County
Allegheny
Occupation
Physician
Education
Educated at Harvard College, Yale University School of Medicine, and the University of Cincinnati Department of Emergency Medicine residency program
Qualifications
ER Physician, Incumbent State Representative
1) Defending our Democracy - Ensuring that every eligible voter has easy access to the ballot box and protecting our right to free and fair elections, regardless of the outcome; 2) Protecting abortion rights - Preserving reproductive health care and abortion rights for all Pennsylvanians; 3) Supporting Families and Workers - Fighting for equal pay, paid family leave, and affordable child care and health care - including medical debt relief, in-home care for the elderly, and mental health services.
I would support expanding voter registration through automatic voter registration, election-day voter registration, and early in-person voting.
We need to move away from a funding system that allows the location where a child lives govern the quality of their education. While we are reliant on property taxes now along with state funding and federal grants for public education, the former creates an inequitable system. We will need to look at how we adjust the formula for allocating state education funding to reduce reliance on the property tax over time and ensuring equity in educational funding.
The state needs to look at its formula for allocating public education funds to reduce disparities in funding based on local community socioeconomic status. We have started this with increases in funding, but clearly it has not gone far enough given continued reliance on property taxes.
Pennsylvanians current law protects a person’s right to have an abortion. I support that. But we have seen attempts to remove such protections. I support codifying abortion rights along the structure of the previously overturned Roe v. Wade decision as a state constitutional amendment.
County
Allegheny
Occupation
Business owner and State Constable
Education
BA Human Services from LaRoche University
Qualifications
Business owner , 10 years law enforcement experience
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County
Allegheny
Occupation
Consultant
Education
North Allegheny; University of Pennsylvania, Biological Basis of Behaviour, Environmental Studies Minor, Stephens Minister
Qualifications
Director, General Manager 31 years; past Presbyterian Elder; past President NAEC; past Allegheny Land Trust Board Member; Post Gazette endorsed against Jane Orie in 1996.
Peace and prosperity are hindered by the corruption, grift and inefficiency of Harrisburg oligarchy. A few legislators control: caucus accounts; which bills get votes and lobbyist influence. While widely supported important bills like Fair Districts, Gift Ban and Community Solar are killed; elections do nothing as oligarchy persists. With largest full-time legislature in U.S., 6 figure salaries, less than 60 session days, undue benefits, no limits on gifts and opaque spending of hundreds of millions by the few, it’s clear that reform is needed. Will work with Independent Fiscal Office to increase transparency and accountability of how party leaders stifle legislation Pennsylvanians demand, breaking the oligarchy to help Pennsylvania thrive.
Ensuring security with great poll workers, signature verification and paper backups remains crucial. To expand access and improve democracy, we need Fair District legislation to prevent gerrymandering. We need a true open primary where all candidates meet the same ballot access requirements and appear on the same Spring Primary ballot. Using ranked-choice voting, the top 5 candidates advance to a ranked-choice general election in November. This reduces negative campaigning and encourages diverse representation. Ending preferential treatment for old parties is key to fixing our corrupt, expensive legislature and fostering genuine competition.
To address the Commonwealth Court's ruling on school funding, I support enabling school districts to adopt a Land Use Tax. This tax shifts the burden from homeowners to commercial and industrial property owners, boosting revenue for impoverished districts. Homeowners can renovate without new taxes. While nonprofit owned land that is actively engaged in charity is exempt, land held by nonprofit for investment or future use would pay the same tax as other owners. Land use tax is the least regressive tax and the system is less bureaucratic, with land value determined by location and size, not by assessors.
I support medical autonomy, where adults and doctors make decisions about procedures, including abortion, with no state interference. For minors, decisions should be made by parents and doctors. Pennsylvanians should be able to create legislation and amendments by initiative, as allowed in the original constitution. I would support an amendment protecting body autonomy to ensure these decisions remain personal and private.
