{"id":2293194,"date":"2024-07-12T05:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T09:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-scott-perry-tries-to-avoid-a-second-loss-by-a-house-freedom-caucus-member-this-election-cycle-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T05:22:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T09:22:26","slug":"rep-scott-perry-tries-to-avoid-a-second-loss-by-a-house-freedom-caucus-member-this-election-cycle-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-scott-perry-tries-to-avoid-a-second-loss-by-a-house-freedom-caucus-member-this-election-cycle-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Scott Perry tries to avoid a second loss by a House Freedom Caucus member this election cycle &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-scott-perry-tries-to-avoid-a-second-loss-by-a-house-freedom-caucus-member-this-election-cycle-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2293194&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. \u2062Scott Perry, a member of the House Freedom Caucus,\u2062 is facing\u2064 a \u2062tough re-election campaign \u200bin Pennsylvania&#8217;s 10th\u2064 Congressional District. After the chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-world-hammers-the-few-republicans-holding-out-on-mccarthy-has-potential-to-damage-the-entire-party\/\" title=\"Trump World Hammers The Few Republicans Holding Out On McCarthy: \u2018Has Potential To Damage The Entire Party\u2019\">caucus lost<\/a> his primary election, Perry\u2062 is now trying to avoid a similar fate. Known\u200d for \u2064his conservative views and loyalty to former \u2063President Trump, Perry is facing\u200d challenges, including\u2064 his involvement in questioning \u2064the outcome of the 2020 election and his connection to Trump&#8217;s legal issues. Recent\u200c polls\u2063 show\u2062 Perry in a\u200b tight race with his Democratic challenger, Janelle Stelson. Analysts believe that the race is \u200cbecoming increasingly \u200dcompetitive, and \u200dPerry&#8217;s margins of victory have been\u2063 shrinking\u200b in recent elections.\u200d It remains to be seen whether\u200b Perry can secure another term in \u2062office.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-sacff-txt\">Magazine &#8211; Washington Briefing <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rep. Scott Perry tries to avoid a second loss by a House Freedom Caucus member this election cycle<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/max-thornberry\/\">Max Thornberry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-12T05:05:00-04:00\">July 12, 2024 5:05 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/freedom-caucus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Freedom Caucus<\/a> is having a moment, though not necessarily the one its members, some of the chamber\u2019s most conservative <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican<\/a> lawmakers, envisioned as they steered the loose-knit and secretive group for nearly a decade now.<\/p>\n<p>Home to some of the loudest and most rebellious rabble-rousers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a>, the tough-as-nails attitudes and willingness to scuffle, even with their own party\u2019s leadership, might be catching up with the conglomeration of brash personalities and political knife fighters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) appears on Capitol Hill in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3055632\/bob-good-vows-recount-citing-election-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bob Good<\/a> (R-VA) is the caucus\u2019s chairman, but he won\u2019t hold that position much longer after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3068195\/virginia-bob-good-primary-loss-recount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>falling in his primary contest<\/a> to state Sen. John McGuire last month. Good\u2019s position atop the group of rebels who have made life difficult for House leadership since its founding in 2015, regardless of which party controlled the chamber, wasn\u2019t enough to protect him in a gritty contest that split members of his caucus and pulled the attention of former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In November, former Freedom Caucus Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2977868\/scott-perrys-house-race-shifted-in-democrats-favor-after-pennsylvania-primaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Scott Perry<\/a> (R-PA) will try not to follow in Good\u2019s footsteps and become the next to fall.<\/p>\n<p>Perry has represented Pennsylvania in the House since 2013, and the Harrisburg and York 10th Congressional District is fairly competitive. Slotted between deep-blue Pittsburgh to the west and Philadelphia to the east, Perry and Republicans have enjoyed firm, but not overwhelming, control of the region.\u00a0Trump, in 2020, beat President Joe Biden in the district 51.3% to 47.2%, though the Republican incumbent lost the state, and, of course, the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Making a name for himself in Washington as a GOP brawler and staunch Trump ally has served Perry well so far, but the tide could be turning.<\/p>\n<p>He was caught up in the investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, having to hand over his cellphone to the Department of Justice so that officials could access more than 1,600 messages related to Perry\u2019s involvement in questioning the outcome of the 2020 presidential contest.<\/p>\n<p>When Trump was convicted of 34 felonies in New York, Pennsylvania voters remembered how loyal Perry had been and appeared to punish him for it. Perry lost his 7-point lead over Democratic challenger Janelle Stelson in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/news\/2024\/06\/poll-shows-perry-stelson-in-statistical-tie-trumps-conviction-sends-support-for-him-perry-tumbling.