
John Fetterman (politician)
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Born August 15, 1969 (age 51)
West Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Gisele Barreto Almeida

m. 2008)
Children 3
Education Albright College (BA)
University of Connecticut
Harvard University (MPP)
Website Government website
John Fetterman (born August 15, 1969) is an American politician who has served as the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, from 2005 to 2019.[1] A native of York, Pennsylvania, Fetterman earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Albright College in 1991 and a master's degree in public policy from Harvard University. He moved to Braddock in 2001 to serve with AmeriCorps and start a non-profit organization, Braddock Redux.
Fetterman won the Braddock mayoral election in 2005 by a single vote and was re-elected in 2009, 2013, and 2017.[2] As mayor, Fetterman drew international attention for trying to revitalize the economy in Braddock, with an article in The New York Times, an appearance on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, and a Levi's jeans ad. He has made equality,[specify] environmental protection, gay rights, immigration, and marijuana legalization major campaign issues. He ran for the United States Senate in 2016, but was defeated in the Democratic primary. In 2018, he defeated incumbent Lieutenant Governor Mike Stack in the Democratic primary[3] and was subsequently elected as lieutenant governor in the general election, along with incumbent Tom Wolf as governor.
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