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Congressman Chris Deluzio Raises $3.7 Million & Counting this Cycle
Beaver County Radio reports that U.S. Representative Chris Deluzio (PA-17) has raised $3.7 million and is continuing fundraising efforts this cycle.
Updated Oct 16, 2026, 2:28 PM ET
Democratic · 3 November 2026
Chris Deluzio
U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district (since 2023)
Chris Deluzio, a Democrat and former U.S. Navy officer who has represented Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district since 2023, is seeking re-election in 2026 against Republican Tony Guy, the Beaver County sheriff.
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- Born
- July 13, 1984
- Birthplace
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Education
- Bishop Canevin High School
United States Naval Academy (Bachelor of Science, 2006)
Georgetown University Law Center (Juris Doctor, 2013)
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Background
Chris Deluzio was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Vincent and Rita Deluzio and was raised in Thornburg. He attended Bishop Canevin High School, where he played baseball, and earned a Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy in 2006.
From 2006 to 2012 he served as a naval officer, working as a surface warfare officer and deploying to Iraq with an Army civil affairs unit. He then graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center with a Juris Doctor in 2013.
Deluzio married Alexandra Zoë Bunnell in 2015, and they live in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania.
Career
After law school, Deluzio worked as a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York City and then joined the Brennan Center to work on voting rights and election security issues. He was later named a legal and policy scholar of the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security.
In 2022, Deluzio ran to succeed Conor Lamb in the 17th district and defeated Republican Jeremy Shaffer, a former Ross Township commissioner, 53% to 47%. He was sworn in on January 7, 2023, and in 2024 he defeated Republican state Representative Rob Mercuri 54% to 46%.
Following the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, he introduced the House version of the bipartisan Railway Safety Act with Rep. Nick LaLota.
In the 119th Congress he serves on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Armed Services, and he is deputy whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
2026 race
Chris Deluzio is the Democratic incumbent in Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district, which is based in the northwestern suburbs and exurbs of Pittsburgh and includes parts of Allegheny County and all of Beaver County.
Re-elected with 53.9% of the vote in 2024, he ran unopposed in the 2026 Democratic primary, receiving 83,791 votes.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, Deluzio faces Republican Tony Guy, the Beaver County sheriff, who won the Republican primary with 53.3% of the vote against manufacturer Jesse James Vodvarka.