The daughter of U.S. Navy veterans, Kathryn has called Corry home since she was less than a year old. From her parents, Kathryn learned early the value of perseverance and responsibility.

Kathryn DiVittorio for State Representative

Finance
Degrees
Bachelor's, Arizona State University, Finance/Justice Studies
Issue Stances
Housing
Housing

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After working in finance in New York and Ohio, Kathryn returned home to Corry eight years ago to raise her family in the community that raised her. Like many in our community, her life has been shaped by both resilience and hardship.

Kathryn Divittorio has lived in Corry since she was less than a year old. She earned a bachelor's degree in finance and justice studies from Arizona State University. She returned to Corry to raise her family.

The challenges of finding specialized services for her children opened her eyes to the severe lack of resources available to rural families. Determined to change that reality, Kathryn founded the DiVittorio Center for Autism, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located in Corry dedicated to expanding autism education in rural communities. Established in March 2025, the center is a hub for rural autism support, built on a one-to-one support system to provide individual education without financial barriers for families.

In addition to her work at the center, Kathryn serves as the Assistant Director of the Corry Higher Education Council, which provides community programming and workforce training and builds partnerships between educational institutions and private businesses.

Kathryn serves as the assistant director of the Corry Higher Education Council and founded the DiVittorio Center for Autism, a nonprofit in Corry. She previously worked in finance in New York and Ohio.

2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

We should take that same approach to economic development. We don't need to wait for somebody from outside our area to come tell us what our future is going to look like. We have the building blocks: agriculture, manufacturing, schools and training programs, an airport, waterfront industries, and small businesses. Our job is to connect those assets to new opportunities. Across Erie County, farmers need stable markets and more ways to earn from what they grow. When a major buyer abruptly canceled contracts with Lake Erie grape growers, the state's emergency purchase protected part of this year's crop. But emergency assistance cannot be a long-term solution. Pennsylvania can help more growers find buyers, develop products, expand local processing, and keep more of that economic value at home.

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Strong communities also require affordable housing. People should be able to rent a safe, well-maintained home and have a path to homeownership if they want one. The state can help municipalities rehabilitate neglected properties, expand ownership opportunities, and protect residents when manufactured-home neighborhoods are purchased by unaccountable outside corporations.

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? A state budget is a moral document because it shows what we value and who we are willing to invest in. The process starts months before the deadline, so there is no good reason for families, schools, local governments, and service providers to be left wondering whether funding will arrive on time. I believe leaders should find agreement where they can, pass a responsible budget on time, and continue debating issues where there is still disagreement rather than using the entire budget as a political pawn. And if state-funded organizations are going without payment because lawmakers failed to do their job, legislators should not be getting paid either.

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Advocates for helping farmers find buyers, develop products, expand local processing, and retain more agricultural economic value locally.

Supports state assistance to rehabilitate neglected properties, expand homeownership opportunities, and protect residents of manufactured-home communities.

Calls for passing responsible state budgets on time and withholding legislators' pay when state-funded organizations go unpaid because of budget delays.

- Advocates for helping farmers find buyers, develop products, expand local processing, and retain more agricultural economic value locally.
- Supports state assistance to rehabilitate neglected properties, expand homeownership opportunities, and protect residents of manufactured-home communities.
- Calls for passing responsible state budgets on time and withholding legislators' pay when state-funded organizations go unpaid because of budget delays.

Economy

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

Healthcare

Building a good life here starts with recognizing that education and workforce development are part of the same system. A student shouldn't have to choose between preparing for college and preparing for a career. An adult who wants to change careers shouldn't have to leave town to get the training they need. And an employer shouldn't have to tell us what jobs they can't fill year after year while we continue offering training that doesn't connect people to those jobs. Pennsylvania has begun investing in dual credit, career certification, and schools-to-work programs. We should build on that progress by making those opportunities available to more rural students without cost or distance barriers and by supporting regional partnerships that connect training to jobs local employers need to fill.

Supports expanding no-cost rural access to dual-credit, career-certification, and school-to-work programs, with regional partnerships that connect training to local jobs.

- Supports expanding no-cost rural access to dual-credit, career-certification, and school-to-work programs, with regional partnerships that connect training to local jobs.

Education

The state can help municipalities rehabilitate neglected properties, expand ownership opportunities, and protect residents when manufactured-home neighborhoods are purchased by unaccountable outside corporations. The same standard should apply to new industries, including data centers. Developers ought to be responsible for grid upgrades and public infrastructure their projects require. Residents deserve a meaningful voice before decisions are made, as well as clear information about energy and water use, environmental impacts, promised jobs, and public subsidies. Economic development should create opportunity, not shift corporate costs onto the people who live here.

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)? Data centers can bring significant investment and economic opportunity, but that growth needs to be responsible. I support state standards that protect our water and electric grid, ensure families and taxpayers are not subsidizing massive corporate energy users, and require transparency about water and energy use. At the same time, municipalities should have a meaningful voice in where and how these facilities are built.

Calls for data-center developers to pay for needed grid upgrades and infrastructure and disclose projects' environmental impacts, jobs, and public subsidies.

Supports state standards for data centers that protect water and the electric grid, prevent taxpayer subsidies, require usage transparency, and preserve municipal input.

- Calls for data-center developers to pay for needed grid upgrades and infrastructure and disclose projects' environmental impacts, jobs, and public subsidies.
- Supports state standards for data centers that protect water and the electric grid, prevent taxpayer subsidies, require usage transparency, and preserve municipal input.

Energy & the Environment

Public Safety

What changes, if any, would you support to enable better access, ensure security, and support the processes of our elections? Every eligible voter should be able to cast their ballot securely and have confidence that it will be counted accurately. I support well-trained poll workers, accessible polling places, secure mail-in voting, and clear, reliable information so voters understand when, where, and how to vote. In a rural district like ours, access also means making sure voters are not disadvantaged by where they live.

I support well-trained poll workers, accessible polling places, secure mail-in voting, and clear, reliable information so voters understand when, where, and how to vote. In a rural district like ours, access also means making sure voters are not disadvantaged by where they live. I would support additional secure ballot drop-off locations outside downtown Erie and giving county election officials more time to process mail ballots before Election Day. We can make voting easier to access while keeping our elections secure, transparent, and trustworthy.

Supports accessible polling places, trained poll workers, secure mail-in voting, and reliable voter information to expand secure voting access.

Supports additional secure ballot drop-off locations outside downtown Erie and allowing county officials more time to process mail ballots before Election Day.

Supports additional secure ballot drop-off locations outside downtown Erie and allows county officials more time to process mail ballots before Election Day.

- Supports accessible polling places, trained poll workers, secure mail-in voting, and reliable voter information to expand secure voting access.
- Supports additional secure ballot drop-off locations outside downtown Erie and allows county officials more time to process mail ballots before Election Day.

Voting & Elections

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Kathryn Divittorio

- Calls for passing responsible state budgets on time and withholding legislators' pay when state-funded organizations go unpaid because of budget delays.

- Supports state standards for data centers that protect water and the electric grid, prevent taxpayer subsidies, require usage transparency, and preserve municipal input.

- Supports accessible polling places, trained poll workers, secure mail-in voting, and reliable voter information to expand secure voting access.
- Supports additional secure ballot drop-off locations outside downtown Erie and allowing county officials more time to process mail ballots before Election Day.

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