Meet Dave Nissley, a lifelong resident of Lancaster County and the southern end. Dave was born in Gap, PA and was raised with his six siblings in Paradise, PA.

About | Dave Nissley for Pennsylvania

Dave married his wife, Lillian (Beiler) Nissley, in 1992. Together they have four adult children: Brittany, Megan, Brooke and Josiah. They have also been blessed with three grandsons and three granddaughters.

IN THE COMMUNITY

Dave and Lil are active members at Chestnut Church founded in Gap, PA. Dave and Lil were charter members in 2001 and pastored at Chestnut for the first five years. Currently they are serving as Deacons.

Dave Nissley was born in Gap, Pennsylvania, and raised in Paradise. He and his wife, Lillian, married in 1992 and have four adult children. They serve as deacons at Chestnut Church in Gap.

The values of his parents and childhood community built the foundation of Dave and Lil’s 33 years of marriage and business. Dave and Lil have owned and operated Vintage Landscaping since 1992. They have also owned and operated hospitality businesses in Lancaster County through vacation rentals and a campground for over 17 years.

Working at an orchard and for neighboring dairy farmer Kenneth Beiler, I gained a comprehensive understanding of agriculture—from soil health and animal care to money management and marketing. In those years we walked out to the field to judge the alfalfa before we cut it. We watched the sky. We knew each cow by name. We climbed the silos and we harvested with our neighbors. Most importantly, I learned that every farm and every farmer is unique.

Preserving Lancaster County Farms | Dave Nissley for Pennsylvania

Dave Nissley owns and operates Vintage Landscaping and hospitality businesses in Lancaster County, including vacation rentals and a campground. He previously worked at an orchard and for dairy farmer Kenneth Beiler.

A retired state trooper from Strasburg Township and a Lampeter-Strasburg school board member, Osborne failed to capitalize on an endorsement from state Rep. Bryan Cutler, the incumbent who beat Nissley by about 650 votes in the 2024 primary.

In 100th District GOP primary, 2nd time’s a charm for Dave Nissley | LNP

Dave previously ran for the 100th House District Republican nomination in 2024, but did not win.

In 100th District GOP primary, 2nd time's a charm for Dave Nissley

2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

What is your position on the minimum wage?

The minimum wage is technical government price setting. Americans believe in Limited government. A free market does an excellent job for setting the fair wage for merit based employment. Competition automatically brings up all wages in a community.

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Property Tax

Pennsylvania has an outdated system for funding education. Property tax should be eliminated.

From Dave

"I will be another voice of reason in this long and necessary struggle to eliminate property tax. Taxation is a moral issue and the citizens of this state are being unfairly taxed. Property tax is one of the most egregious errors of the current tax code. We would do well to remember that God, not the government, is the source of good gifts and our personal, unalienable rights. The government, however, has devised schemes to take these things from its citizens through taxation. Our seniors, families, business owners, farmers, and all property owners have unfairly carried this burden long enough.”

Issues | Dave Nissley for Pennsylvania

Voting NO on a new property tax measure is not a vote against libraries. The obvious reason for voting NO is so that we do not create a brand new tax on our properties, but I am also going to list a few principled reasons why we should vote NO. Here are three key reasons why we should vote NO on the proposed property tax increase:

Vote NO on the new property (library) tax | Dave Nissley for Pennsylvania

From Dave

"As a Citizen Representative in Harrisburg I will work in every way I find to do small things and possibly even big things to free your business, farm, or family from these unnecessary and often redundant regulations, codes, and laws. We need to stop the government from its constant regulatory actions. The civil government needs to be limited and kept in check."

As your Representative in Harrisburg, I am committed to sponsoring legislation that provides "farm freedoms." I believe Pennsylvania should look to models like Indiana’s HB 1424, which reduces regulatory oversight for small farms with gross sales under $1.5 million. By providing economic and regulatory equality, we allow farmers the flexibility to make decisions based on their specific size, workforce, and market demands.

Opposes government-set minimum wages and favors market competition to set wages.

Advocates eliminating property taxes and opposed a proposed property-tax increase for libraries.

Plans to reduce regulations, codes, and laws affecting businesses, farms, and families.

Plans to sponsor legislation reducing regulatory oversight for small farms, modeled on Indiana House Bill 1424.

- Opposes government-set minimum wages and favors market competition to set wages.
- Advocates eliminating property taxes and opposed a proposed property-tax increase for libraries.
- Plans to reduce regulations, codes, and laws affecting businesses, farms, and families.
- Plans to sponsor legislation reducing regulatory oversight for small farms, modeled on Indiana House Bill 1424.

Economy

What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

American Healthcare has traditional been provided by religious and private institutions. And in the past health care had a cost correlated to the product. America needs to begin to go back to these fundamental principles in health care. Each person and family needs to be able to make value based judgements on the treatments they choose. This means we need to make incremental movements to reduce government involvement

Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?

Never mandated . All vaccines should be consider elective, and parents and patients should have all the available facts given about the vaccine and the conversations should be open and transparent.

Life

Life is a God-given gift that begins at conception, and we should never be advocating or allowing innocent life to be taken. This is especially true of the children, the defenseless, and the unborn.

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

The life of the mother

Chemical abortion drugs should meet essential safety standards (such as in-person consultation with a medical doctor) and require reporting to gather evidence on reactions and outcomes.

Strongly Agree

Abortion drugs should not be legal, but while they are they should be monitored.

Wants to reduce government involvement in healthcare and expand families' ability to choose treatments.

Opposes vaccine mandates and supports voluntary vaccination with transparent information for patients and parents.

Opposes abortion except to save the mother's life and says abortion drugs should be illegal.

