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A congressman in a competitive district in Pennsylvania said he'd leave the Republican Party if his state conducted open primary elections. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., a moderate who has bucked party lines on some of President Donald Trump 's key initiatives, including voting against the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act, is seeking re-election in a purple district he has controlled for eight years. "Countless people go to the floor saying I really want to vote for this, but I got to worry about my primary," Fitzpatrick said. "It's killing our country. It's killing good policy, and we got to fix