Lou Barletta

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Lou Barletta
Lou Barletta.jpg
Barletta in 2013
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 11th district
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byPaul Kanjorski
Succeeded byLloyd Smucker
Mayor of Hazleton
In office
January 3, 2000 – December 14, 2010
Preceded byMichael Marsicano
Succeeded byJoseph Yannuzzi
Personal details
Born
Louis John Barletta

(1956-01-28) January 28, 1956 (age 65)
Hazleton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Mary Malloy
​
(m. 1977)​
Children4
EducationLuzerne County Community College
Bloomsburg University (BA)

Louis John Barletta (born January 28, 1956) is an American politician and businessman who served as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as mayor of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, from 2000 to 2010.

As mayor, he came to prominence due to a high-profile immigration ordinance that spurred legal challenges and was later found unconstitutional, resulting in the city no longer enforcing the ordinance. During his tenure, he challenged longtime Democratic incumbent Paul Kanjorski of the 11th congressional district three times. In 2010, Barletta defeated Kanjorski and was elected to Congress.

Barletta was the Republican nominee in the 2018 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania, losing to Democratic incumbent Bob Casey Jr. by a 13-point margin. In May 2021, Barletta announced his candidacy for governor of Pennsylvania in 2022.

Early life[]

Barletta at Hazleton High School, 1973

Barletta was born on January 28, 1956, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, the son of Angeline (née DeAngelo) and Rocco Barletta, who married on September 6, 1943, and were both of Italian ancestry.[1][2] Rocco Barletta helped manage several of the family's businesses, including Angela Park, which operated in nearby Drums until it closed in 1988, and served on the executive committee of the Democratic Party of Hazleton.[1][3][4] Rocco and Angeline passed away in 1994 and 1999, respectively.[4][5]

At 18-months-old, Barletta was involved in a car crash, suffering a minor bruise to his left ear and to the right side of his head.[6] After high school, he attended Luzerne County Community College and Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with a major in elementary education and made an unsuccessful tryout for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team, having been cut after failing to hit a curveball.[7][8] Barletta then went to work for his family's construction and heating oil business.

In 1984, Barletta founded a pavement marking company, Interstate Road Marking Corporation, which he sold in 2000. At the time of the sale, his firm had grown to become the largest of its kind in Pennsylvania.[8][9]

Mayor of Hazleton[]

Barletta with a constituent in January 2009

Republican Barletta was defeated for a seat on the Hazleton City Council in 1995, but won two years later.[10] In 1999, the incumbent Democratic mayor, Michael Marsicano, was beleagured by the city's growing deficit, topping off at $855,000,[11] and was primaried in an upset by Jack Mundie.[12] Barletta would defeat Mundie in the general election, overcoming a Democratic voter registration edge in the city (estimated at 5,771 to 3,509 in 2007).[10][12] Barletta took office January 3, 2000.[13]

Barletta was reelected in 2003, defeating Democrat Jack Craig and Socialist Tim Mailhot, who campaigned on opposition to the Iraq War.[14][10] In 2007, Barletta received 1,007 votes as a write-in candidate in the Democratic mayoral primary, enough to defeat former Mayor Marsicano, and be listed under both the Republican and Democratic parties in the general election.[15]

During Barletta's first term, Hazleton received the Governor's Award for Fiscal Accountability and Best Management Practices.[16] In 2004, Barletta was appointed to the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities by President George W. Bush.[17][18] Crime statistics in Hazleton showed a drop in crime every year between the years 2006 and 2011.[19]

Immigration ordinance[]

During Barletta's tenure, the Hispanic population of Hazleton climbed from 5 percent in 2000 to 30 percent in 2006. That year, Barletta made headlines for his efforts opposing illegal immigration in Hazleton, vowing to make the city "one of the toughest places in the United States" for illegal immigrants.[20] Barletta introduced and the city council approved the Illegal Immigration Relief Act.[21] The ordinance allowed the city to deny a business permit to employers who hired illegal immigrants and gave the city authority to fine landlords up to $1,000 for leasing to illegal immigrants.[20][22] The act also made English the official language of Hazleton, prohibiting city employees from translating documents into any language without official authorization.[23] The widespread publicity saw support for Barletta emerge from Republican politicians like former mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani,[24] and conservative figures such as Tucker Carlson and Neil Cavuto.[25][26] In response to the law, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund sued in federal district court to block the ordinance.[23]

In July 2007, Judge James Martin Munley ruled that the act was unconstitutional, claiming it interfered with federal immigration laws and violated the due process of individuals, employers, and landlords.[20] The ruling was upheld on appeal to the United States court of appeals on September 9, 2010.[27] In a public statement shortly after the decision, Barletta vowed to appeal once more.[28] The Supreme Court declined to hear the case.[29] In 2014, four years after Barletta had left office, the town of Hazleton received a court order to reimburse the ACLU $1.4 million in legal fees, and the town, which was already $6 million in debt due to tax anticipation notes it had secured in 2010 and 2011,[30] had to take additional loans to pay the fees.[29]

U.S. House of Representatives[]

Elections[]

2002
See also: 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania § District 11

In 2002, Barletta ran as the Republican candidate in the 11th congressional district against nine-term Democratic incumbent Paul Kanjorski. The 11th had long been considered the most Democratic district in Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.[31] However, Barletta was viewed as a very strong candidate—the first credible Republican challenger Kanjorski had faced since his 1986 reelection bid—since he was a very popular Republican mayor from a heavily Democratic city.[32] Barletta lost, taking 42 percent of the vote, losing the district's share of Lackawanna County, home to Scranton, by 32 points.[33]

2008
See also: 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania § District 11

Barletta faced Kanjorski again in 2008.[34] He denounced the endorsement of David Duke in this race.[35] Despite Kanjorski being easily reelected with 72 percent of the vote two years earlier,[36] multiple polls had shown Barletta leading Kanjorski by as much as 5 percentage points,[37] and the race was pegged as one of the nation's most competitive leading into the November elections. It was also one of very few nationwide where a Republican challenger had a credible chance at unseating a Democratic incumbent.[31][38] Barletta lost to Kanjorski 48-52 percent,[39] largely due to losing Lackawanna County by 12,800 votes and the downballot coattail advantage bestowed to Kanjorski thanks to the presence of Barack Obama on the mainline ticket.[31][36] Barletta won the territory that had been in the district prior to the 2000s round of redistricting by almost 4,000 votes.[40]

2010
See also: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania § District 11
Official portrait of Barletta in the U.S. House of Representatives

Barletta announced on December 9, 2009, that he would once again challenge Kanjorski in 2010. He won his party's nomination on May 18, 2010. Kanjorski was again seen as one of the country's most vulnerable incumbents, with forecasters rating it a toss-up or a possible Republican pick-up.[31] Barletta won the general election on November 2, 2010, beating Kanjorski by a 55-45 percentage margin.[41] City Council President Joe Yannuzzi succeeded Barletta as mayor of Hazleton on December 15, 2010.[42]

2012
See also: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania § District 11

In the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama carried the 11th congressional district with 57 percent of the vote.[43] However, after a gerrymander by a Republican-led delegation, the 11th was redrawn into a district Obama would've only received 47 percent of the vote in.[44]

Barletta won reelection with 58 percent of the vote.[45]

2014
See also: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania § District 11

Barletta was easily reelected, winning with 66 percent of the vote.[46]

2016
See also: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania § District 11

Michael Marsicano, a fellow former Hazleton mayor, ran against Barletta in the general election.[47] Barletta was again reelected with a 63-36 percentage margin.[48]

Tenure[]

Barletta introducing two immigration proposals to the House in July 2013

Barletta proposed five bills that later became law during his time in the House.[49][50]

He proposed the Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act of 2011 that would have denied federal funding to cities or municipalities that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, it was referred to some committees and subcommittees but was never voted on.[51][52] He introduced the 1986 Amnesty Transparency Act and the Visa Overstay Enforcement Act of 2013, which sought to reexamine the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and prevent visa fraud by increasing prison terms and fines, respectively.[53][54][55]

In 2014, Barletta introduced a bill to repeal a provision in the Affordable Care Act which required that volunteer emergency responders be offered healthcare by the organization they volunteer with.[56] Barletta argued that the bill was necessary because it would be prohibitively expensive for some of organizations to provide insurance.[56]

