About Bryan Allen

Rooted in Bensalem’s Working Class

Bryan Allen is a lifelong Lower Bucks County resident, a father of three, and a dedicated public servant who has spent more than three decades fighting for the community that raised him.

About Bryan Allen

### Biographical Information
County Bucks

Occupation Former District Office Director

Education B.A., Political Science - Bloomsburg University

Qualifications 24 years with the PA House Democratic Caucus as Legislative Aide and District Office Director. Former two term Bensalem Township Council Member

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Bryan Allen is a lifelong Lower Bucks County resident. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Bloomsburg University. He is a father of three.

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Bryan Allen previously worked as a district office director and legislative aide with the Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus.

Bryan previously worked as a district office director and legislative aide with the Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus.

Bensalem Township Council: First elected in 2005 as the first Democrat to win a seat in more than 30 years, Bryan built a reputation for delivering real results and challenging entrenched insider interests.

Bryan was first elected to the Bensalem Township Council in 2005 and served two terms.

2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

Bryan’s priorities include:

Raising Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $12 an hour, phased in responsibly to give small businesses time to adjust while ensuring workers see meaningful wage growth.

Raising the Minimum Wage

Raising Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $12 an hour, phased in responsibly to give small businesses time to adjust while ensuring workers see meaningful wage growth.

Indexing wages to inflation over time, so workers don’t fall behind again as the cost of living rises.

### 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?
I've seen the pain and burden that lengthy budget impasses have on human service agencies, non-profits, school districts, and the community at large. I would support a measure that would allow the PA Treasury to release funds for schools, human services, and mass transit at previous fiscal year levels until a new budget agreement is reached.

Supports raising Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $12 per hour, phased in to give small businesses time to adjust.

Supports temporary funding at prior-year levels for schools, human services, and mass transit during state budget impasses.

- Supports raising Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $12 per hour, phased in to give small businesses time to adjust.
- Supports indexing wages to inflation.
- Supports temporary funding at prior-year levels for schools, human services, and mass transit during state budget impasses.

Economy

Bryan’s priorities include:

Lowering healthcare and prescription drug costs for working families and seniors by increasing transparency and accountability across the healthcare system.

Protecting access to quality local healthcare, including hospitals, urgent care centers, and community-based providers.

Defending reproductive healthcare access and personal medical freedom, ensuring patients and doctors—not politicians—make healthcare decisions.

Healthcare

Bryan’s priorities include:

Protecting access to quality local healthcare, including hospitals, urgent care centers, and community-based providers.

Defending reproductive healthcare access and personal medical freedom, ensuring patients and doctors—not politicians—make healthcare decisions.

Expanding mental health and addiction treatment services, including stronger support for recovery and community-based care programs.

Bryan’s priorities include:

Defending reproductive healthcare access and personal medical freedom, ensuring patients and doctors—not politicians—make healthcare decisions.

Expanding mental health and addiction treatment services, including stronger support for recovery and community-based care programs.

Supporting healthcare workers and caregivers by strengthening workforce recruitment and retention efforts in hospitals, nursing homes, and care facilities.

Supports lowering healthcare and prescription drug costs through greater transparency and accountability in the healthcare system.

Supports access to local hospitals, urgent care centers, and community-based healthcare providers.

Supports reproductive healthcare access and patients’ and doctors’ authority over healthcare decisions.

Supports expanding mental health and addiction treatment services, including recovery and community-based care programs.

- Supports lowering healthcare and prescription drug costs through greater transparency and accountability in the healthcare system.
- Supports access to local hospitals, urgent care centers, and community-based healthcare providers.
- Supports reproductive healthcare access and patients’ and doctors’ authority over healthcare decisions.
- Supports expanding mental health and addiction treatment services, including recovery and community-based care programs.

Bryan’s priorities include:

Fully funding public schools and implementing the Basic Education Funding Commission’s plan to close Pennsylvania’s multi-billion-dollar funding gap.

Reducing reliance on property taxes so homeowners are not forced to carry the cost of Harrisburg’s failures.

Education Funding & Reform

Bryan’s priorities include:

Fully funding public schools and implementing the Basic Education Funding Commission’s plan to close Pennsylvania’s multi-billion-dollar funding gap.

Reducing reliance on property taxes so homeowners are not forced to carry the cost of Harrisburg’s failures.

Supporting teachers and school staff through better pay, recruitment incentives, loan forgiveness, and retention programs.

Bryan’s priorities include:

Reducing reliance on property taxes so homeowners are not forced to carry the cost of Harrisburg’s failures.

Supporting teachers and school staff through better pay, recruitment incentives, loan forgiveness, and retention programs.

Expanding career and technical education to prepare students for good-paying jobs and skilled trades.

Bryan’s priorities include:

Supporting teachers and school staff through better pay, recruitment incentives, loan forgiveness, and retention programs.

Expanding career and technical education to prepare students for good-paying jobs and skilled trades.

Reforming charter school funding to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent fairly, transparently, and on services students actually use — not inflated costs that take much needed resources from public schools.

Bryan’s priorities include:

Expanding career and technical education to prepare students for good-paying jobs and skilled trades.

Reforming charter school funding to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent fairly, transparently, and on services students actually use — not inflated costs that take much needed resources from public schools.

