# Brian Fitzpatrick ## Summary U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District (Bucks County, Philadelphia suburbs) since January 2017. **Five-term Republican**, running for sixth term in 2026. Former **FBI Special Agent (15 years) and Federal Prosecutor**; graduated first in class at FBI Academy Quantico; FBI Director's Award; lead agent on Operation City Lights (largest NYC political-corruption takedown in history); National Director of FBI [[Campaign Finance]] and Election Crimes Enforcement; National Supervisor of the FBI Public Corruption Unit. JD/MBA from Penn State. Succeeded brother Mike Fitzpatrick in PA-01. Counterterrorism/counterintelligence deployments across Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East. **Brand**: Most bipartisan member of the House by Biden-position voting record (70% in 117th Congress — highest for any House R). **Co-chair, Problem Solvers Caucus** (unanimously reelected 119th Congress). Co-hosts "The Pod Couple" bipartisan congressional podcast. Among 11 House R's to vote for stripping [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] of committee assignments (2021); among 13 to back the $1.2T bipartisan infrastructure bill (2021). **CIA Subcommittee Chair**: Tapped by House leadership February 2025. **Trump relationship (cooling but not broken)**: Voted against Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" on the Senate-amendments vote after earlier voting YES when the party needed him. **Trump excluded Fitzpatrick from the November 2025 PA House endorsement sweep** — the only PA Republican not endorsed. Trump publicly attacked Fitzpatrick (without naming him) at a Pittsburgh speech February 2025. MAGA figures (Scott Presler among them) pushed for a primary challenger; **none materialized**. Mark Houck (2022 primary opponent) publicly confirmed he is not running. ## Career highlights - FBI Academy (Quantico) graduate; first in class - FBI Special Agent and Federal Prosecutor (15 years) - FBI Director's Award winner - Lead agent, Operation City Lights - National Director, FBI Campaign Finance and Election Crimes Enforcement Program - National Supervisor, FBI Public Corruption Unit - Penn State JD/MBA (first to complete joint degree) - Elected U.S. House 2016; succeeded brother Mike Fitzpatrick - Reelected 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024 - 2024: defeated Ashley Ehasz 55.9%–43.1% (+12.8) in a **Harris-won district** - February 2025: House leadership taps Fitzpatrick as CIA Subcommittee Chair - 2025–2026: votes against BBB; Trump excludes him from Nov 2025 PA endorsement sweep - Q1 2026: $1.17M raised, **$7.66M COH** (7:1 dominance over D field) ## Congressional profile Five-term moderate Republican with national-security credentialing (FBI, CIA Subcommittee Chair) and bipartisan-caucus co-leadership (Problem Solvers). Represents one of the most politically-split districts in the country by personal-vote brand: Harris narrowly won PA-01 in 2024 while Fitzpatrick won by 12.8 points in the same election. ## 2026 race See [[PA-01-2026]]. **Cook: Likely R. Inside Elections: Lean R. Sabato: Likely R. PVI EVEN.** Unopposed in GOP primary (first time since entering Congress). **D primary**: [[Robert Harvie Jr]]. (Bucks County Commission VC, ~$430K Q1) vs. Lucia Simonelli (PhD mathematician, $50K+ Q1) — Harvie is the front-runner. PA primary May 19, 2026 — second competitive primary of cycle after OH-01. ## Related KB entities - [[PA-01-2026]] — his 2026 race - [[Donald Trump]] — did NOT endorse Fitzpatrick in November 2025 PA sweep - TBD: [[Robert Harvie Jr.]] — likely D nominee - TBD: [[Lucia Simonelli]] — progressive D challenger - TBD: [[Mark Houck]] — 2022 primary opponent, not running 2026 - [[NY-17-2026]] — fellow Harris-won R seat - [[CA-41-2026]] — formerly Harris-won R seat; Calvert moved to CA-40 ## Sources - [Wikipedia — Brian Fitzpatrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Fitzpatrick_(American_politician)) - [Ballotpedia — Brian Fitzpatrick](https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_Fitzpatrick) - [Fitzpatrick House — Full biography](https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/full-biography) - [Fitzpatrick — CIA Subcommittee Chair (Feb 2025)](https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/2025/2/breaking-house-leadership-taps-fitzpatrick-to-chair-cia-subcommittee) - [Fitzpatrick — Problem Solvers Caucus co-chair (Jan 2025)](https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/2025/1/fitzpatrick-unanimously-reelected-to-lead-bipartisan-problem-solvers-caucus-for-the-119th-congress) - [Philadelphia Inquirer — Trump PA endorsements (Nov 2025; PA-01 excluded)](https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/trump-pennsylvania-2026-midterm-endorsements-20251103.html) - [Central Bucks News — Fitzpatrick Q1 $7.66M COH](https://centralbucksnews.com/news/2026/apr/23/fitzpatrick-has-7m-more-on-hand-than-democrats-challenging-him/)