2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

RIGHTS, REPRESENTATION, AND COMMON SENSE
Protect Fundamental Rights: Defend reproductive healthcare decisions made between patients and their doctors, safeguard voting rights, and stand up for worker union protections.

John Zangari Campaign Policy

I believe affordability is one of the most pressing issues facing residents in our district. Too many families and individuals are struggling to make ends meet as costs continue to rise while wages remain stagnant. We need to take meaningful steps at the state level to relieve some of that pressure.

My focus is on finding practical ways to ease the financial burden on working people by lowering the gas tax, cutting wasteful government spending, and improving access to programs that already exist, such as Pennsylvania’s property tax relief program.

Pennsylvania State Representative District 171 — VOTE411 Voter Guide. Additional information available on VOTE411.org.

LOWERING THE COST OF LIVING & FAIR TAXES
A Fairer Tax Structure: End corporate tax loopholes and shift away from flat-rate taxes so large corporations pay their fair share and working families get tax relief.

Protect Homeowners: No senior or family should lose their home to skyrocketing property taxes. We need compassionate programs to keep homeowners in their homes rather than forcing foreclosures.

HOUSING & EVERYDAY OVERHEAD
Expand Housing Supply: Cut rigid local restrictions to allow duplexes, townhomes, and affordable multi-family options. Expand down-payment assistance and low-interest financing for first-time buyers.

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY & GOVERNMENT REFORM
End Corporate Welfare: Redirect wasteful spending – like the $250 million in annual horse racing subsidies – toward public schools, local infrastructure, and lower taxes for small businesses.

SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES & WORKING FAMILIES
Unlock Main Street: Cut the bureaucratic red tape, delayed licensing, and complex permit steps that hold back homegrown businesses.

Plans to lower the gas tax, cut government spending, and improve access to Pennsylvania's property-tax-relief program.

Advocates for ending corporate tax loopholes and moving away from flat-rate taxes to provide tax relief for working families.

Calls for programs that help homeowners avoid foreclosure resulting from rising property taxes.

Proposes reducing local restrictions on duplexes, townhomes, and multifamily housing while expanding down-payment assistance and low-interest financing for first-time buyers.

Proposes redirecting horse-racing subsidies toward public schools, local infrastructure, and lower taxes for small businesses.

Advocates for reducing licensing, permitting, and other regulatory barriers for local businesses.

- Supports protections for union workers.
- Plans to lower the gas tax, cut government spending, and improve access to Pennsylvania's property-tax-relief program.
- Advocates for ending corporate tax loopholes and moving away from flat-rate taxes to provide tax relief for working families.
- Calls for programs that help homeowners avoid foreclosure resulting from rising property taxes.
- Proposes reducing local restrictions on duplexes, townhomes, and multifamily housing while expanding down-payment assistance and low-interest financing for first-time buyers.
- Proposes redirecting horse-racing subsidies toward public schools, local infrastructure, and lower taxes for small businesses.
- Advocates for reducing licensing, permitting, and other regulatory barriers for local businesses.

Economy

Healthcare & Prescription Relief: Put strict caps on high-cost treatments and prescription drugs, mandate transparent itemized billing, and stop predatory medical debt.

Strengthen Healthcare & Veterans Access: Expand rural clinics, mental health options, and telemedicine so care isn’t dictated by your ZIP code. Eliminate bureaucratic runarounds for veterans accessing care.

Proposes caps on high-cost treatments and prescription drugs, itemized medical billing, and measures to prevent medical debt.

Advocates for expanded rural clinics, mental-health services, telemedicine, and simpler access to care for veterans.

Supports protecting reproductive healthcare decisions made between patients and their doctors.

- Proposes caps on high-cost treatments and prescription drugs, itemized medical billing, and measures to prevent medical debt.
- Advocates for expanded rural clinics, mental-health services, telemedicine, and simpler access to care for veterans.
- Supports protecting reproductive healthcare decisions made between patients and their doctors.

Healthcare

Connect Every Community: Treat high-speed broadband like a utility, ensuring rural families and students have affordable, high-quality internet.

Advocates for treating high-speed broadband as a utility to provide rural families and students affordable internet access.

- Advocates for treating high-speed broadband as a utility to provide rural families and students affordable internet access.

Education

### Should the state legislature enact laws concerning the impacts on water, energy, or land use from the development and operation of data centers? Would state regulation of data center development and operation interfere with the authority of municipalities to establish ordinances under the MPC (Municipal Planning Code)?
Yes, the legislature should enact targeted laws addressing data center impacts on water, energy, and land use. These facilities demand massive electricity that can potentially raise utility bills and vast water for cooling, straining local resources.

Yes, the legislature should enact targeted laws addressing data center impacts on water, energy, and land use. These facilities demand massive electricity that can potentially raise utility bills and vast water for cooling, straining local resources.

