During a time of increasing political polarization, Michael Fitzpatrick, of Levittown, was known as a relatively moderate Republican and was popular in his Bucks County district. Representing what was then the 8th District, Rep. Fitzpatrick served from 2005 to 2007 before losing his seat to Patrick Murphy in the 2006 Democratic wave spurred by unrest over the Iraq War. But he won the seat back in 2010 amid the rise of the Tea Party, and held it from 2011 to 2017, serving four terms in total.