Janelle Stelson had been battling with Dauphin County Commissioner Justin Douglas to take on Rep. Scott Perry in Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District.
. Janelle Stelson, a candidate for the Democratic nomination in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District, speaks during a debate on April 9, 2024, in York, Pennsylvania.
Stelson cast herself as a centrist Democrat who could appeal to independents and Republicans uncomfortable with Perry’s loyalty to President Donald Trump. By contrast, Douglas leaned into a more progressive message, arguing that his political track record showed he could defeat entrenched, better-funded opponents in traditionally Republican territory. Douglas, a former pastor, helped Democrats gain control of Dauphin County government for the first time in more than 100 years after winning a county commissioner seat in 2023.
“I was out-fundraised, I was overlooked, and I was discounted,” he told the. “And by out-fundraised, I mean out-fundraised by like 25-to-1. … It’s very familiar territory for me to be the underdog again. ”, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Dauphin County Democratic Committee, local elected officials, and several influential labor unions, while also raising millions in campaign funds.
Rep. Scott Perry speaks during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 24, 2024. A retired Army National Guard brigadier general, Perry is seeking another term in a politically divided district that combines fast-changing suburbs with deeply conservative rural areas.
First elected to Congress in 2012, Perry previously served as the conservative House Freedom Caucus chairman for two years. The district backed Trump over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, 52% to 46.8%.
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