County
Adams
Occupation
Business Professor
Education
M.B.A., Mount St. Mary's University
Qualifications
Elected Two Term School Director, Gettysburg Area School District; Member, Adams County Democratic Committee; Trustee, Adams County Library System; Professor Business Ethics, Management, Marketing; National and Regional Marketer in Profit and Non-Profit Sectors: Leadership and Management Consultant
Financial security is a broad and pressing issue facing our residents. According to the February 2026 Adams County profile on pa.gov, per capita income in Adams County is about $10,000 less than the state average, so our residents feel the sting of high food, gas and housing costs. Sustainable solutions are found in partnership with community organizations. As a state legislator, I will forge partnerships with existing economic and business development organizations and community care organizations to identify legislative opportunities to strengthen how and what they provide to the residents of our district.
We have a dependable, well-run election system in Pennsylvania. Dedicated county election officials meticulously update voter rolls, mail voter information to households, train poll workers and follow a documented process to oversee ballots. Every voting precinct in our state is overseen by an elected and trained judge of elections, majority inspector, and minority inspector, and every county board of elections appoints machine inspectors. I encourage concerned citizens to visit pa.gov to learn more about volunteering as a poll worker or becoming a certified poll watcher.
The state has a clear budget process and the people of Pennsylvania suffer when legislators prolong budget approval for personal political gain. It is unacceptable that in 2025 public schools across the state that service over 1.7 million children had to operate for over four months under the financial strain not knowing how much state funding they would receive. The budget process provides a generous timeline for the legislature to hold hearings to review the governor’s budget proposal, review financial and policy aspects of each agency’s programs, and agree on a General Appropriations Bill and individual appropriation bills. It is inexcusable to cause a stalemate and prolong this budget approval process.
Some say data centers could be the next industrial revolution. Let’s learn from the first Industrial Revolution and be smarter to both benefit economically and protect the well-being of our people and natural resources. The state legislature has the responsibility to protect state-interest natural resources through regulation. Municipalities, if they choose to host a data center with their authority to make land use decisions, have an opportunity to build community partnerships with developers, not just once and done land deals. Deals could build in requirements for the developer to Invest back into the municipality through profit sharing perhaps used for environmental initiatives, community programing, support of startups, and more.
County
Adams
Occupation
Continuous Improvement Analyst
Education
Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from the University of Alabama in Huntsville
Qualifications
Business experience, Leadership experience, Public Speaking experience, Project Management experience
The most pressing issues residents face is the over reach of the federal government in implementing their disastrous and shortsighted partisan agendas. Whether it is giving hand outs to billionaires, tariffs that are increasing the cost of everything, or ICE violating peoples 4th amendment rights we need our state government to do everything in its power to push back against these over reaches. I would propose policies that would focus on public works that would invest into communities all over the state. Increase the Minimum wage so every working person can afford to live in our great state. And ensure that our local law enforcement are empowered to make sure that any "federal agent" that violates the law is actually held accountable.
Right now the federal government has been implementing cuts to USPS. These cuts will endanger voting by mail. As an advocate for military service members, elderly and disabled this is completely unacceptable. I would want to implement policies to ensure that every ballot cast via mail gets counted and if that means we increase the length of time for these ballots to be cast and/or collected then that is what needs to be done.
The process is broken by partisanship. The most recent budget was 4 months late. It should be illegal to not have a budget plain and simple. That more importantly should have consequences to the parties involved for failing to do their sworn duties. However, to be practical, there should be a intern budget that is basically last years budget with a percentage increase that matches inflation that continues funding the government in the mean time.
Absolutely they should. AI Data centers have been shown time and time again to be a drain on local resources without providing a benefit to the communities around them. District 91 is a tourist and agriculture hub that cannot afford price increases of water and electricity. Also many financial and economic experts predict that the circular investment by big tech firms have created a "AI bubble". As someone who does not want the people of Pennsylvania to be holding the proverbial bag when the AI bubble pops I would do everything in my power to make sure we are not in a 2008 financial crisis situation.
County
Adams
Occupation
Art Teacher for At-Risk Youth
Education
BA-Art Millersville University, MS in Art Education from Syracuse University
Affordable housing is a major issue here in Adams county. We have a terrific local organization working on solutions, which not every county has. But they need more resources and avenues to explore. Broadening the financing available to create community land banks, and affordable building/renovation projects will be at the top of my priority list. I think as importantly, if not more so, we need to establish boundaries against Hedge funds' and nationwide corporations' ability to purchase single family housing. We need legislation that returns homes to homeowners who live in them, and remove corporations' ability to inflate the market by limiting the supply of homes for sale at any given time.
