Tracy Hunt, a lawyer of Bucks, who was a Republican until June, announced on Tuesday that he would run in a democratic Primary to question the current Republican representative Brian Fitzpatrick in the 1st Congress District in 2026.
Hunt will be against Bucks Bob Harvie and the inhabitants of Buckingham Township Rob Stickler for the democratic nomination against the Commissioner of Bucks Harvie and the next spring in districtwhich includes Bucks and a diminutive part of Montgomery.
Asked why he changed events, Hunt, 57 years ancient, from New Hope, said on Tuesday: “I was enough. I have more and more frustration with republicans and their direction towards authoritarianism, extremism and receiving white nationalism.
“I don’t identify with this event anymore.”
Twenty years ago, Hunt said, he believed that his values adapted to the Republican Party: fiscal responsibility, strong defense and allowing individuals to make their own decisions.
Hunt, who also teaches business law at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown, said that if he wanted to do something with disappointment at GOP, he would have to do it as a democrat.
“They have a enormous tent,” he said.
Hunt said nothing about his democratic opponents, but he criticized Fitzpatrick for naming himself moderate, but “pushing [President Donald] Trump’s agenda more often than not. “
Fitzpatrick was one of the two Republicans from the house (together with the rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky), who voted against the signature of the national national policy package of the last Trump. Fitzpatrick supported the earlier version of the act, but objected to it after the changes in the US Senate.
His campaign did not answer the request for comment.
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Hunt grew up on a military basis in Fort Bragg, North Karolina, as well as in Fayetteville. His father was a command sergeant in the army.
At the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill he met his wife, Tracy Temby, a former family lawyer, and now vice president of Bucks County Community College. They have daughters aged 25 and 24.
“Yes, everyone laughs at the same name,” he said.
Emphasizing that legislators should be responsible for their voters, Hunt said that he later showed responsibility Making a mistake A few years ago.
In 2017, Hunt did not meet certain requirements of constant legal education on time, which led to the administrative suspension in 2018.
Despite the suspension, it turned out later that Hunt was involved in unauthorized legal practice, because he used stationery with a company company, which identified him as a lawyer. This violated the principles of vocational proceedings, and Hunt agreed to suspend the practitioner’s right, from October 2020 to May 2021.
“It’s me that I didn’t finish these required education hours,” said Hunt. “But it can be used as an example for selected officials: be responsible.”
The National Republican Congress Committee predicted that the final democratic nomine would emerge from the three -sided main “bruised, without a penny and no chance against Brian Fitzpatrick”.
But democratic candidates are holding their stab for Fitzpatrick.
Harvie, an early leader in the democratic breed, did not directly commented on Hunt’s candidacy and instead attacked the current Republicans.
“Brian Fitzpatrick has silent or just rubber stamps that Trump wants,” Harvie said.
AND StricklerFormer video games designer and product manager from Buckingham said he was joyful to adopt Hunt’s entry.
“Let’s have a solid and warm basic verification process to ensure that the best candidate will face Brian Fitzpatrick in 2026!” Strickler wrote in a statement.
