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John Fetterman

U.S. Senate · PA · Democrats · since 2023

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Biography

Overview

John Fetterman is a Democrat serving as Pennsylvania's senior U.S. senator since 2023. Before his Senate election, he served as Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor from 2019 to 2023 and as mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania from 2006 to 2019. Fetterman studied finance at Albright College and earned an MBA from the University of Connecticut and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University.

Career

As mayor of Braddock, Fetterman sought to revitalize the struggling steel town through youth programs, art initiatives, and property acquisition via his nonprofit Braddock Redux. As lieutenant governor, he conducted a statewide tour on marijuana legalization and oversaw the Board of Pardons, which recommended 50 life sentence commutations (47 of which were granted). Since entering the Senate, he has sponsored legislation on school meal modernization, hunger elimination, and protections for SNAP beneficiaries.

Prior political experience

Fetterman first ran for U.S. Senate in 2016, finishing third in the Democratic primary with 20% of the vote. In 2022, he won the Democratic primary for Senate with 58.7% of the vote, defeating U.S. Representative Conor Lamb who received 26.3%. In the general election, Fetterman defeated Republican nominee Mehmet Oz with 51.3% of the vote to Oz's 46.3%. In 2025, he became Pennsylvania's senior senator following the defeat of Bob Casey Jr.

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

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119th Congress-0.186

Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)

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Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 630 scored votes

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Officeholding history

TermSeatTerm datesTerminationPredecessorSuccessor
1stU.S. Senate PA Class 32023–presentIn progress——

Committee assignments

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term10

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

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