John Fetterman joins forces with Republican counterpart in Senate for fundraising committee [View all]

Source: The Guardian, posted Fri 10 Jul 2026 17.17 EDT

The Democratic senator John Fetterman, who has faced mounting political challenges, is joining forces with the Republican senator Dave McCormick to launch a new joint fundraising committee, a move that is likely to fuel additional questions about Fetterman’s increasingly rightward lurch.

Pennsylvania’s two US senators have established a shared fundraising committee that will collect donations benefiting both of their campaigns in an unusual bipartisan arrangement.

Federal Election Commission records filed on Monday show the creation of Common Ground PA. The filing identifies the leadership Pacs and principal campaign committees for both Fetterman and McCormick as participants in the joint committee. Politico first reported the formation of the fundraising committee this week.

The move led to fresh speculation that Fetterman might be planning a party switch. Rick Wilson, the longtime political consultant and anti-Trump activist, predicted “He’s gonna flip” in a social media post in response to the new fundraising committee.

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