Former federal prosecutor Ryan Croswellwho resigned in the protest in February on dealing with criminal matters by the Trump administration, he threw his hat in the ring for a democratic nomination for the 7th Congress place in the district.
Crosswell becomes the third Democrat who joined the race to recover Lehigh Valley’s headquarters by Republican Ryan Mackenzie in November. Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure and the candidate for the first time Carol Obando-Distine Earlier he announced his intentions to escape.
In the film of the campaign published on Sunday evening, Croswell said that he still believes in the oath he took to his country when he joined the maritime infantry corps, and when he became a prosecutor.
“But when Donald Trump tried to force prosecutors in my section to abandon the case against one of his friends … As part of his plan to transform the Department of Justice into weapons against his enemies … I would never do that. So I gave up.”
“When working people have difficulty dealing and standing on growing maintenance costs, DC politicians deteriorate the problem,” said Croswell in a press release. “Threaten social insurance benefits, Medicare and Medicaid, in which the Pennsylvania rely on the end of the end at the end, while enriching, trading inventory outside confidential information and giving their donors billionaires another huge reduction in taxes at the expense of the middle class.
“I can’t stand out, while corruption in DC harms hard-working people in a place that I love to call the home, so I do what I did through the whole career-in defense of what is right, and accelerating to serve. In Congress I will work on reducing costs for solid work Pennsylvanians, protect health care and social security and social security and medical security, which they highlighted Seniors, and I fight for political corruption and attack on our democracy, and freedom and freedom.
Obando-Derstine campaign manager, Robert PhillipsHe said that voters from Lehigh Valley want someone who has roots in the district.
“Carol Obando-Derstine spent over twenty years, providing families in this district, helping to reduce energy costs, helping people prepare for well-paid jobs and acting as a regional manager of Senator Bob Casey,” he said in a statement. “Voters do not want a republican parachute in this district. They want someone who understands their struggles and has deep roots in this community. It’s Carol.”
Croswell grew up in Pottsville and lived in Washington until December and changed belonging to the party from Republicans to Democrat.
McClure allies, such as the Northampton Commissioner Kelly Keegan and the mayor of Easton Panto Jr. For a week, he has been publishing criticism of Crosswell in social media, citing his earlier recording of Republicans and a lack of history in the district.
“Ryan Croswell is all his life a republican who has never lived in the Lehigh Valley. Even worse, Croswell spent four years working for the Department of Justice of Trump, attacking civil rights, rights to vote and women’s rights – and gave up candidates for congress,” said McClure in the prepared statement. “Ryan Crosswell does not run for Congress to help Pennsylvania families. He is applying to help himself.”
Maureen o’tooleA spokeswoman for the National Republican Campaign Committee also attacked the announcement of Croswell.
“Ryan Crosswell is the latest democrat who joined this pathetic race on the left,” she said in a press release. “While these democrats are desperately trying to withdraw each other, Ryan Mackenzie still performs actual work, thanks to which Pennsylvania is safer and cheaper. Ryan Croswell has no chance.”
7. Congress district will be one of the most -observed campaigns in 2026 as one of the few real battlefield in the country. The district, which represents Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton Floor, part of the Monroe Count, is almost evenly divided between registered Democrats and Republicans.
The 2024 race amounted to over $ 38 million in political expenses, which makes him one of the most steep home races in the country.
