{"id":772,"date":"2022-03-10T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/?p=772"},"modified":"2022-04-07T19:55:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T19:55:38","slug":"the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"The Times: Sean Meloy hoping to represent his home district in U.S. Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Allegheny County native and local and national LGBTQ advocate Sean Meloy has announced he is running for the U.S. House of Representatives for the newly reconfigured 17th District, which includes all of Beaver County and about half of Allegheny County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He will be running in the Democratic Primary on May 17. The new 17th District is projected to go from an R+2 to a D+1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If elected, Meloy would be the first openly gay member of Congress from Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/03\/10\/allegheny-county-native-running-new-17th-congressional-district\/9411586002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read full article on The Times<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allegheny County native and local and national LGBTQ advocate Sean Meloy has announced he is running for the U.S. House of Representatives for the newly reconfigured 17th District, which includes all of Beaver County and about half of Allegheny County. He will be running in the Democratic Primary on May 17. The new 17th District [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Times: Sean Meloy hoping to represent his home district in U.S. Congress - Sean Meloy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Times: Sean Meloy hoping to represent his home district in U.S. Congress - Sean Meloy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Allegheny County native and local and national LGBTQ advocate Sean Meloy has announced he is running for the U.S. House of Representatives for the newly reconfigured 17th District, which includes all of Beaver County and about half of Allegheny County. He will be running in the Democratic Primary on May 17. The new 17th District [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sean Meloy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-10T16:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-07T19:55:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Campaign Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sean Meloy\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/\",\"name\":\"The Times: Sean Meloy hoping to represent his home district in U.S. Congress - Sean Meloy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-10T16:15:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-07T19:55:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ddf148a608222347f16a1566b595ba5c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Times: Sean Meloy hoping to represent his home district in U.S. Congress\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ddf148a608222347f16a1566b595ba5c\",\"name\":\"Campaign Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/498c31da14371c324e2e1b3e957118c4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/498c31da14371c324e2e1b3e957118c4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Campaign Team\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/author\/meloy\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Times: Sean Meloy hoping to represent his home district in U.S. Congress - Sean Meloy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Times: Sean Meloy hoping to represent his home district in U.S. Congress - Sean Meloy","og_description":"Allegheny County native and local and national LGBTQ advocate Sean Meloy has announced he is running for the U.S. House of Representatives for the newly reconfigured 17th District, which includes all of Beaver County and about half of Allegheny County. He will be running in the Democratic Primary on May 17. The new 17th District [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/","og_site_name":"Sean Meloy","article_published_time":"2022-03-10T16:15:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-07T19:55:38+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Campaign Team","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/","name":"Sean Meloy","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/","name":"The Times: Sean Meloy hoping to represent his home district in U.S. Congress - Sean Meloy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-03-10T16:15:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-07T19:55:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ddf148a608222347f16a1566b595ba5c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/the-times-sean-meloy-hoping-to-represent-his-home-district-in-u-s-congress\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Times: Sean Meloy hoping to represent his home district in U.S. Congress"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ddf148a608222347f16a1566b595ba5c","name":"Campaign Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/498c31da14371c324e2e1b3e957118c4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/498c31da14371c324e2e1b3e957118c4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Campaign Team"},"url":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/author\/meloy\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784,"href":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seanmeloy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}