Proposals should include mandatory annual reporting on resource consumption, efficiency standards to minimize waste, requirements for a portion of clean energy use, and protections to prevent costs from shifting to ratepayers.

Proposals should include mandatory annual reporting on resource consumption, efficiency standards to minimize waste, requirements for a portion of clean energy use, and protections to prevent costs from shifting to ratepayers.

State regulation would complement municipal authority under the MPC, setting statewide environmental baselines while preserving local zoning, permitting, and land use ordinances.

Lower Energy & Utility Bills: Transition Pennsylvania toward renewable energy – including home solar – to stabilize power rates, create local clean-energy jobs, and protect families from unpredictable global fuel spikes.

Supports statewide data-center standards for resource reporting, efficiency, clean-energy use, and protections against shifting costs to utility customers while preserving local land-use authority.

Advocates for transitioning Pennsylvania toward renewable energy, including home solar, to stabilize power rates and create local clean-energy jobs.

- Supports statewide data-center standards for resource reporting, efficiency, clean-energy use, and protections against shifting costs to utility customers while preserving local land-use authority.
- Advocates for transitioning Pennsylvania toward renewable energy, including home solar, to stabilize power rates and create local clean-energy jobs.

Energy & the Environment

Modern First Response: Equip police officers with specialized support – like mental health co-responders – so law enforcement isn’t forced to handle non-violent crisis calls alone.

SMART PUBLIC SAFETY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
A Justice System That Works: Drawing from my time as a corrections officer, we must reserve jail for dangerous offenders, expand treatment for non-violent offenses, and ensure real oversight so facilities are safe, humane, and cost-effective.

Common-Sense Gun Safety: Protect lawful firearm ownership while closing background check loopholes on private sales and introducing a reasonable 3-day waiting period to prevent spontaneous acts of violence.

Regulate Adult-Use Cannabis: Legalize, test, and tax recreational marijuana. Divert revenue directly into substance abuse treatment, mental health, and K-12 education.

Proposes mental-health co-responders and other specialized support so police are not solely responsible for nonviolent crisis calls.

Advocates for reserving jail for dangerous offenders, expanding treatment for nonviolent offenses, and increasing correctional-facility oversight.

Supports private-sale background checks and a three-day firearm-purchase waiting period while protecting lawful firearm ownership.

Supports legalizing, testing, and taxing recreational marijuana, with revenue directed to substance-abuse treatment, mental health, and K-12 education.

- Proposes mental-health co-responders and other specialized support so police are not solely responsible for nonviolent crisis calls.
- Advocates for reserving jail for dangerous offenders, expanding treatment for nonviolent offenses, and increasing correctional-facility oversight.
- Supports private-sale background checks and a three-day firearm-purchase waiting period while protecting lawful firearm ownership.
- Supports legalizing, testing, and taxing recreational marijuana, with revenue directed to substance-abuse treatment, mental health, and K-12 education.

Public Safety

Pledges to cosponsor, vote for, and defend a state resolution seeking an Article V convention solely to enact congressional term limits.

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.”

John Zangari Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits

Supports expanded early voting, more efficient mail voting, electronic poll books, and opportunities to correct minor ballot errors.

### What changes, if any, would you support to enable better access, ensure security, and support the processes of our elections?
I support common sense reforms that improve access, security, and confidence in our elections. That means expanding early voting, making mail voting more efficient, using updated equipment like electronic poll books, and giving voters a chance to cure minor ballot errors. I also support automatic voter registration and strong protections for election workers and polling places.

Supports automatic voter registration and protections for election workers and polling places.

That means expanding early voting, making mail voting more efficient, using updated equipment like electronic poll books, and giving voters a chance to cure minor ballot errors. I also support automatic voter registration and strong protections for election workers and polling places.

The goal should be simple: make it easier for eligible voters to vote, harder for bad actors to interfere, and easier for counties to administer elections fairly and accurately.

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

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John Zangari

- Advocates for ending corporate tax loopholes and moving away from flat-rate taxes to provide tax relief for working families.
- Calls for programs that help homeowners avoid foreclosure resulting from rising property taxes.
- Proposes reducing local restrictions on duplexes, townhomes, and multifamily housing while expanding down-payment assistance and low-interest financing for first-time buyers.
- Proposes redirecting horse-racing subsidies toward public schools, local infrastructure, and lower taxes for small businesses.
- Advocates for reducing licensing, permitting, and other regulatory barriers for local businesses.

- Advocates for transitioning Pennsylvania toward renewable energy, including home solar, to stabilize power rates and create local clean-energy jobs.

- Advocates for reserving jail for dangerous offenders, expanding treatment for nonviolent offenses, and increasing correctional-facility oversight.
- Supports private-sale background checks and a three-day firearm-purchase waiting period while protecting lawful firearm ownership.
- Supports legalizing, testing, and taxing recreational marijuana, with revenue directed to substance-abuse treatment, mental health, and K-12 education.

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