ICYMI: DCCC poll shows Brian Fitzpatrick loses PA-01 when anti-choice votes are exposed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 2024

Bucks County, PA – Last Thursday, the DCCC released a polling memo showing that when voters hear about Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick’s anti-choice voting record, his opponent, Ashley Ehasz, takes the lead. When hearing the initial profiles of the two candidates, Fitzpatrick is up by five points (44-49%). But when voters learn of Fitzpatrick’s vote for a national abortion ban in 2017, Ehasz is ahead (50-43%).  Fitzpatrick voted for a national abortion ban in 2017 and voted twice against the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would have protected the right to an abortion at the federal level. Fitzpatrick, a self-proclaimed “moderate”, voted twice for right-wing extremist Jim Jordan as Speaker, and also voted for Speaker Mike Johnson, known for his anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ beliefs. 

The poll was released on the same day that the Supreme Court decided not to impose restrictions on mifepristone. Ehasz, a combat veteran, is a major advocate for reproductive healthcare and will stand for women’s rights in Congress.

“The Supreme Court ruling was a major win for women and their families, but we aren’t out of the woods yet,” said Ehasz. “This poll echoes what I have heard time and time again on the campaign trail – people in PA-01 are shocked by and deeply concerned with Brian Fitzpatrick’s anti-choice policies, like his support for a nationwide abortion ban. When it comes down to it, Pennsylvanians will vote to protect their reproductive freedoms.”

Ehasz is endorsed by the DCCC’s Red to Blue Program, 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, 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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