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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

Member of Congress · frozen since 2009

Before office
$600K
2026 raised
$6.8M
Years in office
9

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

Before office$600K
Now$2.6M

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

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

Live · checked just now

New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

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

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

  • DW-NOMINATE
  • Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
  • College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.

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Updated August 2026.