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Chris Deluzio
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Candidate, U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17

U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$174,000

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Next election

November 3, 2026

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Navy

Personal
Birthplace
Thornburg, Pa.
Profession
Executive
Contact

Chris Deluzio (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Deluzio (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]

Biography

Christopher Deluzio was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1984. He earned a bachelor's degree from the United States Naval Academy in 2006 and earned a law degree from Georgetown University in 2013. Deluzio's career experience included working as a judicial clerk for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in private practice as a lawyer, as the policy director of the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security.[1][2][3]

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2025-2026

Deluzio was assigned to the following committees:[Source]

2023-2024

Deluzio was assigned to the following committees:[Source]


Elections

2026

See also: Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District election, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17

Incumbent Chris Deluzio and Alec Barlock are running in the general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on November 3, 2026.


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2024

See also: Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District election, 2024

Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District election, 2024 (April 23 Democratic primary)

Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District election, 2024 (April 23 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17

Incumbent Chris Deluzio defeated Rob Mercuri in the general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Deluzio
Chris Deluzio (D)
 
53.8
 
242,838
Image of Rob Mercuri
Rob Mercuri (R)
 
46.1
 
207,900
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
721

Total votes: 451,459
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17

Incumbent Chris Deluzio advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on April 23, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Deluzio
Chris Deluzio
 
98.6
 
85,265
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.4
 
1,240

Total votes: 86,505
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17

Rob Mercuri advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on April 23, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rob Mercuri
Rob Mercuri
 
98.5
 
46,974
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.5
 
713

Total votes: 47,687
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17

Chris Deluzio defeated Jeremy Shaffer and Walter Sluzynsky in the general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Deluzio
Chris Deluzio (D) Candidate Connection
 
53.4
 
193,615
Image of Jeremy Shaffer
Jeremy Shaffer (R) Candidate Connection
 
46.6
 
169,013
Walter Sluzynsky (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
0

Total votes: 362,628
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17

Chris Deluzio defeated Sean Meloy in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Deluzio
Chris Deluzio Candidate Connection
 
63.6
 
62,389
Image of Sean Meloy
Sean Meloy
 
36.4
 
35,638

Total votes: 98,027
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17

Jeremy Shaffer defeated Jason Killmeyer and Kathleen Coder in the Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeremy Shaffer
Jeremy Shaffer Candidate Connection
 
58.7
 
40,965
Image of Jason Killmeyer
Jason Killmeyer Candidate Connection
 
24.1
 
16,801
Image of Kathleen Coder
Kathleen Coder Candidate Connection
 
17.3
 
12,079

Total votes: 69,845
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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

Candidate Connection

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Chris is a Pittsburgh-area native, Iraq War veteran, and voting rights attorney. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, Chris served as an officer in the Navy and deployed overseas multiple times. As a lawyer, Chris worked to protect voting rights and our elections as the policy director at Pitt Cyber and previously at the Brennan Center for Justice. He was part of the Pitt Faculty Organizing Committee with the United Steelworkers, fighting successfully for a union. Chris lives with his wife, Zoë, three young children, and their dog, Yankee Doodle, in Allegheny County.
  • I believe in fighting for our common good, for our shared prosperity, for a government that serves all of us -- not just the biggest and most powerful corporations.
  • We should be making things in this country, right here in western Pennsylvania with our union brothers and sisters doing the work. The American people never agreed to ship our jobs overseas. We never agreed to let mega corporations swallow up competitors and kill small businesses. We never agreed to sell the dreams of millions of hard-working families to the highest bidder and to make us dependent on fragile foreign supply chains that are driving up prices.
  • Our democracy is in peril. From limitless corporate money running through our political system, to the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol, to Republican voter suppression efforts in Harrisburg and across the country, and gerrymandered maps that serve politicians instead of the people – we need bold action to protect and strengthen our democracy.
I stand with the labor movement and supports the union way of life. I fought alongside fellow Pitt faculty members and the United Steelworkers as a member of the Pitt Faculty Organizing Committee to secure a faculty union at Pitt (the biggest union election in the country in 2021).

It’s no surprise that the radical right and their corporate backers have been waging war against unions, one of the most important tools we have to push back against corporate power. Unions have been on the defensive for decades in the face of this rising corporate power, hostile judges, and governments willing to lure companies with anti-union so-called “right-to-work” laws. We know that unionized workers earn better wages, benefits, and working conditions, and it’s long past time we make it easier for folks to form and join a union.

I support the PRO Act, legislation that would reset the playing field to give workers a fair shot at forming a union and to hold employers liable when they break the law, and efforts to protect the collective bargaining and other rights of both private and public sector workers. I also believe we have to fight to protect hard-earned pensions, resist outsourcing of jobs, and guard against efforts to privatize our government.

