Such activity has flourished on both the left and right, growing serious enough to trigger a warning from the FBI in 2021 urging would-be donors to be on the lookout for such schemes, calling disbursements to vendors associated with a PACs operators a red flag., Still, for First Amendment reasons and others, PACs have a fair amount of flexibility in how they spend their money, said Erin Chlopak, senior director for campaign finance at the watchdog group Campaign Legal Center, who pointed out that frankly, it does cost money to run ads and support candidates and so fundraising is a legitimate part of PAC activity.. Middle right: A playground, which the Fettermans raised money to build, in downtown Braddock. Its not unusual for one of his kids, in the middle of a news interview, to ask for something to eat. John Fetterman's new campaign manager is Philly-based Biden alum Brendan McPhillips McPhillips, who ran Fetterman's unsuccessful 2016 Senate primary campaign, ran Biden's 2020 operation in Pennsylvania and has also worked on campaigns for City Councilmember Helen Gym. Perhaps Fettermans biggest accomplishment, though, was reducing crime: Braddock, where Fetterman once found an AK-47 in his back yard, didnt suffer a homicide for more than five years during his tenure. He is constitutionally incapable of schmoozing with other elected officials. Eventually, he found himself in Braddock, where he was hired to run a GED program. Just three years later, Maggio is now Fetterman's campaign manager working on his race for Lieutenant Governor. Some people in the groups state-based member organizations grumbled that a vote on the nod was sprung on them at the last minute, as though it had already been decided. Since he stepped down as the towns mayor and went off to Harrisburg in 2019, his intraparty problems have grown only more numerous. Brendan McPhillips was then-candidate Joe Bidens state director in Pennsylvania during the 2020 campaign. Fetterman, on the other hand, has turned it into a cause clbre and his prime focus as lieutenant governor. But here he was, fighting hard as anybodys ever fought for us in our lives, Lee says. But the national media coverage rubbed local officials the wrong way, especially given that Fetterman was a white newcomer getting credit for saving a majority-Black town, many of whose representatives were Black. Fetterman is not the stereotypical big guy with a bigger personality. John Fetterman campaigns for U.S. Senate at a meet and greets at Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport on May 10, 2022, in Lemont Furnace, Pennsylvania. LOL, he says. Hope he can find his way there No thanks Joe..you are not welcome. As gargantuan as Lurch Addams, with a bald head, goatee and closet full of Dickies shirtsand tattoos running down his arm marking every date a life was taken while he was mayor of his hard-knock steel townPennsylvanias lieutenant governor is a cartoon image of a working guy from the Rust Belt. John Fetterman's Senate campaign said it reaped a $500,000 fundraising windfall in just 24 hours after a video of his opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz, went viral. Right: A sign stands across the street from the town's public library. So far none of those things have stopped himin fact, they have often helped himas hes leapt from small-town mayor to swing-state lieutenant governor. Fetterman communications director Joe Calvello said in a statement Monday that the senator's recovery will be a Free all political prisoners in Uganda the dictator museveni abducting Nup supporters but why even us we were human beings Biden said, but Biden dont do. If youre in a foxhole, you want John with you, man, the president said during an AFL-CIO labor union convention. This is a campaign where somebody whos well-known and loved in Pennsylvania is running to continue to work for the people, and I think hes gonna have to work really hard, but that people are going to respond well to it., READ MORE: Mehmet Oz vs. John Fetterman is a clash of two personalities running as outsiders. Its like Paul Rudd, except hes handsome, I guess. Western Pennsylvania is just this sea of red, but there was a little speck of blue there, and that was SRU, Maggio said. Remember, as a statewide race for senator or governor, other elected officials dont matter much. What stopped me from being the guy driving to his house and dying in a car accident? Fetterman has been recovering since then and has yet to return to the campaign trail. I know he cant wait to get back on the trail. John Fetterman's (D) team as campaign. In the 2018 lieutenant governors primary, those areas powered Fettermans win against a field of candidates from the Southeast. John Fetterman was sworn in as senator from Pennsylvania on Jan. 3. That western Pennsylvania registered Democrat, but voted for TrumpFetterman can get a lot of those voters, goes one testimonial in his campaign launch video. But according to