I was born and raised just outside Pennsylvania House District 28 on my family’s organic farm, where I learned early the value of hard work, community, and environmental stewardship.

Jeremy Ferderber for PA — About

I was born and raised just outside Pennsylvania House District 28 on my family’s organic farm, where I learned early the value of hard work, community, and environmental stewardship. I graduated from Mars High School in 1996 and went on to earn a degree in Environmental Science, with a minor in Spanish, from Allegheny College in 2000.

While in Florida, I met my wife, and together we welcomed our two children. As our family grew, we made the decision to return to Pennsylvania so our kids could be raised close to family and experience the same strong community ties that shaped my own upbringing.

We now live in the Pine‑Richland School District, where I regularly volunteer in school activities and coach youth soccer, while working full time as Vice President in the operations of my family’s natural foods distribution business.

Jeremy Ferderber was born and raised just outside Pennsylvania House District 28 on his family’s organic farm. He earned a degree in environmental science, with a minor in Spanish, from Allegheny College. He lives in the Pine-Richland School District and has two children; he regularly volunteers in school activities and coaches youth soccer.

After college, I moved to Miami, Florida, where I spent 17 years working in the environmental consulting field with a specialty in indoor air quality. During that time, I oversaw day‑to‑day on‑site operations following the 9/11 tragedy and conducted health and safety monitoring for multiple agencies, followed by a successful career as an expert in indoor environmental assessments throughout South Florida.

Jeremy Ferderber currently works full time as vice president of operations at his family’s natural foods distribution business. He previously worked in environmental consulting, specializing in indoor air quality.

Jeremy Ferderber currently works full-time as vice president of operations at his family’s natural foods distribution business. He previously worked in environmental consulting, specializing in indoor air quality.

Polling and voter registration statistics suggest that in recent years, there has been rising discontent with both major political parties. Why do you think that is, and what do you think your party can do at the state level to address it?

As a non-politician and first-time candidate, I completely understand this discontent with both parties. Both have their faults, but one carries the lion’s share of responsibility for our current issues.

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However, I am a fan of compromise, and I think there are concessions that both sides can and should make in order to minimize shutdowns and borrowing from reserves. I also agree that legalizing recreational marijuana and taxing games, as proposed, while simultaneously investing in our infrastructure to make PA even more attractive to residents and businesses (think - modern rail travel across the state and connecting suburbs to city centers, increased and improved bike lanes, etc.), is a good strategy to both increase tax revenue and position PA for continued growth.

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I grew up just north of here, so I’ve seen firsthand how our communities have changed over time. While District 28 has grown, affordable housing both locally and statewide remains a real concern. I believe we should focus on revitalizing areas with existing infrastructure as much as we focus on expanding into untouched land. Growing up in a rural area around generations-old farmland that became subdivisions, I understand the balance we need. We can protect our environment while streamlining permitting and encouraging redevelopment. That approach helps increase affordable housing and strengthens our local economy without losing what makes this area special.

Pennsylvania is also home to rich agricultural landscapes, producing a variety of high-quality and healthy foods. By nurturing and promoting the robust local food system, we can greatly improve and support the regional food economy. This will empower farmers, minimize transportation, and sustain residents with high quality, locally-grown foods. This is especially important to me as part of operating my family's food distribution business, where we prioritize the distribution of regionally-produced foods.

Jeremy Ferderber for PA — Platform

IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE

I am a firm believer in the reinvestment of our hard-earned tax dollars back into our local economy for the benefit and betterment of the community.

Supports legalizing recreational marijuana, taxing games, and investing in transportation and bicycle infrastructure to increase revenue and growth.

Supports redevelopment in areas with existing infrastructure, streamlined permitting, and affordable housing growth while protecting undeveloped land.

Supports strengthening the local food system to support farmers and the regional food economy.

Believes tax dollars should be reinvested in the local economy.

- Supports legalizing recreational marijuana, taxing games, and investing in transportation and bicycle infrastructure to increase revenue and growth.
- Supports redevelopment in areas with existing infrastructure, streamlined permitting, and affordable housing growth while protecting undeveloped land.
- Supports strengthening the local food system to support farmers and the regional food economy.
- Believes tax dollars should be reinvested in the local economy.

Economy

With the advances we have made in healthcare; especially those in our very own hometown where many come to seek the highest standard in medical care, we should not have to live in fear of bankruptcy when we need to access that healthcare. I will fully support a push towards a Medicare for All system, where we can reap the benefits of our ingenuity without fear of financial ruin, and where our innovative and brilliant medical research community can continue to thrive.

This is one thing I will not budge on. I want to ensure that my daughter, and everyone's daughters, get to grow up in a place where they have the same freedoms and bodily autonomy rights that their MOTHERS and their GRANDMOTHERS had, at the very least. It's their body. It's their choice. Period. We shouldn't have to be taking this stand in 2026, but thanks to the rollback of federal laws, we must act at the state level to ensure we not only protect these fundamental human rights, but to continue fighting to expand upon them.

Supports protecting and expanding bodily autonomy rights.

- Supports a Medicare for All system.
- Supports protecting and expanding bodily autonomy rights.

