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County
Delaware
Occupation
Representative in the PA General Assembly
Qualifications
Lisa has been a public servant for the past 12 years, as a School Board Director, a Radnor Township Commissioner and currently as the Pennsylvania Representative of the 168th District.
The most pressing issues I hear about from residents are the need to protect our healthcare, the rising cost of living and concerns about our democracy. Residents also want to ensure our public schools remain strong.
I am proud to join my colleagues to support working families, protect the rights of women to make decisions about their own health, support first responders, and increase investment in public education. I am proud of the work we’ve done to increase hospital and healthcare access, support public transportation, and invest in public safety. I am especially proud of the bills I’ve moved forward to support local government, education, victims of domestic abuse and healthcare access.
Pennsylvania has made important progress in expanding access to voting, and I believe we should continue building on that foundation while maintaining strong safeguards. During my time as a state representative and working with the senior communities in my district, I have a very clear understanding of how important mail-in voting to this segment of our population.
In May of 2025, I along with many of my colleagues supported legislation introduced by Speaker Joanne McClinton that would
include creating in-person early voting, giving counties more time to process mail ballots, and requiring counties to use mail ballot drop boxes.
An on-time state budget is critical for our schools, municipalities, and service providers. Delays create uncertainty that makes it difficult for local governments and organizations to plan responsibly. I support efforts to improve communication and accountability in Harrisburg so we can pass a responsible, balanced budget on time. I’m glad to also have the opportunity to work with all the advocates who help me better understand the needs of our communities and how that should be reflected in our budget.
There is a role for the state in establishing clear, consistent standards—particularly around environmental protections and infrastructure demands. Municipalities also understand their local needs best. We have worked on legislation to develop a model ordinance that municipalities can use if they choose to do so. We’ve also passed legislation to put guardrails around power generation and use of power by data centers so that residents are not footing the bill and require the use of clean energy. I also support legislation which would provide more transparency around the use of natural resources by these data centers so that we clearly understand the potential impacts on the environment which will help communities make informed decisions.
County
Delaware
Occupation
Engineer
Education
BS in commerce and Engineer, BS in Civil Engineer
Qualifications
I am a lifetime resident of Delaware County, a working mom, a business professional, and community volunteer. I understand the challenges our families face and the issues they care about. I am not a politician, and hate the political games. In Harrisburg, I will use my understanding to seek commonse
The issues my neighbors care about vary from the rising cost of living, to the lack of access to healthcare, to our roads being filled with pot holes. On all of these issues and more, we need leadership focused on solutions, not politics. Government can ease the cost of living by finally controlling spending and taxes, as well as unleashing PA’s energy sector to better control utility bills. We can make sure the gas tax proceeds are used how they were promised: to fix roads. And we can make healthcare more affordable and accessible by allowing competition in health insurance, supporting innovation in healthcare (ie. Telemedicine) and making it easier to attract and keep doctors and healthcare workers to our state.
The most important changes we can make to our election system are those that increase voter confidence in the system itself, which will result in increased voter participation. We can achieve this by implementing common sense items like: updating and maintaining clean voter rolls ensuring strong oversight of mail-in voting; ensuring voting machines are up-to-date with all standards; requiring consistency of voting rules across the state; and more timely vote counting of all votes at the polls. The goal is simple: make voting easy and make cheating hard.
The budget process is broken because politicians in Harrisburg – on both sides of the aisle – won’t do their jobs. We must require on-time budgets, and if the politicians can’t get it done, the previous year’s budget should go into effect for the new year. We must stop building every budget by simply adding more spending every year – which means real reviews of spending for every agency and every program to see what works, what doesn’t, and what needs to change. That’s how you respect and protect taxpayers. Government can no longer look at taxpayers as an endless piggy bank, because no one – regardless of their political leanings – can afford that.
As a general rule, the laws and actions I support would ultimately protect and help the people of the 168th District. That’s what being a Representative means. Specific to data centers, there are numerous approaches the state can investigate, including: protecting utility ratepayers from subsidizing data center operations, placing data centers only in industrial areas, and protecting environmental areas from damage by development. If correctly undertaken, actions like these at the state level can help our communities and still allow for municipal control.
