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
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Fetterman (D) | 51.2 | 2,751,012 | |
| Mehmet Oz (R) | 46.3 | 2,487,260 | ||
| Erik Chase Gerhardt (L) | 1.4 | 72,887 | ||
| Richard Weiss (G) | 0.6 | 30,434 | ||
| Daniel Wassmer (Keystone Party of Pennsylvania) | 0.5 | 26,428 | ||
| Quincy Magee (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Johnson (Constitution Party) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Total votes: 5,368,021 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Everett Stern (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
John Fetterman defeated Conor Lamb, Malcolm Kenyatta, and Alexandria Khalil in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Fetterman | 58.6 | 753,557 | |
| Conor Lamb | 26.3 | 337,498 | ||
| Malcolm Kenyatta | 10.8 | 139,393 | ||
| Alexandria Khalil | 4.2 | 54,460 | ||
| Total votes: 1,284,908 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Walter Sluzynsky (D)
- John McGuigan (D)
- Kyle Norton (D)
- Alan Shank (D)
- Larry Johnson (D)
- Kevin Baumlin (D)
- Sharif Street (D)
- Valerie Arkoosh (D)
- Lew Tapera (D)
- Eric Orts (D)
- Kael Dougherty (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mehmet Oz | 31.2 | 420,168 | |
| David McCormick | 31.1 | 419,218 | ||
| Kathy Barnette | 24.7 | 331,903 | ||
| Carla Sands | 5.4 | 73,360 | ||
| Jeff Bartos | 5.0 | 66,684 | ||
| Sean Gale | 1.5 | 20,266 | ||
| George Bochetto | 1.1 | 14,492 | ||
| Total votes: 1,346,091 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Debellis (R)
- Max Richardson (R)
- John Eichenberg (R)
- Vince Fusca (R)
- Martin Rosenfeld (R)
- Bobby Jeffries (R)
- Richard Mulholland (R)
- Sean Parnell (R)
- Ronald Johnson (R)
- Craig Snyder (R)
- David Xu (R)
2018
General election
General election for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
John Fetterman defeated Jeff Bartos, Kathleen Smith, and Jocolyn Bowser-Bostick in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Fetterman (D) | 58.7 | 2,895,652 | |
| Jeff Bartos (R) | 41.3 | 2,039,882 | ||
| Kathleen Smith (L) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Jocolyn Bowser-Bostick (G) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Total votes: 4,935,534 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
John Fetterman defeated Nina Ahmad, Kathi Cozzone, incumbent Mike Stack, and Ray Sosa in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Fetterman | 37.5 | 290,719 | |
| Nina Ahmad | 23.8 | 184,429 | ||
| Kathi Cozzone | 18.5 | 143,849 | ||
| Mike Stack | 16.6 | 128,931 | ||
| Ray Sosa | 3.6 | 27,732 | ||
| Total votes: 775,660 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Craig Lehman (D)
- Aryanna Berringer (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
Jeff Bartos defeated Kathleen Coder, Diana Irey Vaughan, and Marguerite Luksik in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jeff Bartos | 46.8 | 319,811 | |
| Kathleen Coder | 21.8 | 148,863 | ||
| Diana Irey Vaughan | 17.6 | 120,482 | ||
| Marguerite Luksik | 13.8 | 94,451 | ||
| Total votes: 683,607 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joe Gale (R)
2016
The race for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat was one of nine competitive battleground races in 2016 that helped Republicans keep control of the upper chamber after the November 8 general election. Incumbent Pat Toomey (R), who began serving in the Senate in 2011, defeated Katie McGinty (D), Edward Clifford III (L), and write-in candidate Everett Stern (I) in the general election.
