The @CN4PA4 campaign held its kickoff event last night in #LowerProvidence. The event was well-attended by Republicans excited to take back the 4th Congressional District next year! pic.twitter.com/jCxSvDoTU7
— MontCo GOP (@MontcoPaGOP) September 10, 2021
Unless another candidate comes along who wants to spend lots of money to win the right to lose to Madeleine Dean in next year’s 4th District Congressional race, it looks like that distinction is going to belong to Christian Nascimento.
In 2020, Dean defeated Republican Kathy Barnette in CD-4 by 264,637 (59,53%) to 179,926 (40.47%).
Nascimento kicked off his campaign on Thursday (September 9), in his home township of Lower Providence.
@MontcoPaGOP, the official Twiitter account of the Montgomery County Repubican Committee (MCRC) tweeted photos of the event, including one with MCRC Chair (and former Lower Merion GOP Chair) Liz Havey, who at this point, seems to be supporting Nascimento’s candidacy.
Nascimento lives in the Audobon section of Lower Providence Township, and has served as Chair of the Lower Providence Republican Committee. A graduate of Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School, he is currently Vice President of Product at Comcast.
Nascimento was elected to the Methacton School Board in 2009 and re-elected in 2013.
In a video that appears on his website, Nascimento talks about his parents who immigrated to the U.S., and settled in Montgomery County. In the video Nascimento speaks about “radicals in Washington [who] are restructuring the U.S. economy, shuttering small businesses and dramatically driving up inflation. Leftist policies are politicizing our schools and making our streets far less safe for families.”
Who knows what the boundaries of the 4th Congressional District will be in 2022?
As a result of the 2020 Census, Pennsylvania will be losing one congressional district. So the maps of all the districts will be redrawn.
Currently, almost 98% of the 4th Congressional District is in Montgomery County, and almost 86% of Montgomery County is in the 4th Congressional District. But after re-pportionment, that could all change. It is totally conceivable that Dean and Nascimento won’t even live in the same district in 2022. On the other hand, the only residency requirement for congressional candidates is that they live in the state they represent. Although it’s politically improbable, in theory, a candidate from Erie could represent a district that’s partially located in Montgomery County.