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Bachelor of Science in Engineering, United States Military Academy; Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Roosevelt University; Master in Business Administration, Harvard Business School
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Pennsylvania State Representative, District 100 | VOTE411

“We’re all Americans. And that’s how we should behave.”

My wife, Jan, and I have been married for 47 years. During our military careers, we lived throughout the United States and around the world.

Meet Dale | Dale Hamby

Hamby, who previously served as president of the Library System of Lancaster County board, is also leading efforts to add a referendum to the November ballot to approve a countywide library tax of .55 mills, or roughly $110 for a home with an assessed value of $200,000.

Dale Hamby to appear on 100th House District ballot as independent candidate | LNP | LancasterOnline

Dale Hamby earned a Bachelor of Science in engineering from the United States Military Academy, a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Roosevelt University, and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He and his wife, Jan, have been married for 47 years. He previously served as president of the Library System of Lancaster County board.

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Dave Nissley and Dale Hamby vie for 100th House District seat

An East Drumore Township resident, Hamby served 15 years in the U.S. Army before retiring as a major. He has also taught as an adjunct professor at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology and currently owns a small sheep farm with his wife, Jan.

Dale Hamby currently owns a small sheep farm with his wife, Jan. He previously taught as an adjunct professor at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology and served as a major in the U.S. Army for 15 years.

Hamby ran unsuccessfully for the 100th House District as a Democrat in 2016 and 2018 against GOP Rep. Bryan Cutler. Cutler is not running for reelection after serving the district for two decades.

Dale previously ran unsuccessfully for the 100th House District in 2016 and 2018.

2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

Residents struggle to pay their bills, fill their gas tank, and control development in their communities. Farm revenue could be aided by state efforts to increase agricultural markets. Reducing state taxes on fuel would make gas more affordable. A state butcher certification for the sale of meat within PA would help local meat prices. Assistance to municipalities for drafting ordinances would help positively control development. Data center development needs close scrutiny to prevent harm to the environment and higher energy and water prices. Use of eminent domain needs examination to ensure residents are not forced to make unwanted decisions because of its unwarranted use. Bottom line - residents need to be the top priority.

The Problem: The state has failed to pass an on-time budget for five consecutive years due to partisan grandstanding.

The Plan: Restore civil discourse, mandate continuous budget working sessions, and force transparent, collaborative negotiation.

The Contrast: The opponent answers to party extremes; Dale answers to the taxpayers.

Issues | Dale Hamby

The Problem: Local homeowners and farmers bear an unsustainable property tax burden while major infrastructure profits leave the community.

The Plan: Expand the local tax base by fairly taxing commercial pipelines cutting through the state.

The Benefit: Direct revenue from pipeline taxation goes straight to reducing individual residential property taxes.

The Problem: The current system forces families to spend more on accountants and lawyers to calculate the tax than the actual tax liability itself.

The Plan: Streamline the calculation process and raise exemptions specifically for family farms and small businesses.

The Benefit: Protects local legacies, ensuring entrepreneurs and farmers can seamlessly pass the fruits of their labor to the next generation.

I believe Pennsylvania can do better.

Pipelines and Data Centers should be taxed. PA taxes need to be fair.

Farmers and small businesses deserve a state government that understands the challenges they face.

Government should be transparent, accountable, and willing to listen to the people it serves.

While being built they produce many jobs -- once completed they employ few. The state must make it possible to tax them fairly. Given their limited employment, they shouldn't receive any form of tax relief. Taxes will help mitigate their impact.

State funding priorities also need review. For example, mandated investigations into child deaths is underfunded while millions are given to a foreign private coffee company for a hospitality center. Unfunded mandates need to be identified and either repealed or funded. Requiring municipal actions without funding puts greater stress on already stretched municipalities.

Proposes expanding agricultural markets, reducing state fuel taxes, and creating a state butcher certification for in-state meat sales.

Proposes continuous budget working sessions and transparent, collaborative negotiations to pass state budgets on time.

Supports taxing commercial pipelines to expand local tax bases and reduce residential property taxes.

Proposes raising tax exemptions and simplifying calculations for family farms and small businesses.

Supports taxing data centers and denying them tax relief because of their limited long-term employment.

Calls for identifying unfunded state mandates and either repealing them or providing funding.

- Proposes expanding agricultural markets, reducing state fuel taxes, and creating a state butcher certification for in-state meat sales.
- Proposes continuous budget working sessions and transparent, collaborative negotiations to pass state budgets on time.
- Supports taxing commercial pipelines to expand local tax bases and reduce residential property taxes.
- Proposes raising tax exemptions and simplifying calculations for family farms and small businesses.
- Supports taxing data centers and denying them tax relief because of their limited long-term employment.
- Calls for identifying unfunded state mandates and either repealing them or providing funding.

Economy

As of October 16, 2026, Dale Hamby’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Healthcare

Hamby, a former president of the Library System of Lancaster County board, helped to lead the effort behind a referendum asking voters to approve a library tax, a .55 mill property tax that could generate as much as $44 million in 2027 for the county’s libraries.

