Ballotpedia, Fern Leard

Fern was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She has 2 sons. 

Fern is a Certified Nurse Aide and has experience working in the pediatrics and elderly care fields. She also worked in finance and the restaurant industry. 

Fern Leard ran for state representative in State Assembly District 120 in 2022 but did not win. 

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Supports legalizing marijuana and investing the tax revenue into property taxes, public education, elderly care, and essential medical services for veterans.

Supports measures to reduce property taxes.

Supports measures to reduce property taxes to prevent families from being taxed out of their homes.

Believes tax breaks should support small local businesses and farms, not large out-of-state corporations.

Believes tax reductions should support small local businesses and farms, not large out-of-state corporations.

Believes combating price gouging and reducing costs should be a top priority for state leaders.

Believes combating "price gouging" and reducing costs should be a top priority for state leaders. 

- Supports legalizing marijuana and investing the tax revenue into property taxes, public education, elderly care, and essential medical services for veterans.
- Supports measures to reduce property taxes to prevent families from being taxed out of their homes.
- Believes tax reductions should support small local businesses and farms, not large out-of-state corporations.
- Believes combating "price gouging" and reducing costs should be a top priority for state leaders. 

Economy

Supports abortion access and plans to "enshrine reproductive freedoms into the PA constitution."

Supports abortion access and wants to establish "reproductive freedoms" in the state constitution.

Believes accessible, affordable, and quality healthcare is a "fundamental right."

Believes access to affordable and quality healthcare is a "fundamental right."

Believes marijuana has numerous health benefits, including lowering blood pressure, reducing inflammation, treating gastrointestinal disorders, preventing seizures, aiding cancer patients, and helping with anxiety disorders such as PTSD in veterans.

Believes marijuana use has numerous health benefits, including reducing blood pressure, reducing inflammation, treating gastrointestinal disorders, preventing seizures, aiding cancer patients, and helping with anxiety disorders such as PTSD in veterans.

- Supports abortion access and wants to establish "reproductive freedoms" in the state constitution.
- Believes access to affordable and quality healthcare is a "fundamental right."
- Believes marijuana use has numerous health benefits, including reducing blood pressure, reducing inflammation, treating gastrointestinal disorders, preventing seizures, aiding cancer patients, and helping with anxiety disorders such as PTSD in veterans.

Healthcare

Supports changing the student-to-teacher ratio and increasing support in classrooms.

Wants to change student-to-teacher ratios and increase classroom support. 

Opposes voucher programs and charter schools diverting funds from public education.

Opposes school voucher programs, which allow families to use public school funds to access schools beyond their local option, including private schools. 

- Wants to change student-to-teacher ratios and increase classroom support. 
- Opposes school voucher programs, which allow families to use public school funds to access schools beyond their local option, including private schools. 

Education

Supports transitioning away from fossil fuels to ensure a sustainable environment for future generations.

Supports transitioning away from using fossil fuels as energy to support environmental sustainability for future generations.

- Supports transitioning away from using fossil fuels as energy to support environmental sustainability for future generations.

Energy & the Environment

Supports strengthening communities by advocating for increased funding for firefighters and first responders.

Supports providing adequate resources for emergency responders and wants to increase funding to firefighters and first responders.

- Supports providing adequate resources for emergency responders and wants to increase funding to firefighters and first responders.

Public Safety

As of September 30, 2024, Fern Leard’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Fern Leard

Brenda was born and raised in northeastern Pennsylvania. She is married with children.

Brenda is currently the Chief Executive Officer at AMP Global Strategies. 

Brenda Pugh's campaign for State Representative in State Assembly District 120 is her first run for public office. 

Said, "As State Representative, I will use my proven experience to implement commonsense policies that create good paying jobs for Luzerne County workers, hold the line on taxes to enable taxpayers to keep more of their money, reform state government to make it work for our families, and support public safety initiatives and our police to keep our communities safe.”

Plans to implement commonsense policies that create jobs for, reduce taxes, reform state government, and support police.

- Plans to implement commonsense policies that create jobs for, reduce taxes, reform state government, and support police.

As of September 30, 2024, Brenda M Pugh’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Opposes "job-crushing regulations" on energy and supports energy independence.

- Opposes "job-crushing regulations" on energy and supports energy independence.

Supports law enforcement, emergency services, and veterans.

- Supports law enforcement, emergency services, and veterans.

Supports voter identification requirements.

- Supports voter identification requirements.

Brenda M Pugh

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