Brian Fitzpatrick (politician, 1973)
Brian K. Fitzpatrick (* 17th December 1973 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American politician of the Republican Party . Since January 3, 2017, he has represented the southeastern state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .
Career
Brian Fitzpatrick is the younger brother of former Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick . He graduated from Pennsylvania State University and La Salle University . After studying law at the Dickinson School of Law , he was admitted to the bar. He first worked at the US Department of Justice as a Special Assistant United States Attorney . He was then employed by the FBI , where he held various functions. He was, among other things, an investigator, a senior officer in the anti-corruption department and a director of the electoral law enforcement department. Most recently he practiced as a lawyer and as a Certified Public Accountant .
In the election in 2016 Brian Fitzpatrick was the eighth congressional district of Pennsylvania against Democrat Steve Santarsiero in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC chosen, where he succeeded his brother on January 3, 2017 had no longer a candidate. The electoral district largely corresponds to Bucks County in the southeast of the state, which is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area north of Philadelphia .
After redesigning the constituencies, Fitzpatrick ran in the 2018 election in the geographically broad area of Pennsylvania’s new 1st congressional electoral district . In the primary election of his party, he prevailed with 67 to 33 percent against the lawyer Dean Malik and met in the main election in November on the Democrat Scott Wallace , who also practices as a lawyer. Fitzpatrick won the election with 51.3% of the vote.
Web links
- Brian Fitzpatrick in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Biography at Project Vote Smart
- Fitzpatrick at Ballotpedia
supporting documents
- ^ Pennsylvania Primary Election Results. In: The New York Times , May 15, 2018.
- ↑ Brian Fitzpatrick - Ballotpedia . In: Ballotpedia . ( ballotpedia.org [accessed December 1, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fitzpatrick, Brian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fitzpatrick, Brian K. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th December 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania |