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Democrat Bob Brooks flips Pennsylvania House seat
Brooks led by more than 30,000 votes as the Associated Press called the race, capping a campaign focused on working-class roots and Trump opposition.
- On Tuesday, Democrat Bob Brooks defeated incumbent Republican Ryan Mackenzie in Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District, with the Associated Press calling the race for Brooks around 10:30 p.m. with a lead of more than 30,000 votes.
- Brooks, a union leader and retired Bethlehem firefighter, campaigned on his working-class background while tying Mackenzie to President Donald Trump, whose approval rating in the district had fallen to 37%.
- With 80% of votes counted, the election results proved more decisive than previous razor-thin margins; Mackenzie had ousted former Congresswoman Susan Wild in 2024 by only 4,000 votes.
- Addressing supporters at the ArtsQuest Center in South Bethlehem, Brooks declared, "Tonight, the Lehigh Valley made history and sent a firefighter to put out the dumpster fire in Washington," vowing to shake up the status quo.
- Brooks outlined four legislative priorities for his term in the U.S. House of Representatives: banning congressional stock trading, ending corporate PAC money, implementing term limits, and releasing the full Epstein files before taking office in January.
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Democrat Bob Brooks wins election to U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District
Brooks, who worked as a firefighter and union leader, concentrated on his blue-collar background, saying he understood the affordability issues facing voters in the Lehigh Valley battleground district.
·Arlington, United States
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right2Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Left
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C 33%
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