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U.S. House · PA-17 · Democratic candidate · 2026

Chris Deluzio

Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District

Chris Deluzio is a Navy and Iraq War veteran, voting rights attorney and Pennsylvania congressman focused on rail safety, workers and corporate accountability.

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DistrictPA-17
OfficeCongress
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Chris stands.

Office policy

Freight rail safety standards

  • Supports two-person crews, defect detectors, stronger hazardous-material safeguards and reimbursement for derailment responders

Office policy

Meatpacking competition and grocery prices

  • Supports breaking up meatpacking monopolies by limiting the number of major species a company processes

Office policy

Congressional stock trades and corruption

  • Supports banning congressional stock trades, ending former-member lobbying and strengthening financial transparency

Office policy

Data centers and community consent

  • Supports local approval, labor standards, water safeguards and making data centers cover their power costs

Office policy

Worker privacy and organizing rights

  • Supports limiting workplace surveillance, protecting off-duty privacy and preventing monitoring used against union organizing

Office policy

Congressional authority over war funding

  • Supports withholding additional funds for military action against Iran without congressional war authorization

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. 2018

    Experience

    Pitt Cyber legal and policy scholar

    Supported election security research.

  2. 2023–present

    Experience

    U.S. representative

    Represents Pennsylvania’s 17th District.

  3. 2023–2024

    Experience

    Veterans Affairs vice ranking member

    Held committee leadership.

  4. 2023–2024

    Experience

    Seapower and Projection Forces vice ranking member

    Held subcommittee leadership.

  5. 2023–2024

    Experience

    Progressive Caucus deputy whip

    Served on the executive board.

  6. 2026

    Accomplishment

    Helped secure transit replacement funding

    Helped secure $82.8 million for Pittsburgh’s T train replacements.

  • Experience

    Navy surface warfare officer

    Deployed three times, including Iraq.

  • Experience

    Federal judicial law clerk

    Clerked for Judge Richard J. Sullivan.

  • Experience

    Wachtell litigation associate

    Practiced commercial and defense litigation.

  • Experience

    Pro bono criminal defense attorney

    Represented indigent federal defendants.

  • Experience

    Brennan Center democracy counsel

    Worked on elections and voting rights.

  • Experience

    Georgetown Law Journal editor

    Served as executive articles editor.

  • Experience

    Pitt Cyber policy director

    Directed policy work.

  • Experience

    Pitt faculty union organizer

    Served on the organizing committee.

  • Experience

    Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials vice ranking member

    Leads within the rail subcommittee.

  • Experience

    Progressive Caucus executive board member

    Serves in caucus leadership.

  • Experience

    Labor Caucus vice-chair

    Serves in caucus leadership.

  • Experience

    Brain Injury Task Force co-chair

    Co-leads the congressional task force.

  • Experience

    Manufacturing Caucus co-chair

    Co-leads the caucus.

  • Experience

    Navy and Marine Corps Caucus co-chair

    Co-leads the caucus.

  • Experience

    Democratic Veterans Caucus co-chair

    Leads fellow Democratic veterans.

  • Experience

    Monopoly Busters Caucus co-chair

    Co-leads antimonopoly work.

  • Experience

    Naval Academy Board of Visitors member

    Provides academy oversight.

  • Accomplishment

    Helped organize faculty union

    Helped Pitt faculty win union representation.

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