Rep. Summer Lee announces run for U.S. Congress

Woodland Hills graduate has served in state House since 2019

 

by Charlie Wolfson, PublicSource

Less than 24 hours after Doyle announced his retirement, state Rep. Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, formally announced a campaign to succeed him with a video and a press conference in Braddock. Lee, 33, is the second candidate to announce a run to represent Pittsburgh and some of it suburbs in Congress, along with Pitt Law professor Jerry Dickinson.

Lee is backed by national progressive group Justice Democrats, according to a campaign statement; the group has had high-profile successes electing progressives since its 2017 founding, including New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, St. Louis’ Cori Bush and Boston’s Ayanna Pressley.

Lee’s campaign announcement said she will run as someone who has “lived through the struggles of environmental racism, unaffordable healthcare, crushing student debt and job insecurity,” and signaled her support for Medicare for All and the Green New Deal.

Pittsburgh mayoral candidate Ed Gainey spoke at her campaign announcement in Braddock, providing a high-profile endorsement in the first hours of her candidacy. Other local officials, including Democratic state Reps. Sara Innamorato, Jessica Benham and Jake Wheatley and County Councilwoman Bethany Hallam backed Lee at the Braddock event.

–Updated by Charlie Wolfson

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