This is the final edition in our series highlighting the U.S. House of Representatives races in the Commonwealth.

17th Congressional District

Chris Deluzio (D) | Website | Twitter | Facebook

Age: 37 | BS: Naval Academy ’06 | Resides: Aspinwall

Positions

• support legislation like the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act
• overturn the Supreme Court’s
• women deserve to control their own bodies and reproductive choices: a basic human right ruling in Citizens United
• bolster antitrust enforcement
• Health care is a human right; allow Medicare to negotiate better prescription drug prices
• invest in the clean energy sources of the future
• protect and expand Social Security

Jeremy Shaffer (R) | Website | Twitter | Facebook

Age: 45 | BS: Tulane ’99; MS, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon ’06; MBA: North Carolina ’17| Resides: Richland

Positions

• end out-of-control spending and inflation
• introduce a Constitutional amendment for Term Limits
• empower families to have the freedom to do what is best educationally for their children
• return to an America First immigration policy that secures our border and finishes the wall
• remove divisive policies that are based on race or ethnic group
• never waver in my support of our 2nd Amendment rights
• long advocated for a pro-life policy that allows for exceptions for life of the mother, rape and incest which will again now be determined by our state government

Dave Redistricting Partisan Lean: D+10.0 (53.8 – 43.8)

Voter Registration:

• Overall (556,840): D+10.4 (48.4 – 38.0)
  • Allegheny (443,684): D+22.6 (49.7 – 27.1)
  • Beaver (113,156): D+2.3 (44.3 – 42.0)

2020 Presidential Results: Biden +2.7

Current Ratings

• Cook Political Report: Toss-Up
• Five Thirty Eight: Toss-Up
• Sabato’s Crystal Ball: Toss-Up
• RealClearPolitics: Leans GOP

Fundraising Q3

Deluzio | Raised: $1,460,755 | Spent: $1,260,808 | Cash on Hand: $548,037

Shaffer | Raised: $721,861 | Spent: $696,202 | Cash On Hand: $963,048

ALLEGHENY and BEAVER Counties. 
Total population: 764,864

Part of ALLEGHENY County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Aleppo, Baldwin, Collier, Crescent, East Deer, Fawn, Findlay, Frazer, Hampton, Harmar, Harrison, Indiana, Kennedy, Kilbuck, Leet, Marshall, McCandless, Moon, Mount Lebanon, Neville, North Fayette, O’Hara, Ohio, Penn Hills, Pine, Reserve, Richland, Robinson, Ross, Scott, Shaler, South Fayette, Springdale, Stowe and West Deer and the BOROUGHS of Aspinwall, Avalon, Bell Acres, Bellevue, Ben Avon, Ben Avon Heights, Blawnox, Brackenridge, Braddock Hills, Bradford Woods, Carnegie, Castle Shannon, Cheswick, Churchill, Coraopolis, Crafton, Dormont, Edgewood, Edgeworth, Emsworth, Etna, Forest Hills, Fox Chapel, Franklin Park, Glen Osborne, Glenfield, Green Tree, Haysville, Heidelberg, Ingram, Leetsdale, McDonald (Allegheny County Portion), McKees Rocks, Millvale, Oakdale, Oakmont, Pennsbury Village, Rosslyn Farms, Sewickley, Sewickley Heights, Sewickley Hills, Sharpsburg, Springdale, Swissvale (PART, Districts 02 (all blocks except 2014, 2015, 3007, 3008, 3009 and 3010 of tract 515100), 03, 04 and 05), Tarentum, Thornburg, Verona, West View and Wilkinsburg and All of BEAVER County.