Cabelle St. John has resigned as Senator John Fetterman's chief of staff, according to a new report.
Axios noted that St. John had been on the lawmaker's team since he arrived in Washington. She became chief of staff last year.
Fetterman reacted to the development by downplaying it: "So much for the turnover issue. Clicks!" he told the outlet. He added an image showing other offices that appeared to have higher turnover rates.
The issue dominated headlines last after a lengthy New York Magazine article. The piece included a letter from Fetterman's former chief of staff Adam Jentleson to a doctor overseeing Fetterman's care, in which Jentleson said he was "really worried" about the lawmaker.
Fetterman survived a stroke during the 2022 campaign, and has spoken openly about his struggles with depression and complications from the stroke.
The senator's health, coupled with his hardline support of Israel and recent friendly meetings with President Donald Trump had already led to an exodus among his staff. Jentleson left his post in 2024, while two more Fetterman aides departed his office later in 2025. Also that year his then-chief of staff, Krysta Sinclair Juris, also parted ways with the senator.
Fetterman has also rejected polls him deep underwater with Democratic voters in his home state of Pennsylvania, but acknowledged being more popular with Republicans lately.
Speaking with Chris Cuomo on NewsNation in late March, he disputed the finding of the Quinnipiac poll, which concluded that the senator has seen his approval level plummet by more than 100 points since he was elected three years ago.
Concretely, it detailed that he now has a negative approval rating of 40 points with Pennsylvania voters after having a net positive of 68 points in 2023.
Fetterman claimed that a recent Morning Consult poll showed him "at road, 48, 49 with Democrats." However, he added, "I was in the 60s for Republicans."
"It's confusing because I vote in the 90s Dem line. And I haven't voted for the big ticket Trump wants, like the big beautiful bill or SAVE Act, and for those things. So, I mean, there's a lot of misinformation, I guess. But I am guilty of being a very proud supporter of Israel. And I do support Epic Fury," he said, in reference to the war in Iran. He has continued voting against a war powers resolution seeking to limit the president's ability to prosecute the war without congressional approval. He has been the only Democrat to do so.
