Trump-backed incumbent Rep. Scott Perry wins re-election in PA-10

Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry is projected to triumph his re-election effort against Democratic challenger Janelle Stelson successful the state's 10th Congressional District.

Perry has served arsenic a Pennsylvania congressman since 2013, and presently represents the state’s 10th District, which includes the state’s capital, Harrisburg, arsenic good as Dauphin County and parts of Cumberland and York Counties. 

The contention for the district's spot heated up precocious adjacent arsenic astir attraction has been connected the Keystone State's statesmanlike and Senate races. 

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Rep. Scott Perry speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) astatine the National Harbor successful Oxon Hill, Maryland, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Perry, who has repeatedly been endorsed by erstwhile President Trump passim his career, is the erstwhile seat of the blimpish House ​​Freedom Caucus and campaigned connected issues specified arsenic cracking down connected amerciable migration pursuing the "Biden-Harris Administration’s reprehensible, dangerous, and failed borderline policies," American vigor independence, protecting women’s sports and reeling successful ostentation pursuing the "the extremist Left’s spending increases."

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Perry faced Stelson, a erstwhile broadcast writer for decades successful the Harrisburg area. Just days up of the election, the Democratic challenger racked up endorsements from erstwhile Republican House members who worked with Perry. Former Reps. Barbara Comstock, Adam Kinzinger, Denver Riggleman, Dave Trott and Joe Walsh threw their enactment down Stelson past week and launched a "Republicans for Janelle" group.

Janelle Stelson talks with patrons astatine the Broad Street Market successful Harrisburg connected Oct. 19, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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Stelson campaigned connected issues such arsenic protecting termination entree pursuing the Supreme Court’s 2022 determination to overturn Roe v. Wade, hiring much borderline agents to amended unafraid the border, and lowering the outgo of surviving for Pennsylvanians. 

The brace traded barbs during a statement past month, with Perry touting legislation helium supported nether Trump’s medication erstwhile the outgo of surviving was cheaper for voters. 

"I voted for the largest taxation chopped successful history, giving radical successful this territory and crossed the country, successful Pennsylvania, much wealth successful their pocket," helium said. "When I was successful Congress 4 years ago, erstwhile President Trump was there, wages were the highest they person ever been since the Carter administration."

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A invited motion greets drivers connected U.S. Route 222 entering Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, from Maryland, 2022. (Charlie Creitz)

Meanwhile, Stelson focused connected raising the minimum wage. 

​​"Pennsylvania has a $7.25 an hr minimum wage," she said. "Every authorities astir us, has astir double. West Virginia has a higher complaint than that, and the outgo of surviving is acold less."

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Political eyes person been locked connected Pennsylvania ​​as Keystone State voters are championed arsenic the ones who volition apt find the result of the national election. Trump narrowly won the authorities successful 2016 erstwhile helium successfully campaigned against erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but mislaid the authorities successful 2020 against President Biden. 

The Senate contention betwixt longtime Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger Dave McCormick has besides attracted a greater absorption successful the authorities arsenic the GOP looked to flip that spot red.