The statistics on voting in PA confirm that fraud is extremely rare and does not occur in quantities large enough to affect elections in any meaningful way. I think the biggest issue in terms of voting comes from the percent of eligible voters that don't get to the polls. I'd like to see automatic registration upon turning 18, coupled with automatic state-provided IDs for anyone without a driver's license. This gets everyone involved in the process from day one. I would also like to see a State holiday on election days to allow everyone, including hard working families, the opportunity to vote. I would also agree that a more comprehensive transportation infrastructure would benefit access to poll
I believe there should be funding interventions in place to ensure all state employees not part of the budget process, especially schools, retain their pay and funding status, based on the previous year's numbers.
At the same time, it's the politicians job to make sure the government works, Legislators shouldn't be paid if there is an impasse. This is a great incentive to make sure the people are put before party politics. It will also go a long way in restoring faith in our representatives.
I also believe that transparency would go a long way towards avoiding delays. Closed door negotiations erode public trust, and allow for corruption. Public negotiations will help ensure integrity and efficiency of best practice procedures.
Absolutely without a doubt. We need to place a moratorium on data center development now, so we can be sure legislation that protects and safeguards the people and environment of PA from exploitation is in place before a precedent of business as usual is set.
I believe the responsibility lies with the State in this matter. We've seen these tactics before in the early days of industrial revolution. Businesses extract or pollute the water upstream, and all the municipalities downstream suffer the consequences. Our water, which is protected and guaranteed under the PA constitution is interconnected and therefore the ramifications of data centers operations extend beyond any one municipalities rights to justify or determine.
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County
Adams
Occupation
Business Owner and Account Manager
Education
Littlestown High School
Qualifications
President of the Littlestown Area School Board with experience overseeing budgets, policy, and district operations; 6th generation Adams County native
Property taxes are one of the most pressing issues facing residents of Adams County and across Pennsylvania. Families, seniors, and small business owners are being squeezed while Harrisburg has failed to deliver meaningful relief.
We need real reform. I support immediate steps such as freezing property taxes for seniors so they can stay in their homes, while also working toward long-term solutions to eliminate property taxes altogether. That must be paired with responsible spending and funding reforms so we are not simply shifting the burden elsewhere.
I will focus on delivering real relief, restoring accountability, and making sure taxpayers come first.
Confidence in our elections is essential, and right now too many Pennsylvanians have concerns about the process.
Requiring voter identification is a common-sense step that should already be law. I will fight to pass voter ID in Pennsylvania and ensure it is consistently enforced in every election.
We must also strengthen oversight of mail-in ballots to prevent abuse and ensure full transparency. Every legal vote should count, and the system must be secure, fair, and trusted by the public.
Pennsylvania’s budget process is broken. Year after year, politicians miss deadlines with no consequences while schools, local governments, and taxpayers are left in limbo.
That needs to change. I support withholding pay from elected officials when the budget is late. If you do not do your job, you should not get paid.
Beyond that, we must rein in spending, eliminate waste, and pass responsible, on-time budgets. I will fight for fiscal discipline and bring accountability back to Harrisburg.
While data centers can offer some economic benefits, their impacts on local communities are significant and often outweigh the advantages, especially in rural areas like Adams County.
These facilities place heavy demands on our energy grid, consume large amounts of water, and can change the character of our communities without providing substantial long-term employment. We need to be honest about those tradeoffs.
I believe municipalities must have full authority under the Municipal Planning Code to decide if and where data centers are permitted. Local communities, not Harrisburg, should have the final say.
At the state level, I support safeguards on water usage, energy consumption, and land impact to protect Pennsylvania communities.
County
Adams
Occupation
My full time job (besides my wonderful children) is fighting for this country, this county, this community and the people in it who deserve better.
Education
I have enough to be smart and have high critical thinking skills, but not enough to be brainwashed.
Qualifications
There are no qualifications for someone to run for office, however, Id say my biggest "qualification" is being fed up with the current state of our country.
There's several, but one of the leading issues on my growing list is disassociating taxes from homes. Property taxes are a huge injustice.
Mandatory Voter ID. While campaigning I also see some very questionable registrations on the rolls and I would advocate that they be cleaned up and purged.
The budget in general need an overhaul. Taxpayers need relief. However when discussing just the PROCESS itself as it pertains to a "timely manner" I think a really good start is if it goes into a shut down all elected officials do NOT get paid nor "back pay". Additionally, the "sides" need to stop holding the budget hostage and weaponizing it against the other.
When considering data centers I believe all of that needs to be taken into account. (Im not a fan of data centers for the record.) Since the question includes the topic of the MPC Im going to note that needs overhauled too, especially as it pertains to property rights.
