County
Susquehanna
Occupation
Teacher, Stay-at-home- mom
Education
High School diploma, Bachelor's of Science in Education, Master's Degree in Education
Qualifications
PA State Senate Candidate in 2020 and in 2022
Data centers are one of the biggest issues in my district. How data centers are operating in PA must have strict oversight by our elected officials, state and local. Data centers must NOT harm our communities by consuming copious amounts of water and electricity, contaminating our natural environment and resources, or by destroying lands across the commonwealth. We must set laws that keep data centers from being built in places that harm our air, water, or ecosystems. We must set laws that ensure data centers don’t lead to an increase in energy costs for Pennsylvanians. As data centers use huge amounts of electricity, they should be required to generate their own renewable energy so that costs are not placed on local communities.
Our right to vote must be protected at all costs for it is the foundation of democracy.
I support protecting and expanding access to voting, including protecting the right to vote by mail-in ballots and expanding the time a citizen has to register to vote. To make it easier for everyday citizens to vote, I support offering voter registration through more state and local agencies. Easy access to voting and increased voter turnout is crucial to true representation in our democracy. I oppose any measure that tries to restrict voting or registering to vote, as is the right of every U.S. citizen, no matter where we live, what we look like, or how much money we make.
It is unacceptable that the legislators in Harrisburg delayed the passing of the state budget by over four months last year. The delay was caused by a fight over the budget and how it's funded. The 2025-2026 budget was passed without creating any new revenue sources. PA faces a $7-8 billion structural budget deficit in the coming years. With most of the PA budget being mandatory spending, we face the real risk of massive cuts to education, healthcare, transit, safety net programs, and the environment. The lack of revenue coming into our state budget must be addressed immediately.
Yes. The state government has a responsibility to provide oversight, regulations, and laws to protect the people of PA from pollution and high energy costs. Municipalities must be included in all plans.
County
Luzerne
Occupation
Behavioral Specialist
Education
Bachelor’s in Psychology and Philosophy
Qualifications
United States Army Veteran
The rising costs of energy, utilities, and data centers being forced on us; ineffective forms of energy like solar farms destroying our landscape, and ridiculous taxes like the rain and death tax burdening us are issues I would focus on. I would champion bills that would help small businesses succeed and Pennsylvania to prosper with less regulations and taxes.
Education needs to be reformed in our Commonwealth. Parents have a right to be able to educate their child in the school setting of their choice. I believe in school choice and would work towards getting that accomplished. I would also be against men in women’s sports/locker rooms and would make sure programs like Kooth teaching gender identity is not allowed in our schools anymore.
I would sponsor legislation that would require voter rolls to be cleaned up before every election at the county level, require voter ID in all elections, repeal the unconstitutional Act 77 of no excuse mail-in voting, and rid ourselves of voting machines that were manufactured in a foreign country, opting for paper ballots instead. I would only be one senator, but one vote or sponsor of a bill that would perform any of these functions is a senator who is moving us in the right direction. I was opposed to the passing of Act 77 when it was done, and I would have held my Republican colleagues to the process they were aware of, which is to make it a ballot initiative to be voted on by the people.
The state budget has a deadline of June 30 and it’s never completed on time which means agencies and our schools can suffer. Legislators need to work together earlier towards a timely solution to complete the budget. I would support the legislature not being paid until the budget is done.
State legislators should block the development of data centers in reason entirely through a moratorium. We do not have the infrastructure to build, maintain, and operate them. The citizen population should not be forced to compete with obtaining resources like water, energy, and having to put up with the noise and physical pollution caused by these massive facilities that don’t even generate job opportunities for us. It’s not right to force municipalities to have their private property seized through eminent domain to force high-energy power lines, like we already see in Pike County, to carry the necessary energy to these data centers. I would support a moratorium.
County
Luzerne
Occupation
PA State Senator - 20th District
Education
Graduated from Dallas High School. Earned a bachelor's degree in government administration from Shippensburg University.
Qualifications
Elected to five terms as state Senator. Held a senior position during the Ridge Administration. Named as highly effective state legislator. Chair of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee. Endorsed by multiple advocacy groups.
Education, healthcare, jobs, food security and costs, energy costs and reliability, public safety, criminal justice. My approach is to develop bipartisan legislation that is practical, affordable, and enforceable.
I believe voting is a key right in our system of government. I authored the bill banning interference from private money like Zuckerbucks and creating a grant program to help counties operate elections. I support Voter ID as a security measure.
The most immediate remedy is to approve a constitutional amendment providing for a continuing budget when the deadline is not met. A budget crisis is never worth the service disruption and funding deficiencies that inevitably result.
Several bills concerning data centers have been proposed in the General Assembly. I will oppose any legislation that diminishes local control, reduces transparency and accountability, or negatively affects water and electricity resources and rates. If a bill reaches the Senate floor for a final vote, I will evaluate it based on these principles.
Given our reliance on technology and their importance in our national security, data centers are a necessity, but we must balance those demands with environmental protection and resource management and work with our local officials to ensure they are located appropriately, such as on abandoned coal land or brownfields.
