2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

Thomas Kucer

Biographical Information
COUNTY
Monroe
OCCUPATION
Union Sheet Metal Worker
EDUCATION
Bachelors - Construction Management (National Labor College)
QUALIFICATIONS
23 year resident in the 176 district. Bachelors Degree Construction Management, 43 year Union Member, Aquashicola-Pohopoco Watershed Conservancy member. Supporter of Indivisible Poconos events

Vote411: Pennsylvania State Representative District 176 voter guide

Education National Labor CollegeB.S. Construction Management
Home The PoconosProud Pocono resident since the 1990's

Tom Kucer for PA State House — 176th District

Thomas Kucer has been a Pocono resident since the 1990s. He earned a bachelor's degree in construction management from National Labor College.

Pennsylvania State Representative District 176 - VOTE411.org

Candidate for the PA State House · 176th District
# Helped build PA.
Built to work for PA.

Tom Kucer has spent decades on the job as a sheet metal worker.
He's running for the State House because he knows what works, what doesn't, and how it impacts your neighbors.

Thomas Kucer has worked as a sheet metal worker.

What do you see as the most pressing issues facing residents of your district, and how would you address them?
Our district is in a stranglehold from the outlying areas. Data Centers and Warehouses are destroying our natural resources (air & water supplies), diminishing our greenery, wildlife, & farmlands in the 176. As a Representative I promise to put stricter guardrails on DC's and Warehouses before they get to the County and Township boards. DC's using Pa funding must adhere to Prevailing Wage laws and invest in our community by using an accredited apprenticeship so our younger generation will be productive in the community after the DC's are built and the contractors have moved on to other areas of the State. New and existing warehouses should have filtered drainage systems to flow back into our waterway resources along with Solar panels.

Working Families

### Dignity in Work

As a man who knows the good life that a union job can provide, he'll work to protect Unions and their workers.

Economic Equality

### Fair pay for fair work

Let's finally address the minimum wage, so anyone working 40 hours a week can afford to live.

What are your thoughts on the state budget process? What changes, if any, would you support so that the budget is enacted in a timely manner?
The House needs to find common ground, there has to be a starting point to work from. In all probability both sides have well intentions for the State. Fiscal responsibility should be the utmost priority. The taxpayer's needs should be respected as we continue to grow the Commonwealth. Instead of the Senate waiting for the House proposal, why can't both branches work on their own budgets simultaneously and present them to their counterparts in a timely manner, from there, mediation can begin just like in any standard contract negotiation. I believe this would shorten the timespan by eliminating the wait period between the two branches and stop the back and forth process that can take weeks for decisions to further delay the process.

Proposes requiring data centers that receive Pennsylvania funding to follow prevailing-wage laws and use accredited apprenticeships.

Plans to protect unions and union workers.

Calls for action on the minimum wage so full-time workers can afford to live.

Proposes that the House and Senate develop state budgets simultaneously before beginning mediation.

- Proposes requiring data centers that receive Pennsylvania funding to follow prevailing-wage laws and use accredited apprenticeships.
- Plans to protect unions and union workers.
- Calls for action on the minimum wage so full-time workers can afford to live.
- Proposes that the House and Senate develop state budgets simultaneously before beginning mediation.

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

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)?
State legislature should most definitely enact guardrails on these DC's because most of the impacts affect other communities. Water contamination from a proposed facility in Ross Twp. flows down the Aquashicola Creek into the main water supply in Bethlehem, it becomes no longer a Ross Twp's problem. State and municipalities should work together, one should not enforce codes and ordinances in their own zones if the issues concern other municipalities.

Supports state regulations for data centers when their environmental impacts extend beyond the host municipality.

Proposes requiring new and existing warehouses to use filtered drainage systems that return water to waterways.

Proposes solar panels for new and existing warehouses.

- Supports state regulations for data centers when their environmental impacts extend beyond the host municipality.
- Proposes requiring new and existing warehouses to use filtered drainage systems that return water to waterways.
- Proposes solar panels for new and existing warehouses.

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Biographical Information

COUNTY
Monroe

OCCUPATION
Union Sheet Metal Worker

EDUCATION
Bachelors - Construction Management (National Labor College)

QUALIFICATIONS
23 year resident in the 176 district. Bachelors Degree Construction Management, 43 year Union Member, Aquashicola-Pohopoco Watershed Conservancy member. Supporter of Indivisible Poconos events

Pennsylvania State Representative District 176 — VOTE411 Voter Guide

Thomas Kucer earned a bachelor's degree in construction management from National Labor College. He is a member of the Aquashicola-Pohopoco Watershed Conservancy.

Biographical Information

COUNTY
Monroe

OCCUPATION
Union Sheet Metal Worker

EDUCATION
Bachelors - Construction Management (National Labor College)

Thomas works as a union sheet metal worker.

Question: What are your thoughts on the state budget process? What changes, if any, would you support so that the budget is enacted in a timely manner?

The House needs to find common ground, there has to be a starting point to work from. In all probability both sides have well intentions for the State. Fiscal responsibility should be the utmost priority. The taxpayer's needs should be respected as we continue to grow the Commonwealth. Instead of the Senate waiting for the House proposal, why can't both branches work on their own budgets simultaneously and present them to their counterparts in a timely manner, from there, mediation can begin just like in any standard contract negotiation. I believe this would shorten the timespan by eliminating the wait period between the two branches and stop the back and forth process that can take weeks for decisions to further delay the process.

Advocates for requiring data centers that receive Pennsylvania funding to comply with prevailing-wage laws and use accredited apprenticeships.

Question: What do you see as the most pressing issues facing residents of your district, and how would you address them?

Our district is in a stranglehold from the outlying areas. Data Centers and Warehouses are destroying our natural resources (air & water supplies), diminishing our greenery, wildlife, & farmlands in the 176. As a Representative I promise to put stricter guardrails on DC's and Warehouses before they get to the County and Township boards. DC's using Pa funding must adhere to Prevailing Wage laws and invest in our community by using an accredited apprenticeship so our younger generation will be productive in the community after the DC's are built and the contractors have moved on to other areas of the State. New and existing warehouses should have filtered drainage systems to flow back into our waterway resources along with Solar panels.

Proposes that the House and Senate develop budgets simultaneously before mediation to shorten the state budget process.

- Proposes that the House and Senate develop budgets simultaneously before mediation to shorten the state budget process.

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Question: 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)?

State legislature should most definitely enact guardrails on these DC's because most of the impacts affect other communities. Water contamination from a proposed facility in Ross Twp. flows down the Aquashicola Creek into the main water supply in Bethlehem, it becomes no longer a Ross Twp's problem. State and municipalities should work together, one should not enforce codes and ordinances in their own zones if the issues concern other municipalities.

Supports state regulations for data centers and coordination with municipalities when impacts extend beyond municipal boundaries.

Proposes requiring new and existing warehouses to use filtered drainage systems and solar panels.

- Supports state regulations for data centers and coordination with municipalities when impacts extend beyond municipal boundaries.
- Proposes requiring new and existing warehouses to use filtered drainage systems and solar panels.

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