Jesse James Runs Again
By Bob Small
The GOP primary race n Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District are Sheriff Tony Guy vs Jesse James Vodvarka.
Sounds like an old-west election but it’s actually in Allegheny County.
The 17th Congressional District was redrawn by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Since 2023, the representative has been Democrat Chris Deluzio.
Previous representatives have been Allen E. Ertel and Connor Lamb.
The redrawn disrict tilts Democrat.
Deluzio participated in a video urging “American Service people not to follow illegal orders.”
Sheriff Guy is a long-time Trump supporter. He was a State Trooper from 1984 to 2010 and has been Beaver County sheriff since 2016.
Guy has been involved in controversies.
Jesse Vodvarkas is head of the Vodvarkas Springs Company. See the voter guide for information.
Vodvarka is a second-generation gadfly. His father, Joseph, has run at least five times between 2010 and 2020 for offices and collected almost 20 percent of the vote in 2012.
Meanwhile in the Philly 3rd Congressional District 17 Dems and 2 GOP have been challenged down to four Dems and zero GOP!
In too many of the congressional primaries races, there is a distinct lack of choice.
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