Cuevas previously was employed in the health insurance industry and as a human resources professional for the Boston Beer company and Amazon.

She also volunteers for veterans programs run through the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Cuevas apparent winner of Democratic nomination over Whitcomb in 187th state House race | Lehigh Valley Public Media

Rachel Cuevas volunteers for veterans programs run through the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Cuevas went into the workforce after graduating from Northampton Area High School. school. She has worked for insurance companies and in human resources at Amazon and at Boston Beer. She is currently not working to concentrate on the campaign.

In 187th, longtime incumbent faces challenger calling for new voice in Harrisburg

Rachel Cuevas has worked for insurance companies and in human resources at Amazon and Boston Beer.

Rachel has worked for insurance companies and in human resources at Amazon and Boston Beer.

> The race matched two first-time candidates who focused their campaigns on easing costs on local residents. Concerns about data centers took a prominent spot in the race, as well.

Cuevas previously was employed in the health insurance industry and as a human resources professional for the Boston Beer company and Amazon.

Rachel Cuevas's campaign for state representative is her first run for public office.

Rachel campaign for state representative is her first run for public office.

2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

Top priority
Day: Is committed to promoting economic growth, combating inflation, ensuring children’s safety in schools and protecting the freedoms of his constituents.
Cuevas: Says affordability is her top issue. Wants to build more affordable housing and protect renters and residents of manufactured-home communities with tenant protection laws that keep rents from rising unnecessarily. Wants to expand access to property tax relief, especially for seniors. Wants to address price gouging coming from big corporations.
“We can do that with legislative protections against things like surveillance pricing, and by making large electricity users pay for the infrastructure they require rather than passing those costs onto consumers.”

<ul>
<li>Education: Ensuring that every child has access to quality education and resources.</li>
<li>Healthcare: Advocating for affordable healthcare for all citizens.</li>
<li>Environment: Promoting sustainable practices to protect our planet for future generations.</li>
<li>Economy: Supporting small businesses and creating job opportunities.</li>
<li>Community Safety: Working to ensure safe neighborhoods for all residents.</li>
</ul>

Rachel Cuevas - Priorities

Calls for legislative protections against surveillance pricing.

Supports small businesses and job creation.

- Calls for legislative protections against surveillance pricing.
- Supports small businesses and job creation.

Economy

Reproductive rights
Day: In 2017, voted in favor of a bill, which was later vetoed, that would have prohibited abortions beyond 20 weeks of gestational age. In 2022, voted in favor of a constitutional amendment package, which included language clearly stating that women have no guaranteed rights to abortion or public funding for abortion. In 2021, he co-sponsored a bill that would have prohibited abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
Cuevas: Supports constitutional protection for reproductive autonomy. “All women should have the right to make their own decisions about abortion, contraception, miscarriage care, and the many other things that comprehensive reproductive care includes, such as family planning and IVF.”

Said women should make their own decisions about abortion, contraception, miscarriage care, family planning, and in vitro fertilization.

Advocates for affordable healthcare for all citizens.

- Said women should make their own decisions about abortion, contraception, miscarriage care, family planning, and in vitro fertilization.
- Advocates for affordable healthcare for all citizens.

Healthcare

Supports ensuring every child has access to quality education and resources.

- Supports ensuring every child has access to quality education and resources.

Education

Calls for large electricity users to pay for the infrastructure they require rather than passing those costs to consumers.

Promotes sustainable practices to protect the environment for future generations.

- Calls for large electricity users to pay for the infrastructure they require rather than passing those costs to consumers.
- Promotes sustainable practices to protect the environment for future generations.

Energy & the Environment

Gun rights
Day: Has voted in favor of bills that would have restricted the ability of municipalities to regulate firearms and allow aggrieved parties to sue those localities. Has voted to allow anyone to carry concealed firearms without getting a permit. In 2022, voted against allowing a procedural vote on a bill that would have banned owning, selling or making high-capacity, semi-automatic weapons.
Cuevas: “I support universal background checks and restrictions for people who have violated protection from abuse orders – and there must be due process and effective enforcement. I oppose concealed carrying without a license. I believe local governments should be able to consider reasonable, lawful responses to gun violence.”

Supports universal background checks and restrictions on people who have violated protection-from-abuse orders, with due process and enforcement.

Opposes carrying concealed firearms without a license and supports allowing local governments to consider lawful responses to gun violence.

- Supports universal background checks and restrictions on people who have violated protection-from-abuse orders, with due process and enforcement.
- Opposes carrying concealed firearms without a license and supports allowing local governments to consider lawful responses to gun violence.

Public Safety

Voting
Day: In June, voted against  to allow for pre-canvassing of absentee and mail-in ballots. Voted yes on the Republican’s 2021  which would have required voter identification at the polls, change the voter registration deadline from 15 to 30 days before an election, and create earlier deadlines for mail-in voting.
Was among the group of Republican Pennsylvania legislators who sought to temporarily withhold Electoral College votes from Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. The group filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a lawsuit filed by the state of Texas against Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin over a decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that, among other rulings, upheld then- Gov.
Tom Wolf’s decision to extend the deadline for receipt of mail-in ballots by three days over pandemic-related concerns. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the lawsuit.
Cuevas: “I am open to voter ID, but only if acceptable IDs are broad in definition, a free ID is easy to obtain no matter your financial situation, and eligible voters have practical options if they have changed names, are older, or have disabilities. We need to ensure voter ID secures our elections and does not disenfranchise eligible voters.”

Is open to voter identification requirements if IDs are broadly defined, free and easy to obtain, and do not disenfranchise eligible voters.

- Is open to voter identification requirements if IDs are broadly defined, free and easy to obtain, and do not disenfranchise eligible voters.

Voting & Elections

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Rachel Cuevas

- Supports small businesses and job creation.

- Advocates for affordable healthcare for all citizens.

- Promotes sustainable practices to protect the environment for future generations.

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