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Stelson launches 2nd congressional bid, seeks rematch with Rep. Perry
After losing a close race against a Rep. Scott Perry in 2024, former TV news anchor and Democrat Janelle Stelson on Monday officially kicked off another bid for Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District next year. And this time, Stelson said she’s addressed one of the major criticisms in her first bid—that she didn’t live in the […]
Janelle Stelson’s Chances of Beating Scott Perry in PA House Race: Poll
Democrat Janelle Stelson holds a slight lead against Representative Scott Perry for a House seat in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District, new polling shows. According to polling from the leading super PAC supporting House Democrats in next year’s midterms shared with Politico Playbook, Stelson, a former local TV anchor, is 3 percentage points ahead of Perry […]
Stelson seeks rematch against Perry
Democrat Janelle Stelson, who lost a close race to Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) last year, is looking to take on the former House Freedom Caucus chair again. Stelson is officially launching her campaign today and will hold her first fundraiser with Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro Wednesday. The former local news anchor has been attacking […]
Former WGAL anchor Stelson announces she will seek a rematch with Scott Perry in 2026
Former WGAL News anchor Janelle Stelson has announced that she will seek the Democratic nomination for the 10th Congressional District and a rematch with Republican U.S. Rep, Scott Perry in the 2026 midterm election. Stelson, a former Republican who switched parties prior to the 2024 election, narrowly lost to the seven-term Republican in the 2024 […]
The challenger who narrowly lost to GOP Rep. Scott Perry wants another chance to beat him in 2026
Democrat Janelle Stelson, who lost to Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry by barely a percentage point in 2024, will run again in the right-leaning congressional district in Pennsylvania. Stelson, a one-time local TV anchor and personality, mounted a challenge to Perry, the former leader of the hardline House Freedom Caucus. It was designed to sway […]
Pa. mom of disabled son who relies on Medicaid offended by response from Rep. Perry
[Scott] Perry, a York County Republican and member of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, voted for it. Bussard, a constituent of Perry’s was most taken aback by the written response that she got from him. Perry blamed the liberal media for spreading “desperate, fearmongering propaganda”…and “that he and other Republicans intend to “destroy or dismantle” […]
‘Spineless’: Freedom Caucus stalwart mocked for attacking MAGA bill he voted for
After tech billionaire Elon Musk made his biggest break yet from President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, calling the controversial legislation a “disgusting abomination,” one hard-right member of Congress readily agreed: Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA). “So @elonmusk is right to call out House Leadership,” Perry posted to Musk’s X platform on Tuesday evening. […]
Republicans in the toughest swing districts become hard to find for people angry about Trump
Many days over the past two weeks, no one answered the phone at any of U.S. Rep. Scott Perry’s four offices. Perry’s team did not share details about the Republican congressman’s public appearances until they were over. Even supporters who live in Perry’s central Pennsylvania district could not remember the last time he hosted an […]
Scott Perry threatens to impeach and defund federal judges over anti-Trump rulings
US Rep. Scott Perry called on House Republicans to start impeaching and defunding federal judges standing in the way of President Donald Trump’s agenda. Perry is upset that federal judges are issuing nationwide injunctions, which are hampering Trump’s ability to carry out his right-wing agenda. Congressman Scott Perry (R-York) last week called for US House […]