About Doug

Doug Pike is running for Congress because he believes that the government needs to work for all of us, not just the most powerful. For the past 35 years, he has worked as a journalist, serving on the Editorial Board of The Philadelphia Inquirer for 14 of those years. At the Inquirer, he listened to the voices of Pennsylvania families and worked to hold elected officials accountable. 

In addition to his experience as a journalist, Doug has front-line experience in health care, an issue he knows well and cares about deeply. He served for 10 years as the chairman of the board for a hospital. Having worked in the health care industry, he understands how our health care system has been failing families for too long and why costs have been skyrocketing.  

While Doug has served the community outside of government, he’s no stranger to the political process. Earlier in his career, Doug worked as a speechwriter for U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas. His father, Otis Pike, was a nine-term Democratic Congressman from 1961 to 1979. 

Growing up, Doug learned a great deal from his father, who chaired the House Select Committee on Intelligence (also known as “the Pike Committee”) from 1975-1976. The committee investigated the activities of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and other intelligence agencies.

Doug graduated with honors from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1971.

Doug Pike is not a career politician – he knows that the government is out of touch with Pennsylvania families. In Congress, he wants to use his experience to focus on the needs of working families and make government work for Pennsylvania.