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Campaign finance summary


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Chris Deluzio campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2026* U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17Candidacy Declared general$573,496 $476,703
2024* U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17Won general$5,064,886 $4,733,342
2022U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17Won general$3,293,133 $3,271,005
Grand total$8,931,515 $8,481,050
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

Notable endorsements

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This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Notable candidate endorsements by Chris Deluzio
EndorseeElectionStageOutcome
Kamala D. Harris  source  (D, Working Families Party) President of the United States (2024) PrimaryLost General
David Trone  source  (D) U.S. Senate Maryland (2024) PrimaryLost Primary
Brenna Crable  source  (D) Mt. Lebanon School District school board, At-large (2023) General
Eva Gelman  source  (D) Mt. Lebanon School District school board, At-large (2023) General
Jacob Wyland  source  (D, R) Mt. Lebanon School District school board, At-large (2023) General
Melinda Berdyck  source  (D, R) Mt. Lebanon School District school board, At-large (2023) General
Todd Hoffman  source  (D) Mt. Lebanon School District school board, At-large (2023) General
Valerie Fleisher  source  (D) Mt. Lebanon School District school board, At-large (2023) General
Deanna Philpott  source  (R) North Hills School District, At-large (2023) General

Personal finance disclosures

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Analysis

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119th Congress (2025-2027)

Rankings and scores for the 119th Congress

118th Congress (2023-2025)

Rankings and scores for the 118th Congress




Key votes

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Ballotpedia monitors legislation that receives a vote and highlights the ones that we consider to be key to understanding where elected officials stand on the issues. To read more about how we identify key votes, click here.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023-2025

The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, and ended on January 3, 2025. At the start of the session, Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023-2025
Vote Bill and description Status
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (310-118)[5]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (227-201)[7]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (217-215)[9]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (328-86)[11]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (225-204)[13]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (219-200)[15]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (229-197)[17]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (314-117)[19]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) (216-212)
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (216-210)[22]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) (220-209)
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (221-212)[25]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (311-114)[27]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (327-75)[29]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (219-213)[31]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (219-211)[33]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (357-70)[35]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (217-199)[37]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (320-91)[39]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (387-26)[41]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (219-184)[43]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (214-213)[45]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (341-82)[47]


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External links

Footnotes

  1. Umited States Congress, "DELUZIO, Chris," accessed June 18, 2025
  2. Chris for PA, "Meet Chris Deluzio," accessed November 23, 2022
  3. University of Pittsburgh, "Christopher Deluzio, JD," accessed October 26, 2022
  4. Congress.gov, "H.R.2670 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024," accessed February 23, 2024
  5. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 723," December 14, 2023
  6. Congress.gov, "H.R.185 - To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes." accessed February 23, 2024
  7. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 116," accessed May 15, 2025
  8. Congress.gov, "H.R.2811 - Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023," accessed February 23, 2024
  9. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 199," accessed May 15, 2025
  10. Congress.gov, "H.Con.Res.9 - Denouncing the horrors of socialism." accessed February 23, 2024
  11. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 106," accessed May 15, 2025
  12. Congress.gov, "H.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs Act," accessed February 23, 2024
  13. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 182," accessed May 15, 2025
  14. Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.30 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to 'Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights'." accessed February 23, 2024
  15. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 149," accessed May 15, 2025
  16. Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.7 - Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020." accessed February 23, 2024
  17. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 104," accessed May 15, 2025
  18. Congress.gov, "H.R.3746 - Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023," accessed February 23, 2024
  19. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 243," accessed May 15, 2025
  20. Congress.gov, "Roll Call 20," accessed February 23, 2024
  21. Congress.gov, "H.Res.757 - Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.," accessed February 23, 2024
  22. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 519," accessed May 15, 2025
  23. Congress.gov, "Roll Call 527," accessed February 23, 2024
  24. Congress.gov, "H.Res.757 - Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant." accessed February 23, 2024
  25. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 519," accessed May 15, 2025
  26. Congress.gov, "H.Res.878 - Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives." accessed February 23, 2024
  27. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 691," accessed May 15, 2025
  28. Congress.gov, "Social Security Fairness Act of 2023." accessed February 13, 2025
  29. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 456," accessed May 15, 2025
  30. Congress.gov, "H.R.2 - Secure the Border Act of 2023," accessed February 13, 2025
  31. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 209," accessed May 15, 2025
  32. Congress.gov, "H.R.4366 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024," accessed February 13, 2025
  33. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 380," accessed May 15, 2025
  34. Congress.gov, "Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024," accessed February 23, 2024
  35. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 30," accessed May 15, 2025
  36. Congress.gov, "H.R.8070 - Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025," accessed February 18, 2025
  37. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 279," accessed May 15, 2025
  38. Congress.gov, "H.R.6090 - Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023," accessed February 13, 2025
  39. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 172," accessed May 15, 2025
  40. Congress.gov, "H.R.3935 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024," accessed February 13, 2025
  41. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 200," accessed May 15, 2025
  42. Congress.gov, "H.R.9495 - Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act," accessed February 13, 2025
  43. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 477," accessed May 15, 2025
  44. Congress.gov, "H.Res.863 - Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors." accessed February 13, 2025
  45. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 43," accessed May 15, 2025
  46. Congress.gov, "H.R.9747 - Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025," accessed February 13, 2025
  47. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 450," accessed May 15, 2025

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