Toomey ran his campaign separately from Donald Trump, and he did not tell people who he would vote for on Election Day. Toomey said, “You know, I’m not campaigning with Donald Trump. He’s running his campaign. I’m running mine.”[11][12][13]
Hillary Clinton, who campaigned with McGinty in October, criticized Toomey for not rejecting Trump as his party’s nominee. She said, “How much does he have to hear or to see? If he doesn’t have the courage to stand up against Donald Trump after all of this, then how will he stand up to special interests and powerful forces that are going to be trying to have their way in Washington?”[13]
Speaking about his campaign strategy, Toomey said, “I am convinced that Pennsylvania voters are going to make a complete separation in their minds. … There’s a presidential race going on, quite obviously, lots of attention, lots of focus, everybody’s got their opinion about it, and then there’s a totally separate thing happening in the Senate race — an incumbent senator most people know and an opponent. Totally separate campaign and totally separate judgment.”[13] Toomey stated on Election Day that he voted for Trump.[14]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Pat Toomey Incumbent |
48.8% | 2,951,702 | |
| Democratic | Katie McGinty | 47.3% | 2,865,012 | |
| Libertarian | Edward Clifford | 3.9% | 235,142 | |
| Total Votes | 6,051,856 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Katie McGinty |
42.5% | 669,774 | ||
| Joe Sestak | 32.6% | 513,221 | ||
| John Fetterman | 19.5% | 307,090 | ||
| Joseph Vodvarka | 5.4% | 85,837 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,575,922 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State |
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Fetterman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Fetterman's campaign website stated the following:
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What John believes
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| —John Fetterman's campaign website (2022)[16] | ||
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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John Fetterman participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 12, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and John Fetterman's responses follow below.[17]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Making sure Governor Tom Wolf has the strongest running mate to help him get re-elected in November. 2) Be a champion for our forgotten communities all across Pennsylvania by: fighting for a livable wage ($15 an hour), fighting for common sense gun control, advocating for full legalization of marijuana, combating the opioid epidemic, protecting a woman's right to choose, fighting for medicare-for-all, among many other progressive issues. |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | As Mayor of Braddock, an old steel town outside of Pittsburgh that was left for dead when the industry collapsed, I am most passionate about policies that help our forgotten communities. We need to be doing more to bringing attention and help to communities like Braddock all across the Commonwealth. I've been a champion for progressive issues, like a livable wage or protecting a woman's right to choose, my whole political career. As I listed in my top three priories, I will be a huge advocate for a plethora of progressive issues and a champion for the forgotten communities all across Pennsylvania.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[15]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. John Fetterman answered the following:
What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government?
| “ | The office of Lieutenant Governor not only allows you to be a supporter and backup to the Governor, but also gives you a great platform to advocate for issues that you care deeply about. I would use the office of Lieutenant Governor to be an outspoken advocate for the issues at the forefront of our communities today; including legalization of marijuana, the closing down of the Berks Detention Center, or bringing equal protections for our LGBTQ community in Pennsylvania.[15] | ” |
2016
The following issues were listed on Fetterman's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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| —John Fetterman's campaign website, https://johnfetterman.com/issues/inequality-in-income-and-wealth | ||
Notable endorsements
This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.
Noteworthy events
Hospitalization to treat clinical depression (2023)
On Feb. 16, 2023, Fetterman's Chief of Staff Adam Jentleson announced the senator had checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to receive treatment for clinical depression.[19] In a statement, Jentleson said, "On Monday, John was evaluated by Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the Attending Physician of the United States Congress. Yesterday, Dr. Monahan recommended inpatient care at Walter Reed. John agreed, and he is receiving treatment on a voluntary basis."[20]
Fetterman was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on March 31 and returned to the Senate on April 17.[21][22]
Campaign finance summary
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Ballot measure activity
The following table details Fetterman's ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure support and opposition for John Fetterman | |||
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| Ballot measure | Year | Position | Status |
| Pennsylvania Question 1, Legislative Resolution to Extend or Terminate Emergency Declaration Amendment (May 2021) | 2021 | Opposed[23] | |
| Pennsylvania Question 2, Emergency Declarations Amendment (May 2021) | 2021 | Opposed[24] | |
| Pennsylvania Question 3, Equal Rights Regardless of Race or Ethnicity Amendment (May 2021) | 2021 | Supported[25] | |
See also
2022 Elections
- Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018
External links
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Candidate U.S. Senate Pennsylvania |
Officeholder U.S. Senate Pennsylvania |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Braddock mayor to announce U.S. Senate bid," September 11, 2015
- ↑ Fetterman | Lieutenant Governor | Pennsylvania, "Get To Know John," accessed February 1, 2019
- ↑ John Fetterman, "John's Story," accessed November 27, 2022
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2670 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024," accessed February 27, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.6363 - Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024," accessed February 27, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.5860 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act," accessed February 27, 2024
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.3746 - Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023," accessed February 27, 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.J.Res.44 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'"" accessed February 28, 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
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Pennsylvania: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Pennsylvania Senate - Toomey vs. McGinty," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 The Los Angeles Times, "A Republican Senator's strategy to save his seat in one of the country's tightest races: Avoid Trump," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "Patrick Toomey Wins Re-election in Pennsylvania Senate Race," accessed November 11, 2016
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ John Fetterman's campaign website, “Issues,” accessed August 8, 2022
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "John Fetterman's responses," April 12, 2018
- ↑ CNBC, "Sen. John Fetterman checks into hospital for clinical depression treatment, his office says," February 16, 2023
- ↑ Politico, "Fetterman hospitalized to treat clinical depression," February 16, 2022
- ↑ NPR, "Sen. Fetterman will return to the Senate on April 17 after his hospital release," March 31, 2023
- ↑ Axios, "Fetterman returns to Senate after depression treatment," April 17, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "John Fetterman," May 18, 2021
- ↑ Twitter, "John Fetterman," May 18, 2021
- ↑ Twitter, "John Fetterman," May 18, 2021
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U.S. Senate Pennsylvania 2023-Present |
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Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania 2019-2023 |
Succeeded by Austin Davis (D) |
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