This is the sixth article in our series covering the Commonwealth’s congressional primaries.
The 17th Congressional District has the commonwealth’s only GOP primary contest in congressional elections as a businessman Jesse James Vodvarka and Beaver County Sheriff TonyGuy face the chance to fight Democratic Rep. Chris Deluzio in the fall general elections.
The Pennsylvania primary election will be held on Tuesday, May 19.
TonyGuy
- Experience: Beaver County Sheriff, since 2016; He served 26 years with the PA State Police
- Priorities
- Prioritize America.
- Pro-growth policies strengthening the position of diminutive enterprises
- Stop trade policies that don’t hurt local businesses
- Stop the spending spree in Washington that has led to the highest inflation in history
- Stop the left from enacting their socialist policies that will bankrupt our country
- Finance and finish the wall
- Stand up for and support law enforcement
- Protect 2II Amendment rights
- Enforce voter ID laws in all elections
- Fundraising: : $46,596 from April 1 to April 29. Cash on hand: $42,822.
- Education: Quigley High School, 1979
- Quotable: “When you see the politics and narrative of the left, you would think we are heading towards a socialist dystopia instead of cementing us as the Land of the Free. As the next United States Congressman, I will never step to the radical left and I will always represent the values ​​of the people of southwestern Pennsylvania.”
- Cufflinks: : Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Blue | TikTok
Jesse James Vodvarka
- Experience: Manager in a family company producing springs
- Priorities
- Term limits. He undertakes to hold the position for no longer than three terms.
- Balance the federal budget.
- Strongly support American manufacturing.
- Encouraging liquefied natural gas exports and industrial development
- Supports voter identification and eliminates absentee ballots
- Fundraising: : $100 from February 15 to April 29. Cash on hand: $2,968
- Education: Culinary Academy AA Le Cordon Bleu
- Quotable: “As millennials, this is the first time we’ve had a president who didn’t push a globalist agenda and was adamant about American manufacturing. As a member of Congress, my goal would be to support President Trump and his fair trade agenda.”
- Cufflinks: : Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Blue | TikTok
In the News
- Public source voter guide (May 4, public source)
- WESA Voter’s Guide (April 20, WESA)