- Wants to reduce government involvement in healthcare and expand families' ability to choose treatments.
- Opposes vaccine mandates and supports voluntary vaccination with transparent information for patients and parents.
- Opposes abortion except to save the mother's life and says abortion drugs should be illegal.

Healthcare

School & Parental Choice

Every good-willed parent is the best person to decide the interests of their child. God has given children to parents as a blessing to be nurtured, taught, and trained to be adults fit to do good works and to honor Him. There will never be a government or education committee that is better suited to make these choices for children than the child's own parents or guardians. If the government mandated school system is overstepping its proper role our children feel the results. I want to help school boards to be proactive and to provide our families with the best education possible.

From Dave

"I will work without fail to continue supporting new and creative ways to give parents freedom in education. The 100th district is already proudly displaying a great model of families, school boards, and communities working together."

EDUCATION

The state should fund education by allowing dollars to follow the child through programs which protect parents' freedom to choose their child's school – public, private, or homeschool.

Strongly Agree

This is one step in the process needed to get government influence out of the classroom.

Supports education funding that follows students and expands parents' choices among public, private, and homeschool options.

- Supports education funding that follows students and expands parents' choices among public, private, and homeschool options.

Education

Which comes closest to your view? (Select all that apply) A) Stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy. B) Stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost. C) Stricter environmental laws undermine U.S. energy independence and deter development of reliable electricity sources. D) Climate change is real and requires urgent policy action.

A and C . Conservation and stewardship of resources is a good idea. Environmentalism and similar activism is not science or stewardship

What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?

Natural gas and nuclear

To reverse these trends, we must ensure that our farms are profitable and individualized. Most farms in Lancaster County are small family businesses that deserve just treatment under state and local laws. Regulatory justice is essential for these farms to remain profitable and to be passed down to the next generation. The family that has worked a piece of land for decades cares for it more than anyone else; the best way to preserve that land is to farm it.

The most sustainable way to preserve Lancaster County farmland is to preserve our farmers by giving them the individual freedom to farm and thrive.

Opposes stricter environmental regulations, saying they cost jobs and undermine U.S. energy independence.

Believes natural gas and nuclear power are the most reliable sources for meeting growing electricity demand.

Says preserving farmland requires giving farmers the freedom to farm and remain profitable.

- Opposes stricter environmental regulations, saying they cost jobs and undermine U.S. energy independence.
- Believes natural gas and nuclear power are the most reliable sources for meeting growing electricity demand.
- Says preserving farmland requires giving farmers the freedom to farm and remain profitable.

Energy & the Environment

CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

I support redirecting funds from police departments to community programs.

Strongly Disagree

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

We have more laws than are being enforced. Enforce the laws that protect the citizen and the innocent. If we would properly prosecute violent criminals and punish the criminal that uses a gun, the violence would quickly stop,. The people that do crimes are the problem not the tools they use.

Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?

Yes

PRO 2nd Amendment

"I believe the Constitution is written to protect our God-given rights from the “state” and in this context, the 2nd Amendment was clearly written to reinforce our rights and responsibilities to defend ourselves and each other’s Life, Liberty, and Property. As a legislator, I will never betray our God-given rights or the Constitution." -Dave Nissley

PRO 2nd Amendment | Dave Nissley for Pennsylvania

Opposes redirecting police-department funding to community programs.

Calls for enforcing laws and prosecuting violent gun crimes, rather than imposing additional gun restrictions.

Supports allowing teachers to carry guns at school.

Pledges to protect Second Amendment rights as a legislator.

- Opposes redirecting police-department funding to community programs.
- Calls for enforcing laws and prosecuting violent gun crimes, rather than imposing additional gun restrictions.
- Supports allowing teachers to carry guns at school.
- Pledges to protect Second Amendment rights as a legislator.

Public Safety

Election Integrity

Every American I have spoken to about election integrity is 100% agreed that we ought to count every LEGAL Vote. Many of us have lost some trust in our election system over the past decade. It is very necessary that we have simple, enforceable agreements and laws about our voting. We should implement common sense voter ID, same-day voting, absentee mail-in ballots as needed, and a basic audit and verification system. This would be easy to implement and it's time we take action to bring faith back to our election system. Faith in the electorate system is fundamental to a working democracy.

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

We need to verify the identity of the voter. But Amish as well as others do not have a photo ID, So requiring a Photo is bad idea, But verification is of utmost importance!

Little Britain, PA – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. Pennsylvania state house candidate, Dave Nissley (District 100), has committed support for term limits on Congress by signing the term limits convention pledge. Nissley is the first signer in this race.

The U.S. Term Limits pledge is provided to candidates and members of state legislatures. It reads, “I pledge that, as a member of the state legislature, I will cosponsor, vote for, and defend the resolution applying for an Article V convention for the sole purpose of enacting term limits on Congress.”

Dave Nissley Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits | U.S. Term Limits

Calls for verifying voter identities, same-day voting, absentee mail-in ballots as needed, and election audits; says photo identification should not be required.

Pledged to support a state resolution calling an Article V convention to enact congressional term limits.

- Calls for verifying voter identities, same-day voting, absentee mail-in ballots as needed, and election audits; says photo identification should not be required.
- Pledged to support a state resolution calling an Article V convention to enact congressional term limits.

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Dave Nissley

- Opposes redirecting police-department funding to community programs.
- Pledges to protect Second Amendment rights as a legislator.

- Advocates eliminating property taxes and opposed a proposed property-tax increase for libraries.
- Plans to reduce regulations, codes, and laws affecting businesses, farms, and families.
- Plans to sponsor legislation reducing regulatory oversight for small farms, modeled on Indiana House Bill 1424.

- Opposes abortion except to save the mother's life and says abortion drugs should be illegal.

- Says preserving farmland requires giving farmers the freedom to farm and remain profitable.

- Pledges to protect Second Amendment rights as a legislator.

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