2026 Primary Candidate Platforms:
Lamont G. McClure
McClure is running for Congress on his deep governing record and local name recognition. His platform on affordability, healthcare, and public safety, with housing costs being the top concern he hears from constituents; he supports making ACA premium tax credits permanent and has been critical of Rep. Ryan Mackenzie for failing to leverage his vote to secure an extension. He has earned endorsements from labor leaders and local elected officials across the Lehigh Valley and Carbon County.
Links:
mcclureforpa.com
US House, PA-07Bob Brooks
Firefighter-turned-candidate running a working-class campaign with strong Medicare for All support, reproductive rights codification, housing affordability (HELPER Act co-sponsor on day 1), and personal experience as a former SNAP recipient. Covered by Politico and the New York Times. Campaign materials linked in application.
Links:
|brooksforcongress.com
Politico:
9/7, NYT
1/31, Politico
US House, PA-07Carol Obando-Derstine
Carol is an energy engineer, working mother, and product of a union household who has spent her career fighting to make life more affordable for Lehigh Valley families. Ger platform centers on economic justice, reproductive rights, access to education, and community-focused leadership She has Endorsements from former Congresswoman Susan Wild, EMILYs List, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus' BOLD PAC, and Latino Victory Fund.
Links:
carolforpa.com
US House, PA-07Ryan Crosswell
Former DOJ prosecutor running on restoring Medicaid/ACA subsidies, a public option, codifying Roe, the ROAD to Housing Act, ending tax breaks for institutional investors, and fully funding SNAP. Publicly opposed Trump judicial appointments.
Links:
ryancrosswell.com
Ryan Crosswell quit Trump’s DOJ. Now his resignation letter is part of his stump speech for Congress
US House, PA-07Mark Pinsley
Candidate focused on defending and expanding Medicaid, codifying reproductive freedom in PA law, major affordable housing investment (Housing Trust Fund, zoning reform, tenant protections), raising the minimum wage, and universal free school meals.
Links:
votemarkpinsley.com
PA State Senate, SD 16Bradley Merkl-Gump
Running on extended Marketplace subsidies, codifying abortion rights in the PA Constitution, stripping tax advantages from institutional investors, direct grants for missing-middle housing, fully funding the PHARE rental assistance program, and supplementing SNAP cuts with the PA Agricultural Surplus program.
Links:
www.bmgforpa.com
PA State Senate, SD 16Candidate focused on defending and expanding Medicaid, codifying reproductive freedom in PA law, major affordable housing investment (Housing Trust Fund, zoning reform, tenant protections), raising the minimum wage, and universal free school meals.
Links:
www.ceceforpa.com
Lisa Boscola
Candidate focused on defending and expanding Medicaid, codifying reproductive freedom in PA law, major affordable housing investment (Housing Trust Fund, zoning reform, tenant protections), raising the minimum wage, and universal free school meals.
Links:
www.lisaboscola.com
PA State Senate, SD 18Ce-Ce Gerlach
PA State House, HD 22Geoffrey Whitcomb
Music teacher with lived experience of homelessness, food insecurity, and working poverty. Advocates for any-provider healthcare coverage, full women's bodily autonomy, income-based rent subsidies and property tax relief, raising the minimum wage to $15, and requiring grocery chains to serve food desert areas.
Links:
whitcombforpahouse187.com
PA State House, HD 187
Rachel Cuevas
Candidate supporting Medicaid/CHIP protection, expanded mental health access, reproductive freedom, improved maternal health outcomes, affordable housing investment, and strengthening food assistance
Links:
voterachelcuevas.com
PA State House, HD 187