Congressional Primary Contest in Southeastern Pennsylvania Begins Between Endorsed, In-District Candidate and Outsider

A Republican congressional primary contest is underway in southeastern Pennsylvania between party-endorsed candidate Christian Nascimento and outsider Dan Burton.

Pennsylvania’s 4th Congressional District, in which the two are competing for the nomination to challenge incumbent Democratic Rep. Madeleine Dean, comprises most of Montgomery County and parts of southern Berks County. The Montgomery County-born Nascimento lives in Lower Providence Township, which is within the district, while Burton lives in Adamstown, Lancaster County, slightly outside the district. 

On Wednesday evening, Nascimento received the endorsement of the Montgomery County Republican Committee (MCRC), an organization to which he has belonged for four years. He has served as the chair of the Lower Providence Republican Committee for most of that time. Before that the husband and father of three, who works as vice president of product management at Comcast, served as a Methacton School Board member and president. 

“I’ve always felt a sense of service,” he told The Pennsylvania Daily Star. “And I just think that there are so many things that are happening now that are just getting us to a point where, for the first time ever, people are concerned that their children aren’t going to have it better than they do. So I personally couldn’t sit back and just complain about things without trying to do something about it.” 

MCRC Chair Liz Preate Havey spoke highly of him… (Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Star)