Healthcare

My district is home to several highly regarded school districts, and my own personal experience as a father of two school-aged children has been overwhelmingly positive. However, PA’s educational system remains underfunded while our per-student cost is among the highest in the nation. I would support any legislation that can help to address both of these issues, while placing the educational benefits of all students first. Updating state funding based on current data, increasing state contributions closer to the national average, and reassessing charter (including cyber) regulations to include more financial, ethical, and private interest transparency would be positive first steps to take.

Supports updating state education funding and increasing state contributions, while increasing financial and private-interest transparency in charter and cyber charter schools.

- Supports updating state education funding and increasing state contributions, while increasing financial and private-interest transparency in charter and cyber charter schools.

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)?
Absolutely yes - I firmly believe that any and all new data center development needs to adhere to all water, energy and land use laws, and that we need to ensure that we don't repeat the mistakes of the past in rushing headstrong and headfirst into rapid development of new technologies without the appropriate due diligence, vetting, and research into how to best combine innovation with conservation, so that we can avoid creating yet another significant environmental cost down the road, and so that we can set an example for the next generation who will be watching.

Absolutely yes - I firmly believe that any and all new data center development needs to adhere to all water, energy and land use laws, and that we need to ensure that we don't repeat the mistakes of the past in rushing headstrong and headfirst into rapid development of new technologies without the appropriate due diligence, vetting, and research into how to best combine innovation with conservation, so that we can avoid creating yet another significant environmental cost down the road, and so that we can set an example for the next generation who will be watching. I feel that the existing MPC should not be overruled by state mandates to allow for rapid data center development, while cutting through regulations and red tape.

We have abundant natural resources in PA with endless potential for renewable energy - from solar to wind to geothermal - and all ways that we can simultaneously reduce our dependence on foreign oil, create a new wave of industry and jobs, and lower our environmental impact.

Supports state regulation of data centers' water, energy, and land-use impacts and opposes overriding local planning rules for rapid development.

Supports developing solar, wind, and geothermal energy.

- Supports state regulation of data centers' water, energy, and land-use impacts and opposes overriding local planning rules for rapid development.
- Supports developing solar, wind, and geothermal energy.

Energy & the Environment

It's well past the point of acknowledging that we have a gun violence problem in this country. We must do whatever we can safeguard our families, our communities, and our law enforcement officers. Whether it's implementing mandatory background checks or banning ghost guns, we can institute policies that respect human life and the Second Amendment.

Supports mandatory background checks and banning ghost guns.

- Supports mandatory background checks and banning ghost guns.

Public Safety

I support Democratic efforts to expand voting access (such as early voting), and I STRONGLY reject any version of the SAVE act, which will disenfranchise a significant number of eligible voters while rolling back democracy as we know it. I also strongly reject the idea of masked ICE agents at polling places - voter intimidation has no place in the democratic process.

GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS

I stand firmly for getting money out of politics. Banning corporate gifts, placing limits on campaign contributions, and fighting against Citizens United to keep politics in our state for the people and BY the people, not by corporations and special interest groups, will help to make Pennsylvania's political landscape more accountable and will return bipartisan trust to our citizens.

With overwhelming support, Pennsylvanians want to put an end to unchecked money influencing our political process and our state's legislation. It is unacceptable that 38 gift ban bills have been introduced and not passed in the last 25 years; this needs to change. We need to join the other 41 states with campaign contribution limits to show the people of our commonwealth that we can't be bought with unlimited campaign spending, and that we are committed to serving the people we represent. And finally, we need to reject Citizens United and ban the spending of corporate dark money in our political process. Simply put: people should decide political outcomes, not corporations.

VOTING RIGHTS

I will continue to foster the democratic process by helping to EXPAND access to voting, thereby increasing voting rights, rather than reduce voting access. I will fight against efforts like the SAVE Act, which are designed to alienate, discriminate, and disenfranchise voters. We need our democracy to be functional rather than dysfunctional, and I will work to empower all eligible Pennsylvanians to be involved and engaged in our voting.

The myth of widespread election fraud has been disproven, and if mail-in voting is good enough for the President, it's good enough for the residents of PA. I support Democratic efforts to expand voting access (such as early voting), and I STRONGLY reject any version of the SAVE act, which will disenfranchise a significant number of eligible voters while rolling back democracy as we know it.

Opposes masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at polling places.

Supports campaign-contribution limits, banning corporate gifts, and prohibiting corporate dark-money spending in Pennsylvania politics.

Supports expanding voting access, including early voting, and opposes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.

- Opposes masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at polling places.
- Supports campaign-contribution limits, banning corporate gifts, and prohibiting corporate dark-money spending in Pennsylvania politics.
- Supports expanding voting access, including early voting, and opposes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.

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Jeremy Ferderber

- Supports strengthening the local food system to support farmers and the regional food economy.
- Believes tax dollars should be reinvested in the local economy.

- Supports developing solar, wind, and geothermal energy.

- Supports campaign-contribution limits, banning corporate gifts, and prohibiting corporate dark-money spending in Pennsylvania politics.
- Supports expanding voting access, including early voting, and opposes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.

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