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PA-07 Democratic nominee?
$58.1K
MAY 26, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleAttorney
PartyDemocratic
LocationPennsylvania
BackgroundAttorney
EducationVanderbilt University (B.A., Secondary Education and History; 2003)
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Notable personal detailsRyan Crosswell is a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve lieutenant colonel and former federal prosecutor who worked in the U.S. Department of Justice Public Integrity Section. He grew up in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, earned an undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University, and later received a J.D. and an M.A. in history from Duke University. He ran as a Democrat for the U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District in the 2026 cycle.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Economy & Taxes
Supports protecting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid and wants to lower costs for working families while opposing tax cuts that benefit billionaires; frames current Republican policy as enriching the wealthy at the expense of the middle class. Emphasizes fighting corruption and preventing wealthy interests from shaping economic policy.
Healthcare
Supports protecting and expanding access to health care through policies that strengthen Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, extend ACA subsidies, create a public option, and expand Medicare’s ability to negotiate prescription drug prices. Also supports protections for Social Security and Medicare and cracking down on insurance-company abuses and drug middlemen.
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Immigration & Border
The candidate resigned from the Department of Justice in February 2025 after leadership directed prosecutors to dismiss an indictment in a case tied to immigration-enforcement concessions, framing his action as opposition to politicizing prosecutions. Public materials and coverage emphasize his resignation and criticism of using prosecutorial decisions to secure immigration-enforcement cooperation, but do not set out clear policy proposals on border security, asylum, pathways to legalization, or deportation practices.
Public Safety & Guns
The candidate supports expanded gun-safety measures including universal background checks, closing the gun-show loophole, limits on high-capacity magazines, and allowing strict liability lawsuits against gun manufacturers to reduce mass shootings and keep communities safe.
Polls
PA-07 Democratic nominee?
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Endorsements
PA-07 Democratic nominee?
Endorsers of Ryan Crosswell for PA-07 Democratic nominee?
Retired Lt. Col. Alex Vindman
Public endorsement
Retired Lt. Col. Alex Vindman endorsed Ryan Crosswell for Congress.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$1.9M
$1.4M
$936.3K
$468.1K
$0
2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2026
$1.9M
$13.2K
$1.9M
$103.3K
Source: FEC
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