Mark Pinsley
Mark Pinsley served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1990 to 1996. He graduated from North Penn High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Northeastern University in 1996 and a graduate degree from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business in 2002. His career experience includes working as an auditor.
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Taxes & budget: “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that we underfund our schools so much it was literally unconstitutional. As a state, we must increase funding to our schools so that our children have access to a quality education with enough well-paid teachers, supplies, and safe buildings while easing the pressure of local property taxes. We can do all of this and give every child free lunches so that they don’t have to learn hungry. Our children are our future; let’s mean it.”
(Campaign website) Energy, environment & water: “Data centers have gone too far. Corporations are building massive data centers across Pennsylvania that increase energy costs, strain the grid, and threaten our communities. That’s why I support a moratorium on data centers to give the State Legislature time to pass laws to require data centers to pay for grid upgrades, force public hearings before electricity rates go up, and make regulators answer to Pennsylvania families instead of utility shareholders.”
(Campaign website) Economy, jobs & cost of living: “The federal government has disastrously cut Medicaid, making it harder than ever for working Pennsylvanians to afford basic healthcare. I will fight to protect Medicaid and reduce costs before you get the bill by requiring real price transparency from healthcare providers, capping out-of-pocket costs for essential drugs like insulin, and cutting out middlemen that drive up drug prices. In Lehigh County, I’ve already taken on the biggest healthcare companies and exposed their waste and abuse. In Harrisburg, I will take on those companies again and save money for every Pennsylvania family.”
(Campaign website) Taxes & budget: “Pennsylvania has no standard process for assessing property values, pushing costs onto counties. That means that some houses are paying property taxes based on their values from the 60s! In Lehigh County, I found that this broken system meant that rich people living in the largest houses were underpaying property taxes, while low-income residents living in modest homes were overpaying. I will push to standardize property assessments, ensuring that wealthy homeowners pay their fair share, while easing pressure from school taxes.”
(Campaign website) Jarrett Coleman
Jarrett Coleman was born in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, and lives in Breinigsville. He graduated from Parkland High School. Coleman attended Lehigh Carbon Community College in 2011. He earned a B.S. in aeronautics, aviation, and aerospace technology in 2016 and an M.B.A. in 2019, both from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. His career experience includes working as a flight instructor at Ace Pilot Training and as a pilot at Compass Airlines and JetBlue Airways. Coleman served on the Parkland School District board of directors in Allentown.
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Education: “He chairs the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee, the panel responsible for reviewing proposals to restructure and streamline state government. Coleman also serves on the Senate Finance Committee as vice chair and as a member of the Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development; Education; Game and Fisheries; Urban Affairs and Housing; and Appropriations committees.”
(Campaign website) Priorities & Governance: “Jarrett is working to return the government to serving the people.”
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