He said in Lancaster County, library funding is at the same level that it was in 2001. Because no government body in Pennsylvania is required by law to fund libraries, most branches are left to fundraise for their operating budget.

“(The tax proposal) is just following what is allowed by state law, and it's allowing democracy to work,” Hamby said. “And if it’s approved, our libraries will flourish. If it’s not approved, they’re going to start closing. That’s the reality.”

Dave Nissley and Dale Hamby vie for 100th House District seat | LNP | LancasterOnline

Supports a countywide library-tax referendum, saying libraries will flourish if it passes and may close if it does not.

- Supports a countywide library-tax referendum, saying libraries will flourish if it passes and may close if it does not.

Education

The Problem: Traditional energy policies often pit environmental goals against agricultural preservation.

The Plan: Provide state support for solar and wind projects designed to integrate directly into existing farming operations (e.g., agrivoltaics).

The Benefit: Creates a dual revenue stream for farmers while cleanly powering the energy grid.

Data center development must pause until regulations and communities can catch up. Local control is important to ensure local needs are addressed and no one is forced to live next to an unwanted complex. A state moratorium on data center development would allow a thorough study of their impact and ensure that regulations and ordinances are developed intelligently. Data centers have major impacts. Eminent domain is used inappropriately to force residents to sell their property. While being built they produce many jobs -- once completed they employ few. The state must make it possible to tax them fairly. Given their limited employment, they shouldn't receive any form of tax relief. Taxes will help mitigate their impact.

A state moratorium on data center development would allow a thorough study of their impact and ensure that regulations and ordinances are developed intelligently. Data centers have major impacts. Eminent domain is used inappropriately to force residents to sell their property. While being built they produce many jobs -- once completed they employ few. The state must make it possible to tax them fairly. Given their limited employment, they shouldn't receive any form of tax relief. Taxes will help mitigate their impact.

Proposes state support for solar and wind projects integrated into existing farm operations.

Calls for a state moratorium on data-center development while Pennsylvania studies its impacts and develops regulations.

Opposes using eminent domain to force residents to sell their property.

- Proposes state support for solar and wind projects integrated into existing farm operations.
- Calls for a state moratorium on data-center development while Pennsylvania studies its impacts and develops regulations.
- Opposes using eminent domain to force residents to sell their property.

Energy & the Environment

“Pennsylvania lawmakers must reconsider their priorities. How is it that state can provide $4.25 million to build a new service and hospitality center for a Swiss coffee-machine company, yet commit only $242K to a program that reviews the deaths of Pennsylvania children and helps prevent future tragedies? Economic development matters, but protecting our children must come first.”
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Calls for Pennsylvania to prioritize funding reviews of child deaths and prevention over a corporate development subsidy.

- Calls for Pennsylvania to prioritize funding reviews of child deaths and prevention over a corporate development subsidy.

Public Safety

The Problem: Politicians use accounting tricks and wasteful spending to mask structural deficits.

The Plan: Enact strict legislative term limits and mandate a comprehensive, transparent audit of state spending priorities.

The Benefit: Eliminates the smoke-and-mirrors budget games, forcing the state to live within its means just like everyday families.

Drop boxes, where people can securely deposit their mail-in ballot, are needed throughout the county. Currently there are zero. The State should require Counties to provide safe, secure drop boxes in locations convenient to all voters. Primary elections should be open to all voters. The 18% of our district registered as independents are currently excluded from participating in what is often the most important election. Most other states have successfully implemented open primaries. Opening primaries may move candidates toward the middle. Elections should be on Saturdays or on more than one day.

The State should require Counties to provide safe, secure drop boxes in locations convenient to all voters. Primary elections should be open to all voters. The 18% of our district registered as independents are currently excluded from participating in what is often the most important election. Most other states have successfully implemented open primaries. Opening primaries may move candidates toward the middle. Elections should be on Saturdays or on more than one day.

Most other states have successfully implemented open primaries. Opening primaries may move candidates toward the middle. Elections should be on Saturdays or on more than one day.

Proposes legislative term limits and a comprehensive, transparent audit of state spending priorities.

Supports requiring counties to provide safe, secure ballot drop boxes in convenient locations.

Supports opening primary elections to all voters.

Supports holding elections on Saturdays or over multiple days.

- Proposes legislative term limits and a comprehensive, transparent audit of state spending priorities.
- Supports requiring counties to provide safe, secure ballot drop boxes in convenient locations.
- Supports opening primary elections to all voters.
- Supports holding elections on Saturdays or over multiple days.

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Dale Hamby

- Proposes continuous budget working sessions and transparent, collaborative negotiations to pass state budgets on time.
- Supports taxing commercial pipelines to expand local tax bases and reduce residential property taxes.
- Proposes raising tax exemptions and simplifying calculations for family farms and small businesses.
- Supports taxing data centers and denying them tax relief because of their limited long-term employment.
- Calls for identifying unfunded state mandates and either repealing them or providing funding.

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