Headline by headline, Perry had taken the moderate seat vacated by Platts, who prided himself on running positive campaigns and later became a York County judge, and pushed it further to the far right. He started to face more opposition in his new, gerrymandered 10th Congressional district, which included all of Dauphin County and parts of Cumberland and York counties. Perry inherited more Democrats from Harrisburg and the surrounding suburbs — as well as a 2018 challenger who was an Army veteran and Lutheran pastor in favor of gun safety. "Donald Trump’s loyal soldiers, like Scott Perry, exploit guns and God to score political points," his opponent George Scott said in a viral ad in which he dismantled a gun and tossed it in a fire.