2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

Deirdre Kamber Todd

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I grew up in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. A small coal town in central Pennsylvania, I grew up playing in the cornfields behind my house until dark. We had cows, farms, and Mennonite buggies.

About Me | Deirdre Kamber Todd for PA House

After graduating, I went to Brandeis University for my Bachelor's Degree, the University of Limerick for my Master's Degree, and Hofstra University for law school. During law school, I worked in Harrisburg for the Pennsylvania Departments of Health and Corrections.

### Understanding our Area

I understand the needs of our area. I have lived in Schnecksville with my wonderful family for nearly twenty years. My children went to Parkland High School. My husband, Russ, is from Slatington, with multiple generations preceding him.

Deirdre Kamber Todd grew up in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. She earned a bachelor's degree from Brandeis University, a master's degree from the University of Limerick, and a law degree from Hofstra University. She has lived in Schnecksville with her husband, Russ, and their family for nearly 20 years.

### Forensic Document Examination

During COVID, I decided to return to school and become a forensic document examiner. I started my business SESHET Forensic Document Examinations.

My job is examining documents for fraud. As a fraud investigator, I handle criminal and civil cases, including faked signatures, cut-and-pasted notary stamps, falsified DocuSign^{®} papers, anonymous writings and ransom notes.

I became an adjunct professor and educator, including with Cedar College, Moravian College, DeSales University and numerous online webinar services. I also became a keynote speaker at numerous national, international and local conferences.

With determination and hard work, I reinvented my life. I practiced business, healthcare, civil rights and education law with firms in Bethlehem and Center Valley. In 2012, I opened my own law firm with my mother, Frayda Kamber, Esq. I was able to assist hundreds of individuals and small businesses find justice and fight greed and abuse of process.

I also worked as a legal intern at the Harvard School of Public Health addressing the legal challenges relating to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. After I graduated from law school, my first legal job was in the World Trade Center as a civil rights and business lawyer.

Deirdre Kamber Todd works as a forensic document examiner and fraud investigator through her business, SESHET Forensic Document Examinations. She previously worked as an adjunct professor and educator with Cedar College, Moravian College, DeSales University, and online webinar services. She also opened her own law firm and worked as a civil rights and business lawyer, a legal intern at the Harvard School of Public Health, and for the Pennsylvania Departments of Health and Corrections.

I am committed to fighting for the people of District 183 on the issues that matter most. This is a list of just some of the essential issues we face. More general issues, such as reducing taxes, will always be top priorities for me.

Key Priorities | Deirdre Kamber Todd for PA House

Families in District 183 are struggling with rising rents and grocery costs. We need to support our local Main Streets, focus on grant-writing to reduce the constant tax hikes we face, and make the groceries we are growing in our backyards affordable and accessible to our community.

We need to support our local Main Streets, focus on grant-writing to reduce the constant tax hikes we face, and make the groceries we are growing in our backyards affordable and accessible to our community. We have to fight the big real estate developers who are building houses that are bigger and more expensive than the next. Landlords and HOAs are forcing lower-paying tenants and owners out of their homes through improper means.

Landlords and HOAs are forcing lower-paying tenants and owners out of their homes through improper means.

We need to ensure that our homes -- whether houses, apartments, farms or mobile homes -- return to a reasonable cost and are available to the people of our community!

| Minimum Wage  | Opposes mandated state increases. Voted against the state House bills aimed at progressively raising Pennsylvania’s minimum wage floor. | Supports raising the minimum wage. Strongly advocates for boosting the state wage floor to protect workers’ rights and support families facing rising inflation.

Mako's Voting Record | Deirdre Kamber Todd for PA House

2. ### Fiscal Moderation
We need to be fiscally moderate; we cannot afford out-of-control government spending;

Prioritizes reducing taxes and using grant writing to reduce tax hikes.

Calls for supporting local Main Streets and making locally grown groceries more affordable and accessible.

Calls for action against large real estate developers and for housing that is reasonably priced and available to community residents.

