Episode 2017
John Fetterman
Thu, 2022-Nov-10 01:42 UTC
Length - 3:12
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John Karl Fetterman (born August 15, 1969) is an American politician and U. S. senator-elect from Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania since 2019. He previously served as mayor of Braddock from 2006 to 2019. Fetterman is the winner of the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, defeating Republican nominee Mehmet Oz. Beginning his professional career in the insurance industry, Fetterman studied finance at Albright College and earned an MBA from the University of Connecticut. He went on to join AmeriCorps and earned a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University. Fetterman's service with AmeriCorps led him to Braddock, where he moved in 2004 and was elected mayor the next year. As mayor, Fetterman sought to revitalize the former steel town through art and youth programs.
Fetterman ran for Pennsylvania's Senate seat in 2016, finishing third in the Democratic primary. He ran for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania in 2018, defeating a field of candidates that included incumbent Mike Stack in the Democratic primary and winning the election with incumbent Governor Tom Wolf. During his tenure, Fetterman received national attention for his efforts to legalize cannabis statewide and pushing back on President Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud in Pennsylvania.
In 2021, Fetterman announced his candidacy in the 2022 U. S. Senate election in Pennsylvania. He won the Democratic nomination with 59% of the vote and won against Republican Mehmet Oz in the general election, and becoming the first Democrat to win this seat since 1962. Generally described as a progressive, Fetterman advocates healthcare as a right, criminal justice reform, the raising of the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, and the legalization of cannabis.
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