Description of office: The General Assembly is the legislative branch of government in Pennsylvania. It is composed of two houses: the Senate is the upper house, and the House of Representatives is the lower house. A majority vote in both houses is necessary to pass a law. The PA House of Representatives consists of 203 members representing one district each, with an equal number of constituents. Representatives must be at least 21 years old, have been a citizen and a resident of the state four years and a resident of their respective districts one year before their election, and shall reside in their respective districts during their terms of service. The House develops budget packages, makes taxation decisions, allocates spending, and passes laws (including redistricting in collaboration with the Senate). The House also has the exclusive authority to impeach public officials. Representatives also serve on various policy committees that may propose legislation.Term: 2 yearsSalary: $113,591Vote for ONE.Note: On Democratic and Republican primary ballots, voters will also choose members of the State and County Committees. We do not list these candidates on Vote411. For information on these candidates, we suggest you contact your local Democratic or Republican Party committee.
County
Lehigh
Occupation
Forensic Document Examiner
Education
BA- Brandeis University, MA (Distinguished) - University of Limerick, JD- Hofstra University School of Law
Qualifications
23 years as Business and Civil Rights Attorney; 5 years as a Forensic Document Examiner; Secretary of Community Services for Children; decades of social justice volunteer pursuits
In District 183, too many constituents face crises as to our basic needs: affordable and secure housing, food access, road safety, and accessible healthcare. I will fight to end gouging housing costs, secure livable wages, and protect those on fixed incomes. I will seek grants and funding for the improvement and growth of our local businesses and our transportation infrastructure. I will seek to hold health insurers responsible for undue denials and regulate telehealth as an affordable and accessible option as a gateway for care. I will stand against AI data centers that will cause upswings in our utilities' costs and exhaustion of our resources. Finally, I will fight to restore our individual rights and protect our civil liberties.
Pennsylvania's election processes are now among the most transparent and secure nationally. The danger lies not in our state, but in federal efforts to disenfranchise legitimate voters. In contrast to the propaganda of the SAVE Act, laws passed in the 1990s ban illegal voting with penalties including imprisonment and deportation. Nor is illegal voting a bona fide problem. Data from Homeland Security, USCIS and the Census confirm non-citizen voting equals less than 0.04%. We must protect mail-in ballot rights, defeat the SAVE Act, and fight further attempts to mar the rights of women, the financially insecure, the elderly, the disabled, college students, and others. Only by defeating these measures will we protect our rights to vote.
The chronic delay in budget resolutions repeatedly creates a lose-lose scenario. When we fight for greater funding, it leads to gridlock; when we settle for poor figures, it causes long-term harm. To break this cycle, we should adopt proven private-sector conflict resolution tools, such as structured mediation, arbitration, and "best and final" or "high/low" approaches toward our priorities. The private sector also mandates firm, enforceable deadlines to streamline the process. I believe we need to utilize these tools to both reach quality outcomes and to do so in a timely manner.
AI data centers must exist somewhere. Given the problems they generate, however, our state legislature must prioritize these centers' placements regarding land use and utilities. Whether this necessitates new bills or reevaluation of current law, these centers consume vast amounts of water and electricity, directly impacting housing costs and community resources. They must be treated as industrial warehouses, not high-tech corporate hubs. Where local planning commissions (MPCs) misclassify them or favor developers with "predetermined" approvals for cheaper residential land, state law must intervene. These facilities belong in established industrial zones already equipped for high utility loads, not in our neighborhoods.
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