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Republican · U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania-1 · Pennsylvania · Spectrum score +22
House · 2026 ballot ·
Brian Fitzpatrick is U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania-1 in Pennsylvania. Political positions and ideology score +22 (Center-right). Fitzpatrick is the weather vane the GOP cannot replace.
- College
- La Salle University, B.S. 1992 · Penn State Dickinson School of Law, J.D. 1998
- Spouse
- Unmarried
- Children
- None on the public record
- Résumé
- U.S. Representative · Pennsylvania-1 · 2017–
- FBI supervisory special agent · 2004–2016
- Assistant District Attorney · Bucks County / Philadelphia · 1990s–2003
- Net worth
- $2.6M
- Salary
- $174,000
- Before office
- $600K
- 2026 raised
- $6.8M
- Years in office
- 9
Member of Congress · frozen since 2009
Where Brian stands on the spectrum
Brian Fitzpatrick scores +22 on Spectrum’s left–right line (center-right), mixed on economic issues and mixed on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.
Composite +22 · Center-right · economic +23 · social +23 · authoritarian +12
Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →
Background & record
Fitzpatrick is the weather vane the GOP cannot replace. The file is an FBI résumé, a brother’s seat, and a Problem Solvers brand that is also a fundraising category. If the majority is one vote, it is this vote.
Finances
Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.
Net worth
$2.6M
+333% since taking office
House disclosure midpoint, 2024
FBI, then Bucks County. Problem Solvers as a donor product. Brother Mike’s old seat.
Money in · 2026 cycle
- Raised
- $6.8M
- Cash on hand
- $2.2M
Top industries
- Lawyers
- Health
- Leadership PACs
- Unions (some)
Stock holdings
Index / retirement funds
Bucks County FBI-to-Congress. Funds.
Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit
VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$100K–$500K
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$30K–$150K
Sum of ranges $130K–$650K · midpoint $390K
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Odds
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Conflicts
- The most moderate House Republican on NOMINATE — and a donor list that pays for that.
- A dynasty in a suburban seat both parties treat as the weather.
Issue detail
−100 left pole · +100 right pole
- Economic
- +23
- Social
- +23
- Authoritarian
- +12
- Confidence
- 94
- Taxes & spending+30
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
- Health care+18
Private insurance markets, fewer mandates
- Climate & energy+14
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
- Business regulation+28
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
- Labor & wages+24
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
- Immigration+30
Tighter borders, more deportations
- Abortion+4
Restrictions or bans, fetal personhood
- Guns+34
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
- Crime & policing+32
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
- Schools & speech+24
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
- Defense & alliances+34
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
- Civil liberties+14
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality
Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): 0.20
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Updated August 2026.