Tarentum, P.A. – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has endorsed Republican Jeremy Shaffer in a key race to represent part of suburban Pittsburgh in the U.S. House.
Shaffer, an engineer and former Ross commissioner who founded a software company focused on infrastructure, said he was honored to be endorsed by one of the country’s largest pro-business groups.
Shaffer faces Democrat Chris Deluzio, an Iraq War veteran and policy director of cybersecurity at the University of Pittsburgh, in the 17th Congressional District, which includes Beaver County and suburbs in northern, western and eastern Allegheny County.
“As a small-business owner myself, I am very familiar with the issues important to employers and workers across (the 17th District) and our nation,” Shaffer said in a news release.
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