In 2016, Barletta joined 18 Republicans in co-sponsoring legislation that would block Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients from enlisting in the military.[57] Barletta proposed the Disaster Recovery Reform Act in 2017, intended to amend the 1988 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to use federal disaster assistance to directly administer both permanent and temporary housing for disaster victims, increase assistance to victims with disabilities and provide incentives for preventive preparedness of future natural disasters.[58] It was merged into the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018,[59] which passed 398 to 23 in the House and 90 to 7 in the Senate.[60] President Donald Trump would sign it into law on October 5, 2018.[50]

Committee assignments[61]

  • Committee on Homeland Security
    • Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
    • Subcommittee on Transportation Security
  • Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Committee on Education and the Workforce
    • Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training
    • Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions

Caucus memberships[62]

  • Afterschool Caucuses

2018 Senate race[]

Main article: 2018 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

On July 31, 2017, the Associated Press reported that Barletta was preparing to run for the U.S. Senate, seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic incumbent Bob Casey Jr. for his seat in the 2018 midterm elections. He officially announced on August 29.[63][64] Barletta had been a staunch supporter of Donald Trump.[65] Barletta endorsed Trump for president in March 2016.[66] According to NBC News, "Barletta is a favorite of Trump. ... Trump asked Barletta to run for Senate."[65] Barletta was reportedly considered for a position in the Trump administration. In his 2018 Senate campaign, Barletta pledged to "give President Trump the help he needs".[67]

He later secured the Republican nomination, but ultimately lost to Casey in the general election on November 6, 2018.[68] Barletta's campaign had been consistently outraised throughout the election, which he attributed to his loss, alongside Casey's recognizable name advantage.[69][70]

Gubernatorial run[]

Barletta declined to return to Congress following his U.S. Senate bid, instead focusing on his newly-formed consulting firm, Pioneer Strategies.[71] He joined the board of directors of World for Brexit, an organization seeking to see Brexit passed in the United Kingdom,[72] and was named chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation to the 2020 Republican National Convention.[73][74] Barletta was one of twenty Republican electors who met in Harrisburg to cast votes for President Donald Trump opposite the Electoral College, who voted for President-elect Joe Biden. The meeting of Republican electors was a "procedural vote to preserve any legal claims that may be presented going forward," with similar unofficial electors voting for Trump in Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada.[75][76]

2022 gubernatorial election[]

Main article: 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

Following an announcement that Senator Pat Toomey would not be seeking reelection in 2022, Barletta declined to launch a second bid in pursuit of replacing him, however he did express interest in succeeding term-limited Governor Tom Wolf in 2022.[77][78]

On May 17, 2021, Barletta officially announced his candidacy for governor.[79] He cited Wolf's lockdowns enacted in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and concern over expanded mail-in ballots as his reasons for running.[80]

Political positions[]

Barletta with fellow members of Congress meeting with President Donald Trump in February 2017

According to Vox, Barletta is "considered to be generally more moderate than other House Republicans, though he almost always toes the party line on major votes."[67]

Abortion[]

Barletta voted for Micah's law,[67] which prohibits abortion of fetuses starting with the twentieth week of pregnancy, when anti-abortion advocates contend that fetuses can be born prematurely with medical assistance and feel pain,[81] with exceptions for victims of rape and incest who have undergone counseling and for cases of danger to the life of the mother.[82]

Economy and budget[]

On April 15, 2011, Barletta voted with the Republican majority for Paul Ryan's budget. Barletta has characterized a balanced budget amendment as a gimmick and said he will not vote to raise the debt ceiling.[83]

In 2017, Barletta voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Republican Party's tax reform legislation.[67] In supporting the legislation, Barletta tweeted, "Our #TaxReform package doubles standard deduction, brings $$$ back home, and reduces rates for ALL taxpayers. We will #MAGA."[84] According to PolitiFact, Barletta's claim is "mostly false", as the tax plan in 2018 cuts taxes for approximately 75 percent of Americans, while increasing them on 7 percent; by 2027, after the tax plan expires it will raise taxes for more than 25 percent of Americans.[84]