campaign finance filings, the Democratic Coalition has been the firms only client since 2017. That led him to make a drastic career change: He ditched his job at a lucrative insurance firm and joined AmeriCorps in Pittsburgh. National media coverage of Braddock rubbed local officials the wrong way, especially given that he was a white newcomer getting credit for saving a majority-Black town. McPhillips, 39, has known Fetterman since 2015 and was his campaign manager during the 2016 primary run for the Senate. Deputy Campaign Manager John Fetterman for US Senate Dec 2020 - Present2 years 3 months Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Josh Stein for Attorney General 2 years Campaign Manager. It was the worst thing Ive ever done. It can be hard and scary when you first graduate butyou have to take those chances when they come.. Tom Wolf, in a landslide. Ive talked to a lot of politicians in my time, says Lee. Fetterman believes the party must try to win all voting blocswhy would you exclude or ignore one at the peril of the other? he asksand his motto is every county, every vote. His campaign has also explicitly made the case that hes the best candidate to win back Trump voters in the general election. (Hes 6 foot 8.) Theres so much media that people make up their minds themselves. Other big-name Democrats who are more centrist than Fetterman, like Rep. Conor Lamb, might still jump in.). Fetterman, Pennsylvanias incumbent lieutenant governor, previously hired McPhillips to run his 2016 Senate campaign. McPhillips told the Philadelphia Inquirer in an interview that the stakes of the race are incredibly high and attacked Republican nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz as someone who doesnt even live in and who isnt from Pennsylvania. In an echo of complaints aired about Fetterman in Braddock, Williams says the lieutenant governor sometimes didnt show up to Harrisburg to preside over the Senate at the beginning of the pandemic. Photographs by Caroline Gutman, Doose blames his frosty relationship with other lawmakers on an old guards dislike of newcomers: When I came on Council, I was the only person under 70, so some of it was generational things. A Wolf spokesman says Fetterman is a strong partner. But unlike Attorney General Josh Shapiro, whom Wolf called my guy in the upcoming 2022 gubernatorial race in an off-the-cuff remark, Fetterman hasnt gotten a nod from Wolf. Nearly a fifth of the Democratic Coalitions spending this cycle, $65,000, has gone to Bulldog Finance Group, a fundraising firm founded by Dworkin. Many Democrats today view wooing Trump voters as a fools errandand dangerous. Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman leaves the State Capitol to return to a Board of Parole hearing, in Harrisburg, Pa., on March 3. Your right to vote won, in the face of all . But he cares more about what Braddock thought of him than his popularity with other politicians: I just return to the simple fact that I was elected for four terms here. The group has dropped another $900 on the platform in the past 30 days, according to Facebooks ad library, but those ads only began to mention specific candidates and target users in Pennsylvania and Ohio beginning in this month. For his predecessors, the role was a throwaway part of the job. That is, if he can get anywhere in the primary first. McPhillips ran Pete Buttigiegs Democratic presidential campaignin Iowa and has known Fetterman since 2015.He described the stakes of the race, expected to be one of the most closely-watched and competitive in the country, as incredibly high., welp, there goes any support I had for Fetterman, President Biden to visit Philly on Tuesday, speaking at AFL-CIO conventionBiden is scheduled to speak at the 29th AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City. Maggio quit his job at Dunkin Donuts and started volunteering, without a paycheck, for Fettermans campaign. . Put me in, coach . Fetterman has been recovering from a stroke and has had a pacemaker with a defibrillator implanted. Hes never talked to me about politics, about policy, about me., State Rep. Summer Lee, vice chair of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus. February 27, 2023, 3:40 PM. Wolf and Fettermans teams both say they have a good relationship. The group has collected $350,000 this cycle, FEC filings show the vast majority of which has come from small-dollar donors giving less than $200. Fettermans passion for rehabilitationand other progressive policiesmight seem unlikely for someone with his background. Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Top: The Fettermans join a Zoom call at their home in Braddock. He came to a community that is 80 percent black and believes that he can amass control and views this community as a steppingstone, she said. And Ive run as a progressive before it was cool to do so, he says. On Twitter and over email, Fettermans campaign manager, Brendan McPhillips, laid into what he called a scam PAC that was using Johns name and likeness for their own fundraising., These people are only pretending that the money they raise goes to John and our campaign. And according to nearly everyone whos met him, hes got an anti-social streak. He took that mission personally, too. The closely watched race narrowed in the weeks leading up to Election Day even though Fetterman appeared to have a sizable lead early on in the campaign season. You have entered an incorrect email address! John Fetterman has hired a Philadelphia-based veteran of President Joe Bidens 2020 campaign to lead his U.S. Senate run in the general election.Brendan McPhillips, a Democratic strategist who ran Bidens campaign in Pennsylvania, will become Fettermans campaign manager, the campaign said Monday. But Fetterman hates having his picture taken. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Its why he won his lieutenant governor primary and then statewide office with Wolf by double digits, including performing well in some tony Philadelphia suburbs. Aug 30, 2022, 05:14 PM EDT Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, came under fire recently after a member of his campaign staff mocked his Democratic opponent for having had a stroke. A photo of Dennis and Lee Horton, two Black Pennsylvania brothers who were until recently serving life sentences for murder and robbery, is the background image on Fettermans phone. Democrats are weighing whether Biden should decline to run for reelection in 2024, report saysSome Democrats are becoming less inclined to back a Biden reelection bid in 2024, per an NYT report. The boys dad had died of AIDS. To win, Fetterman will have to figure out how either to surmount his party problems or render them irrelevant. He wore his dress jeans.. As for the Black Caucus, she says, I dont know if he has a relationship with the Black Caucus. One of the groups members says the incident in which Fetterman pulled a gun on a Black jogger makes him a nonstarter. John marches to a slightly different drum than the ordinary politician does. John Fetterman's campaign manager on Wednesday slammed Democrats who turned on the Pennsylvania senator-elect in the press after his rocky performance in his only debate against Republican. As part of the strategy for Fettermans Lieutenant Governor campaign, Maggio implemented a 67-county tour strategy: Fetterman would visit every single county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania before the 2018 election. They werent too fond of me, either., Fettermans successor, Mayor Charda Jones, raises another possibility. Right: Pennsylvania district maps hang outside the Lieutenant Governor's office at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. He is so awkward. Dworkin argued that the nature of the Democratic Coalitions work doesnt translate well into FECs reporting requirements. Support John Fetterman for Senate Contact Us For general inquiries: hello@johnfetterman.com For media inquiries: press@johnfetterman.com Hi, We're Levi and Artie Fetterman. But some say Fettermans different pathhis unapologetic white-guy-in-cargo-shorts vibeis all wrong for Democrats, especially in the post-Trump era. He has such a genuine, everyday kind of attitude, and the fact that he was up there simply talking about his position and not trying to sell the audience anything like other politicians really spoke to me.. But we never had that opportunity to have that level of interaction.. Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman has checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to receive inpatient care for clinical depression, his office said Thursday.. The campaign finance watchdog has yet to vote on any of the proposals. The Horton brothers say loads of elected officials throughout the years promised to help them. var k = document.getElementById('enxt-script'); These four House Republicans broke with the GOP to oppose inflation estimates McCarthy, GOP pump brakes on release of Jan. 6 footage to Tucker Carlson. She says Fetterman didnt attend council meetings: When youre not present at council meetings, theres not much of a relationship there.. He recalls how he became a fixture on cable TV when Trump and the rest of the Republican Party were screaming that the 2020 election was rigged. And in 2019, McPhillips asked Fetterman to officiate his marriage to his wife, Jane Slusser, a former chief of staff to Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney. Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. The few who dont treat it as a necessary cost of media attention. He described the stakes of the race, expected to be one of the most closely-watched and competitive in the country, as incredibly high., Were running against someone who doesnt even live in and who isnt from our state, McPhillips, referring to GOP nominee Mehmet Oz, said in an interview. You dont have to wear a tie, but at least be respectful of the office youre running for.. