DCCC’s Red to Blue Program adds Ashley Ehasz in PA-01

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 29, 2024 

Bucks County, PA – Today, the DCCC announced that Democrat Ashley Ehasz would be added to their coveted Red to Blue program. Ehasz, an Army combat veteran, is running against anti-choice GOP incumbent Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick. This endorsement clearly signals that the DCCC sees PA-01 as key to flipping the House this November.

DCCC Chair Rep. Suzan DelBene spoke highly of Ehasz’s service to our country, and of how critical it is that she win this November: “Ashley Ehasz has always fought for our fundamental freedoms and was willing to lay her life on the line to defend our democracy. At a time when anti-abortion extremists like Brian Fitpatrick are bending the knee to Donald Trump in pursuit of a national abortion ban, Pennsylvanians deserve a leader like Ashley who will codify Roe v. Wade and protect a woman’s right to choose.”

Ehasz had this to say about being on Red to Blue: “Being part of the DCCC's Red to Blue program shows that the path to flipping the House, defending democracy, and protecting our reproductive freedom runs through Pennsylvania's First. In Congress, I'll fight for our freedom and our right to choose, just as I did in the Army.”

Ehasz is endorsed by EMILYs List, NewDems Action Fund, VoteVets, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and the American Federation of Teachers PA. In 2020, Biden won PA-01 by 5 points, making it a prime pick up for Democrats in 2024 to overcome the narrow GOP House majority. 

Ashley Ehasz is a West Point graduate, combat veteran who served in Iraq and Kuwait, and former Apache helicopter pilot, and former Apache helicopter pilot, running for Congress against Brian Fitzpatrick in Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District. After nearly 13 years of military service as a pilot and a company Commander, she left the Army to get her Master’s degree at the University of Oxford. She lives in Bensalem.

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