Healthcare[]

Barletta opposed the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and voted to repeal it.[85][67] Barletta had threatened not to support its attempted repeal because he wanted the repeal legislation to prohibit undocumented immigrants from applying for health insurance tax credits.[86] After meeting with President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, Barletta said that they had promised to bring up separate legislation to prohibit undocumented immigrants from accessing health insurance tax credits.[87] In 2018, Barletta said that the repeal of Obamacare would not have weakened protections for individuals with preexisting conditions; experts said that the repeal would have given states the option to seek waivers whereby insurers would be allowed to raise prices for individuals with preexisting conditions who did not have continuous coverage.[85]

Immigration[]

Barletta supported President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order imposing a ban on entry to the U.S. to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, saying: "I commend President Trump for suspending the refugee program, and in particular for Syria and the six other countries, because they are unquestionably terrorist havens and hotspots."[88] In 2007, Barletta opposed comprehensive immigration reform.[89]

In January 2018, CNN reported that Barletta had frequently given interviews with a number of fringe anti-immigration groups and organizations.[89] Barletta spokesperson Jon Anzur responded that Barletta had "always condemned 'hate, bigotry, and racial supremacy,'" adding, "'[o]f course Lou was not aware of these individuals’ background[s]… [a]s the mayor of a small city, Lou didn't have the resources or staff to screen everyone who asked him questions… Lou did 27 interviews [one day]."[89]

Personal life[]

Barletta is a Roman Catholic.[90] He is married to Mary Grace Malloy Barletta and together they have four daughters. Mary works as an elementary school teacher, as does two of their daughters.[91] Barletta enjoys baseball, having wanted to become a major league ballplayer during his youth, and would often participate in the annual Congressional Baseball Game during his time as a U.S. Representative.[91][92] Barletta descends from Italian immigrants, and after his term in Congress, he helmed the American Italian Food Coalition and sought to protect Italian-produced food products from U.S. tariffs.[93][94]

Barletta has a cousin, Allison Barletta, who serves on the Hazleton City Council as a Republican. She primaried incumbent Hazleton Mayor Jeff Cusat in May 2019, but was unsuccessful.[95][96]

On January 11, 2021, following the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Barletta's personal account was banned by Twitter. Twitter later reactivated his account, stating it had been mistakenly flagged. Barletta was skeptical, saying he wasn't "buying it."[97]

Electoral history[]

1995 Hazleton City Council election[98]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Tarone 3,269 N/A
Democratic Jacob Ripa III 3,068 N/A
Republican Lou Barletta 2,574 N/A
Republican Jean Gromley 2,216 N/A
Total votes 5,112 100
1997 Hazleton City Council election[99]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James J. Ferry (incumbent) 2,632 N/A
Democratic William Lockwood 2,549 N/A
Republican Lou Barletta 2,530 N/A
Republican Phil Andras (incumbent) 2,512 N/A
Republican Charles O. Burkhardt 2,136 N/A
Democratic Jean Gromley 1,729 N/A
Total votes N/A 100
1999 Hazleton mayoral election[100]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lou Barletta 3,783 64.9
Democratic Jack Mundie 2,048 35.1
Total votes 5,831 100
Republican gain from Democratic
2002 Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district election[101]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul Kanjorski (incumbent) 93,758 55.6
Republican Lou Barletta 71,543 42.4
Reform Tom McLaughlin 3,304 2.0
Total votes 168,605 100
Democratic hold
2003 Hazleton mayoral election[102]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lou Barletta (incumbent) 3,372 64.6
Democratic Jack Craig 1,401 26.8
Socialist Workers Tim Mailhot 450 8.6
Total votes 5,223 100
Republican hold
2007 Hazleton mayoral election[103]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lou Barletta (incumbent) 3,530 89.1
Libertarian John T. Medashefski 406 10.2
Write-in Michael Marsicano 28 0.7
Total votes 3,964 100
Republican hold
2008 Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district election[104]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul Kanjorski (incumbent) 146,379 51.6
Republican Lou Barletta 137,151 48.4
Total votes 283,530 100
Democratic hold
2010 Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district election[105]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lou Barletta 102,179 54.7
Democratic Paul Kanjorski (incumbent) 84,618 45.3
Total votes 186,797 100
Republican gain from Democratic
2012 Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district election[106]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lou Barletta (incumbent) 166,967 58.5
Democratic Gene Stilp 118,231 41.5
Total votes 285,198 100
Republican hold
2014 Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district election[107]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lou Barletta (incumbent) 122,464 66.3
Democratic Andy Ostrowski 62,228 33.7
Total votes 184,692 100
Republican hold
2016 Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district election[108]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lou Barletta (incumbent) 199,421 63.7
Democratic Michael Marsicano 113,800 36.3
Total votes 313,221 100
Republican hold
2018 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania[109]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Casey Jr. (incumbent) 2,792,437 55.7
Republican Lou Barletta 2,134,848 42.6
Libertarian Dale Kerns 50,907 1.0
Green Neal Gale 31,208 0.6
Total votes 5,009,400 100
Democratic hold