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is "doing well" and "remains on a path to recovery" according to his office on Monday, following the freshman lawmaker's decision . Most young women are not. Its never been about raising my profile.. That one-two punch, as he calls it, sent Fetterman into a spiral contemplating the cruelty of inequality. Fetterman spent $1.6 million in the most recent quarter, and has spent $5.1 million since the campaign began. The committees treasurer, Sonya McGrady, is its next highest beneficiary of its expenditures, taking in $50,000 this cycle through the end of August. Biden says hes not confident Supreme Court will clear student loan Bill Maher: I am afraid of Trump on a very personal level, Fight in high school classroom leaves one dead, one injured, Zero-calorie sweetener popular in keto diets linked to strokes, heart attacks, Trumps polling strength causes heartburn for Senate GOP. Join Our Campaign Fetterman hasnt returned to the campaign trail since a May 13 stroke. Brendan McPhillips, left, on his wedding day, with Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Bobby has been with me every step of the way and as the campaign kicks into high gear, he will be there again for advice out on the road, Fetterman said in a statement. John Fetterman on the defensive, and helped narrow what was once a wide lead for the Democratic nominee. enxt.src = '//electnext.com/api/v1/info_widget.js'; Yeah, Im quiet and introspective, he says. When John Fetterman's health went south, his wife went north. It wasnt part of some grand strategy to be one of the faces of defending Pennsylvanias electoral vote integrity to a national audience, he says. Mandela Barnes is attacked for "radical ideas," John Fetterman blames"Washington," Elizabeth Warren backs Nadler and more. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. And hes facing some uncommonly strong headwinds from his own party. He ended the quarter with $4.2 million on hand. In 2005, after living in Braddock for a few years, Fetterman decided to run for mayor to put a spotlight on the violence destroying the lives of the young people in the area. Whitney Curtis/Getty Images. And they grew up without their father and their husband for no reason, he says. Makes sense When liberals start calling out the dems they know their in Big Trouble!!! Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate John Fetterman is pictured at a rally at Nether Providence Elementary School on Oct. 15 in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. Together, we have a rare opportunity to flip this open seat blue and add John Fetterman's voice to our slim Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate but as John's Deputy Campaign Manager, I'll . (Fetterman didnt return it.) We want to bring transparency to the elections process by shining a light on how campaigns and outside groups are using political mailers to talk to voters. I'm sure they'll find a way to blame it on the local taxpayers. The 51-year-old Democrat gained national attention for his brash and cutting defense of Pennsylvania's vote against false claims of . . Not only is this wrong, it also puts us at a major disadvantage.. Fortunately for Maggio and the Fetterman campaign, Maggio had made numerous connections within the rural areas, and when they began this 67-county tour, he utilized those connections. Doose says hes not a real social person. Ed Rendell, Pennsylvanias former governor who endorsed Fetterman in the 2018 lieutenant governors primary, calls him a lone wolf. Nancy Mills, the chair of the state Democratic Party, says hes independent.. Fettermans fans think his brand of economic progressivism and his Carhartt-wearing linebacker vibe make him uniquely able to win elections in the kinds of Rust Belt and white working-class areas where Democrats have been hemorrhaging support. Which is catnip for glossy magazine spreads. Dennis and Lee have been hired to work as field organizers for Fettermans campaign in Philly, where the lieutenant governor will likely be competing for votes with city native Kenyatta, as well as Street, who recently launched a U.S. Senate exploratory committee. But hes never talked to me about politics, about policy, about me, she says. Brendan McPhillips was. But if someone wants to prejudge me based on my aversion to wearing a suit and tie, thats their right to do so.. From July through September, Fetterman took in about $22 million far exceeding what he's ever before raised in a three-month period, according to his campaign. He went to Harvards Kennedy School of Government and studied public policy. Of me, she says Fetterman is pictured at a lucrative insurance firm and joined AmeriCorps in Pittsburgh went.. Mcphillips was then-candidate Joe Bidens state director in Pennsylvania during the 2020 campaign finance watchdog yet. 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