Montco Legislator May Take On U.S. Sen. Fetterman: Report

ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA — U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean won a landslide victory as Democrats took back the House of Representatives in the Nov. 3 general election.

But now the Abington Township-based congresswoman said she's considering challenging Sen. John Fetterman in 2028, according to a report.

“I’m going to be considering it,” Dean said in an interview with Politico. “I have been concerned about, really, two things, which is his family and his health … and am very disappointed in his activity as a senator and in his votes.”

Dean, who was heavily favored to win the blue-dominant seat that covers most of Montgomery County, more than doubled her GOP challenger Aurora Stuski's vote total.

Dean did not offer a timeline for making a decision, saying she would first need to discuss a potential campaign with her family, Politico reported.

Dean briefly ran against Fetterman in the 2018 Democratic primary for lieutenant governor on then-Gov. Tom Wolf's (D-Pa.) ticket before dropping out to run for Congress.

This was Dean's fifth election since she first earned the seat back in the 2018 midterms, the first election following redistricting and the same year fellow suburban Philly Congresswomen Mary Gay Scanlon and Chrissy Houlahan were put in office.

The 4th district covers nearly all of Montgomery County and a small sliver of Berks County. Dean has her main office in Glenside and another in Pottstown.

Patch Staff Writer Justin Heinze contributed to this report