Supports raising Pennsylvania's minimum wage.

Calls for fiscal moderation and opposes what she describes as out-of-control government spending.

- Prioritizes reducing taxes and using grant writing to reduce tax hikes.
- Calls for supporting local Main Streets and making locally grown groceries more affordable and accessible.
- Calls for action against large real estate developers and for housing that is reasonably priced and available to community residents.
- Supports raising Pennsylvania's minimum wage.
- Calls for fiscal moderation and opposes what she describes as out-of-control government spending.

Economy

Every year, our healthcare costs grow out of control; it is a runaway train of expense and fraud. We need to get ahold of our healthcare and make it accessible to us when we need it. We also need to cut down the massive fraud endemic to the healthcare insurance system. It's time to improve our healthcare: lower the costs, improve the efficiency, and cull out insurance fraud!

We deserve to live our lives as we see fit. The government does not belong in our homes, our bedrooms, our bodies and our doctors' offices. We should be free to live our personal lives how we see fit. Fighting government overreach also means protecting our rights to own firearms and ensuring that responsible ownership is based on facts, not scare tactics. Let's get the government out of the business of telling us how to live our lives!

Calls for more accessible, lower-cost healthcare and action to improve efficiency and reduce insurance fraud.

Says government should not dictate personal medical decisions.

- Calls for more accessible, lower-cost healthcare and action to improve efficiency and reduce insurance fraud.
- Says government should not dictate personal medical decisions.

Healthcare

Pennsylvania's school funding system has been ruled unconstitutional — and reform is overdue. I will prioritize equitable funding for every public school in the district, support teachers and staff, and ensure that every child has access to a quality education regardless of zip code.

Plans to prioritize equitable funding for district public schools and support teachers and staff.

- Plans to prioritize equitable funding for district public schools and support teachers and staff.

Education

3. ### Keep AI Data Centers out of our Neighborhoods
Data centers do not belong in our residential neighborhoods. Routinely, they have been found to emit a variety of damage to our community, to our pocketbooks, and to our health. Let's keep the AI data centers out of our neighborhoods and residential areas!

Opposes locating artificial intelligence data centers in residential neighborhoods.

- Opposes locating artificial intelligence data centers in residential neighborhoods.

Energy & the Environment

| Grants for Fire Departments  | Voted “No” on House Bill 2446, the $30 million Fire Company Transformational Grant Program for equipment, stations, staffing, and recruitment. The House passed the bill 105–96. | Advocates for the promotion of grant opportunities for first responders, boroughs and township, community growth, and home safety improvements.

| Grants for Fire Departments  | Voted “No” on House Bill 2446, the $30 million Fire Company Transformational Grant Program for equipment, stations, staffing, and recruitment. The House passed the bill 105–96. | Advocates for the promotion of grant opportunities for first responders, boroughs and township, community growth, and home safety improvements.

Plans to create public grant teams to assist with grant identification, writing, and maintenance.A staunch supporter of first responders for decades through legal assistance and fundraising, she seeks to strengthen our volunteer fire departments through grant writing opportunities.

Supports firearm ownership rights alongside an evidence-based approach to firearms she describes as unnecessarily dangerous, including ghost guns.

8. ### Educated and Responsible Firearm Ownership
We need to protect our personal rights to own firearms combined with an educated and knowledgeable approach toward firearms that are unnecessarily dangerous to the community, such as "ghost guns." Jumping to conclusions based on fear makes for bad laws. It is only through thorough education and research that we can balance the needs of the community with maintaining our personal rights.

Advocates for grant opportunities for first responders, municipalities, community growth, and home safety improvements.

Plans to create public grant teams to identify, write, and maintain grant applications.

- Advocates for grant opportunities for first responders, municipalities, community growth, and home safety improvements.
- Plans to create public grant teams to identify, write, and maintain grant applications.

Public Safety

As of October 16, 2026, Deirdre Kamber Todd’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

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