It was a “tall task” to flip Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, but residents felt they were not being fairly and equally represented by incumbent Democrat Rep. Susan Wild in Congress, Rep.-elect Ryan Mackenzie said on Newsmax Saturday. 

“When you’re going up against an incumbent like that, historically, about 98% of incumbents get reelected in the U.S. House,” the Pennsylvania Republican commented on Newsmax’s “America Right Now.” “Only 2% are able to unseat somebody but we felt like we were not being fairly and equally represented by our current congresswoman at the time on all the major issues of the day, economics and inflation, a wide open southern border, and the chaos around the world.”

The Lehigh Valley district was calling for change, he added.

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