"Anti-abortion candidate challenges Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick"
Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a target of Democrats in 2024, is facing a primary challenge from anti-abortion activist Mark Houck. Houck, who recently filed paperwork to run in Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district, opposes abortion access and exceptions for rape and incest. This sets up a potentially contentious primary focused on abortion rights in a swing seat that the GOP must win to maintain a majority in Congress. Fitzpatrick, one of 18 Republicans representing a district won by President Joe Biden, has successfully fended off challenges from the right in the past. However, Houck's candidacy could be used by Democrats to portray the GOP as extreme on abortion.