Andrew Harbaugh came to Clarion, Pennsylvania after graduating high school in 2013. He attended Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion while working retail in town. During this time he met his wife, Lexi, and they were married in 2015.

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Andrew Harbaugh came to Clarion, Pennsylvania after graduating high school in 2013. He attended Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion while working retail in town. During this time he met his wife, Lexi, and they were married in 2015.

In the years that followed, Andrew and Lexi started a family that now includes two boys, Eli (9) and Grayson (7), their dog Mud and their cat Ellie.

Andrew Harbaugh came to Clarion, Pennsylvania, after graduating from high school in 2013. He attended Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion. He is married to Lexi, and they have two children.

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In starting a family and working in the community, Andrew realized he wanted more. He decided to pursue his dream job of becoming a sports writer and he worked as a freelance writer while working full-time in retail. His nights were spent staying up to write and cover various teams and sports before earning a full-time job with USA Today in 2024.

Andrew Harbaugh works as a sports writer for USA Today. He previously worked as a freelance writer and in retail.

CLARION, Pa. (EYT) — Unofficial results from Clarion County’s municipal election on Tuesday show Kaitlyn Whitling, Christy A. Logue, Andrew Harbaugh, and Helen Hampikian as the top vote-getters in the race for four Clarion Borough Council seats, while Helen Hampikian secured the election for a two-year term.

Six candidates were on the ballot competing for the four available four-year terms. The candidates included Kaitlyn Whitling, Andrew Harbaugh, Helen Hampikian, Christy A. Logue, Sarah MacBeth, and Andrew Anthony Montana. The top four vote-getters win the seats.

Whitling, Logue, Harbaugh, Hampikian Win Clarion Borough Council Seats - exploreClarion

Andrew was elected to the Clarion Borough Council in 2025.

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2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

### What do you see as the most pressing issues facing residents of your district, and how would you address them?
Affordability, Education Funding, and Healthcare Access. Affordability, we need to protect and promote better jobs, union jobs, and have a competitive wage compared to neighboring states. Education funding is chaotic due to the stalemates that happen during state budget negotiations. Either funding is lost as a sacrifice to pass a budget, or it goes to charter schools that remain the wild, wild west of my state.

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Supports promoting better-paying union jobs and wages that are competitive with neighboring states.

- Supports promoting better-paying union jobs and wages that are competitive with neighboring states.

Economy

As of October 16, 2026, Andrew Harbaugh did not have a website or any information online.

Healthcare

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)?
As someone who is on the Clarion Borough Council and has passed an ordinance for them in the last three months, I say we leave it up to the areas that are facing them. A blanket approach is going to upset folks. We need to trust folks at the local level to handle them as they hear directly and have the best connections with folks who are going to be impacted by them.

### 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)?
As someone who is on the Clarion Borough Council and has passed an ordinance for them in the last three months, I say we leave it up to the areas that are facing them. A blanket approach is going to upset folks. We need to trust folks at the local level to handle them as they hear directly and have the best connections with folks who are going to be impacted by them.
And I will add, the ordinance I voted for I wish had more teeth, and I am taking the steps to do so by talking with other boroughs and areas in Pennsylvania who have ordinances in place to see what works and what doesn't.

Advocates local authority over data-center regulation and seeks stronger local ordinances.

- Advocates local authority over data-center regulation and seeks stronger local ordinances.

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?
Voting fraud is not an issue and is nothing more than a distraction or scare tactic by anyone who uses it. As for access, folks were quick to judge the rural internet access bill that was passed under a previous administration due to the amount of red tape and steps. Our elections do not need more protections, real IDs, or passports to verify that the right folks are casting their vote.
Pennsylvania already protects our elections, and any effort to do anything to "strengthen" them further is wasted energy.

Opposes additional voter identification requirements and other measures intended to further strengthen Pennsylvania's elections.

- Opposes additional voter identification requirements and other measures intended to further strengthen Pennsylvania's elections.

Voting & Elections

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Andrew Harbaugh

No matter where they live in our state, farmers should be able to thrive and pass on their farms to the next generation. Over the decades, we have seen our farms struggle to get by, with some even forced to take second jobs, while those around us have seen growth and profit.

Regulations and mandates should not choke the success of family-owned farms. They deserve to find the prosperity they have worked for and earned without the fear of oversight setting them back further than where they started.

Opposes regulations and mandates that impede the success of family-owned farms.

- Supports promoting better-paying union jobs and wages that are competitive with neighboring states.
- Opposes regulations and mandates that impede the success of family-owned farms.

It shouldn’t matter if a person lives in a rural community or in the city. We all deserve access to good health care. Here in our community, the uncertainty of our healthcare facilities has forced residents to travel to find the care they need and deserve.

Supports protections against rising health insurance premiums and testing costs.

Supports access to health care for rural and urban residents.

- Supports access to health care for rural and urban residents.

In order for Pennsylvania to thrive, our public schools have to thrive. While recent changes and funding were put in place through the latest state budget, more needs to be done to ensure our kids have access to the resources they need. If charter schools are taking public education funds, they need to be held to the same standards.

In order for Pennsylvania to thrive, our public schools have to thrive. While recent changes and funding were put in place through the latest state budget, more needs to be done to ensure our kids have access to the resources they need. If charter schools are taking public education funds, they need to be held to the same standards. Until that is achieved, there will be a discrepancy that is unfairly affecting too many of our children.

Supports providing public-school students with additional resources.

Supports holding charter schools receiving public education funds to the same standards as public schools.

- Supports providing public-school students with additional resources.
- Supports holding charter schools receiving public education funds to the same standards as public schools.

Whether a person works in retail like I did, or owns their own business, they should be able to afford the necessities: food, clothes, and a safe place to live. But in our district, any affordable housing opportunities are taken up by landlords who mass-purchase buildings, which leads to minimized competition.

As electric and other utility costs rise and strain renters and homeowners alike, we need to find ways to protect ourselves from the increasing costs driven by the rising demand for electricity for data centers and AI.

Supports protecting renters and homeowners from utility-cost increases associated with electricity demand from data centers and artificial intelligence.

- Advocates local authority over data-center regulation and seeks stronger local ordinances.
- Supports protecting renters and homeowners from utility-cost increases associated with electricity demand from data centers and artificial intelligence.

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