Improving school safety and facilities by investing in counselors, mental health resources, security improvements, and modern school buildings.

Bryan’s priorities include:

Improving school safety and facilities by investing in counselors, mental health resources, security improvements, and modern school buildings.

Increasing special education funding so every student receives the support they deserve.

Supports fully funding public schools and implementing the Basic Education Funding Commission’s plan to close the state funding gap.

Supports reducing schools’ reliance on property taxes.

Supports better pay, recruitment incentives, loan forgiveness, and retention programs for teachers and school staff.

Supports expanding career and technical education.

Supports reforming charter school funding to increase transparency and direct funding toward services students use.

Supports increasing special education funding.

- Supports fully funding public schools and implementing the Basic Education Funding Commission’s plan to close the state funding gap.
- Supports reducing schools’ reliance on property taxes.
- Supports better pay, recruitment incentives, loan forgiveness, and retention programs for teachers and school staff.
- Supports expanding career and technical education.
- Supports reforming charter school funding to increase transparency and direct funding toward services students use.
- Supports increasing special education funding.

Education

Bryan’s priorities include:

Opposing utility rate hikes that unfairly burden families and seniors and pushing for stronger oversight of utility pricing decisions.

Lowering energy costs through expanded renewable energy development like solar and wind, which reduce long-term dependence on expensive fossil fuel markets.

Lowering Energy Bills & Investing in Clean Energy

Bryan’s priorities include:

Opposing utility rate hikes that unfairly burden families and seniors and pushing for stronger oversight of utility pricing decisions.

Lowering energy costs through expanded renewable energy development like solar and wind, which reduce long-term dependence on expensive fossil fuel markets.

Investing in clean energy jobs that create good-paying jobs, while modernizing Pennsylvania’s energy economy.

Bryan’s priorities include:

Investing in clean energy jobs that create good-paying jobs, while modernizing Pennsylvania’s energy economy.

Upgrading the electric grid to improve reliability and reduce long-term costs for consumers.

Expanding energy efficiency programs that help homeowners and small businesses permanently lower their monthly bills.

### 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, and I support HB1834, which recently passed the House without one Republican co-sponsor. This bill mandates new data centers provide their own water and power, preferably from renewable sources, as to not put a further strain on local energy grids and water supplies. Data centers are a relatively new and rapidly developing industry that local municipal zoning laws are not currently equipped to handle.

Data centers are a relatively new and rapidly developing industry that local municipal zoning laws are not currently equipped to handle.
That is why I support HB 2151, which creates a state-wide model ordinance for municipalities to adopt into their own code, giving local officials the tools the need to promote growth while adequately protecting their communities, and giving residents a greater voice.

Opposes utility rate increases that burden families and seniors and supports stronger oversight of utility pricing decisions.

Supports expanding solar and wind energy development to lower energy costs.

Supports upgrading the electric grid to improve reliability and reduce long-term consumer costs.

Supports requiring data centers to supply their own water and power under House Bill 1834.

Supports House Bill 2151, creating a statewide model data-center ordinance for municipalities to adopt.

- Opposes utility rate increases that burden families and seniors and supports stronger oversight of utility pricing decisions.
- Supports expanding solar and wind energy development to lower energy costs.
- Supports upgrading the electric grid to improve reliability and reduce long-term consumer costs.
- Supports requiring data centers to supply their own water and power under House Bill 1834.
- Supports House Bill 2151, creating a statewide model data-center ordinance for municipalities to adopt.

Energy & the Environment

Bryan’s priorities include:

Reforming charter school funding to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent fairly, transparently, and on services students actually use — not inflated costs that take much needed resources from public schools.

Improving school safety and facilities by investing in counselors, mental health resources, security improvements, and modern school buildings.

Increasing special education funding so every student receives the support they deserve.

Supports investing in school counselors, mental health resources, security improvements, and modern facilities to improve school safety.

- Supports investing in school counselors, mental health resources, security improvements, and modern facilities to improve school safety.

Public Safety

We must make it easier for every eligible US Citizen in Pennsylvania to exercise their constitutional right to vote, not erect ridiculous and frivolous barriers to it. I am in favor of establishing early voting in PA, something numerous other states have successfully and securely offered for years. This would require adequate funding for counties to establish early voting centers and fully staff them.

This would require adequate funding for counties to establish early voting centers and fully staff them.
We must preserve and protect mail-in balloting in Pennsylvania and protect and expand access to secure drop boxes. I would support a law to prohibit the PA Dept of State and County Boards of Election from turning over sensitive voter information to Federal agencies.

We must preserve and protect mail-in balloting in Pennsylvania and protect and expand access to secure drop boxes. I would support a law to prohibit the PA Dept of State and County Boards of Election from turning over sensitive voter information to Federal agencies.

Supports establishing early voting in Pennsylvania and funding county early-voting centers and staffing.

Supports preserving mail-in voting and expanding access to secure ballot drop boxes.

Supports prohibiting Pennsylvania election agencies from providing sensitive voter information to federal agencies.

- Supports establishing early voting in Pennsylvania and funding county early-voting centers and staffing.
- Supports preserving mail-in voting and expanding access to secure ballot drop boxes.
- Supports prohibiting Pennsylvania election agencies from providing sensitive voter information to federal agencies.

Voting & Elections

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