Primary elections[]

2007 Democratic mayoral primary results[110]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in Lou Barletta (incumbent) 1,047 54.5
Democratic Michael Marsicano 741 37.6
Democratic Miscellaneous 155 7.9
Total votes 1,970 100
2007 Republican mayoral primary results[111]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lou Barletta (incumbent) 1,363 93.2
Republican Demetria "Dee" Deakos 83 5.7
Republican Miscellaneous 16 1.1
Total votes 1,462 100
2018 U.S Senate Republican primary results[112]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lou Barletta 433,312 63.0
Republican Jim Christiana 254,118 37.0
Total votes 687,430 100

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Political offices
Preceded by
Michael Marsicano 		Mayor of Hazleton
2000–2010 		Succeeded by
Joseph Yannuzzi
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Paul Kanjorski 		Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district
2011–2019 		Succeeded by
Lloyd Smucker
Party political offices
Preceded by
Tom Smith 		Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
(Class 1)
2018 		Most recent
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Pennsylvania's delegation(s) to the 112th–115th United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)
112th
Senate:
  • ▌B. Casey Jr. (D)
  • ▌P. Toomey (R)
House:
  • T. Holden
  • M. Doyle
  • C. Fattah
  • J. Pitts
  • B. Brady
  • T. Platts
  • B. Shuster
  • J. Gerlach
  • T. Murphy
  • C. Dent
  • A. Schwartz
  • J. Altmire
  • G. Thompson
  • M. Critz
  • M. Fitzpatrick
  • L. Barletta
  • M. Kelly
  • T. Marino
  • P. Meehan
113th
Senate:
  • ▌B. Casey Jr. (D)
  • ▌P. Toomey (R)
House:
  • M. Doyle
  • C. Fattah
  • J. Pitts
  • B. Brady
  • B. Shuster
  • J. Gerlach
  • T. Murphy
  • C. Dent
  • A. Schwartz
  • G. Thompson
  • M. Fitzpatrick
  • L. Barletta
  • M. Kelly
  • T. Marino
  • P. Meehan
  • M. Cartwright
  • S. Perry
  • K. Rothfus
114th
Senate:
  • ▌B. Casey Jr. (D)
  • ▌P. Toomey (R)
House:
  • M. Doyle
  • C. Fattah
  • J. Pitts
  • B. Brady
  • B. Shuster
  • T. Murphy
  • C. Dent
  • G. Thompson
  • M. Fitzpatrick
  • L. Barletta
  • M. Kelly
  • T. Marino
  • P. Meehan
  • M. Cartwright
  • S. Perry
  • K. Rothfus
  • B. Boyle
  • R. Costello
  • D. Evans
115th
Senate:
  • ▌B. Casey Jr. (D)
  • ▌P. Toomey (R)
House:
  • M. Doyle
  • B. Brady
  • B. Shuster
  • T. Murphy
  • C. Dent
  • G. Thompson
  • L. Barletta
  • M. Kelly
  • T. Marino
  • P. Meehan
  • M. Cartwright
  • S. Perry
  • K. Rothfus
  • B. Boyle
  • R. Costello
  • D. Evans
  • B. Fitzpatrick
  • L. Smucker
  • C. Lamb
  • M. Scanlon
  • S. Wild
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