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Franklin and Marshall College poll<\/a> taken after the verdict.<\/p>\n<p>There are few public polls available for Perry\u2019s race. The poll is shaky with a margin of error of plus-or-minus 6.1 percentage points, but it shows Perry and Stelson in a statistical dead heat \u2014 45% support for Perry to Stelson\u2019s 44% and 11% undecided.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Nicholas, a veteran Republican political consultant, told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>the pollsters happened to be in the field at the right time, gathering data both directly before and after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hush-money-verdict-unlikely-to-sway-most-voters-poll\/\" title=\"Poll shows that Trump&#039;s hush money verdict is unlikely to influence the majority of voters\">hush money verdict<\/a> was announced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey published their findings in such a way both before the verdict and after the verdict,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it was a huge shift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victory would have looked like a much more comfortable proposition for Perry if the pollsters had headed home a day earlier. But without the initial support he picked up before the verdict was announced, it probably would have looked as though he was headed straight for defeat, Nicholas said.<\/p>\n<p>Perry is a known quantity in the state. He\u2019s a retired Army National Guard brigadier general who went on to be a state representative for six years. After Perry\u2019s initial U.S. House win in 2012, he kept racking up easy wins until the Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopted a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-who-claims-to-oppose-gerrymandering-funnels-300000-to-democratic-gerrymandering-group\/\" title=\"Pelosi, Who Claims to Oppose Gerrymandering, Funnels 0,000 to Democratic Gerrymandering Group\">congressional map<\/a> in 2018 after determining the original map constituted an illegal gerrymander. The contours of Perry\u2019s district changed somewhat, and so did some of the results. After walloping Democratic challengers by wide margins, Perry started to see his <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Scott_Perry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>margins of victory<\/a> shrink.<\/p>\n<p>And Democrats appear poised to eliminate those margins.<\/p>\n<p>Election analysts at the <em>Cook Political Report <\/em>haven\u2019t exactly hyped Stelson\u2019s chances against Perry, but when she announced her run last year, they moved the tilt of the race from \u201clikely\u201d to \u201clean\u201d Republican.<\/p>\n<p>A former TV journalist in the Harrisburg market, Stelson appears to be an appealing candidate who can tussle with Perry in the name ID contest. She doesn\u2019t have a political record to pair with her familiar face, but that might be a benefit for her as Perry has 12 years of votes to account for if voters are indeed beginning to sour on him.<\/p>\n<p>But Stelson isn\u2019t an impeccable candidate. She has waffled in her messaging to voters about whether she is planning on moving into the district.<\/p>\n<p>Stelson couldn\u2019t cast a vote for herself in her primary contest because she lives in Lancaster County. She promised she would move into the district if she won her primary. But after she won, she said the address change would come only if she beat Perry in November.<\/p>\n<p>And while Stelson has an advantage talking about abortion, Democrats\u2019 strongest talking point that has spelled doom for Republicans in contests for the last two years, it isn\u2019t the first time the anti-abortion Perry has had to counter a female opponent on the issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perry has retained his advantage for now, but Nicholas pointed out that while the ball is in Stelson\u2019s court to put pressure on the incumbent, he won\u2019t have the luxury of sitting back on his record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019ll have to run an active campaign,\u201d Nicholas said. \u201cThe district is too competitive \u2026 and the one big difference between his 2022 opponent and now is that Stelson will have a lot more money.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Freedom Caucus, known for its conservative Republican members, is facing challenges as some of its leaders, like Rep. Bob Good, have recently lost in primary contests. Rep. Scott Perry, a staunch Trump ally and former Freedom Caucus Chairman, is now facing a tough reelection battle in Pennsylvania&#8217;s 10th Congressional District. Despite his previous wins, Perry&#8217;s support has wavered due to his involvement in questioning the 2020 election results and loyalty to Trump. His Democratic challenger, Janelle Stelson, is gaining ground and has the advantage of more financial support. The race is now considered a toss-up, with Perry needing to actively campaign to secure his seat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2702,"featured_media":2293195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/scott-perry-reelection.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3990,3728,34308,34758,32076],"class_list":["post-2293194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-3990","tag-election","tag-house-freedom-caucus","tag-rep-scott-perry","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/scott-perry-reelection.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2702"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}