John Joyce (American politician)

Joyce and his wife, Alice, founded Altoona Dermatology Associates. In the 2018 elections, Joyce ran for the United States House of Representatives in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district.[4] Joyce won the Republican Party primary election against seven other candidates with 22% of the vote.[5] The district had previously been the 9th, represented by nine-term Republican Bill Shuster. He had announced his retirement in January 2018; he and his father, Bud, had represented this west-central Pennsylvania district for 46 years. Like its predecessor, it is heavily Republican. Donald Trump won the old 9th in 2016 with 69 percent of the vote, his strongest showing in the state.[6] He would have won the new 13th just as easily had it existed in 2016, with 71 percent of the vote.[7] With a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+22, on paper it was the most Republican district in Pennsylvania.

Joyce won the general election against Brent Ottaway with 70.5% of the vote.[8]

Joyce ran for and won reelection on November 3, 2020, against Todd Rowley, gaining 73.5% of the vote.

In December 2020, Joyce was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives who signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden prevailed[9] over incumbent Donald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of the election held by another state.[10][11][12]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement that called signing the amicus brief an act of "election subversion." Additionally, Pelosi reprimanded Joyce and the other House members who supported the lawsuit: "The 126 Republican Members that signed onto this lawsuit brought dishonor to the House. Instead of upholding their oath to support and defend the Constitution, they chose to subvert the Constitution and undermine public trust in our sacred democratic institutions."[13][14] New Jersey Representative Bill Pascrell, citing section three of the 14th Amendment, called for Pelosi to not seat Joyce and the other Republicans who signed the brief supporting the suit. Pascrell argued that "the text of the 14th Amendment expressly forbids Members of Congress from engaging in rebellion against the United States. Trying to overturn a democratic election and install a dictator seems like a pretty clear example of that."[15]

• Committee on Homeland Security
  • Subcommittee on Cyber Security, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation
• Committee on Small Business
  • Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship. (Ranking Member)[16]

• Army Caucus
• Auto Care Caucus
• Bus Caucus
• China Task Force
• Dairy Caucus
• GOP Doctors Caucus
• Irish Caucus
• Paper and Packing Caucus[16]