My name is Caleb McCoy. I grew up in Altoona as the oldest of 7 children. We grew up in a loving and very devout household. Our mom became sick and eventually passed away from cancer while I was in high school, something that had a profound impact on my understanding of the world.

Meet Caleb | The Real McCoy for PA

During that time I went to Penn State where I met my wife Stephanie before I switched schools to get a degree in Nursing from Mount Aloysius while working full time as an aid to support myself.

Caleb McCoy grew up in Altoona. He attended Penn State before earning a degree in nursing from Mount Aloysius. He met his wife, Stephanie, while attending Penn State.

I graduated in 2007 having already joined the Pennsylvania Army National Guard which I served in until 2012 when I completed my contract and was honorably discharged.

I have worked ever since as a registered nurse in a variety of settings and positions, from providing care to children in rural Clearfield, to working as a director of nursing for facilities in Philadelphia.

I have left the traveling nurse role that I’ve been in for the last few years because I believe that the most important way I can help the people of Pennsylvania is by politically addressing the institutions that are destroying healthcare and general working conditions for the average American.

Caleb previously worked as a traveling nurse and as a registered nurse, including serving as a director of nursing. He served in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard from 2007 to 2012 and was honorably discharged.

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McCoy’s run for Pennsylvania State Representative in District 79 is his first run for elected office.

2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

Fund our schools and prevent privatization of school systems

Fight against predatory lending and credit systems

Support relief for school loans and expansion of community college and trade school options

Platform | The Real McCoy for PA

Ensure rights for consumers to repair the things we buy

Outlaw all preventable forms of Surveillance pricing 

Prevent privatization of water and other public services​

Prevent privatization of water and other public services​

Tax corporations and billionaires properly in order to lower taxes for the working class

Protecting Our Rights and Freedoms

LIST OF PRIORITIES


Investing in and supporting the working class

Improved access to and support for child care

Paid parental leave for both parents of a newborn

Improved access to and support for child care

Paid parental leave for both parents of a newborn

Increase the Minimum Wage

Paid parental leave for both parents of a newborn

Increase the Minimum Wage

Close tax Loopholes that create disadvantages for PA businesses

Increase the Minimum Wage

Close tax Loopholes that create disadvantages for PA businesses

Keep our rural hospitals open

Support relief for school loans and expansion of community college and trade school options

Promote Unions and worker class solidarity

Affordability

Prevent monopolization of healthcare

Prevent price gouging by Corporate Housing interests

Ensure rights for consumers to repair the things we buy

Prevent price gouging by Corporate Housing interests

Ensure rights for consumers to repair the things we buy

Outlaw all preventable forms of Surveillance pricing

Standing up for Our Veterans

Pass HB206 to exempt the spouses of active-duty service members from local income taxes.

Pass HB207, which would exempt the spouses of active-duty service members from state income taxes.

Pass HB206 to exempt the spouses of active-duty service members from local income taxes.

Pass HB207, which would exempt the spouses of active-duty service members from state income taxes.

Pass HB1257 to exempt all 100% disabled veterans from property tax payments and guarantee benefits for the surviving spouses of eligible veterans.

Pass HB207, which would exempt the spouses of active-duty service members from state income taxes.

Pass HB1257 to exempt all 100% disabled veterans from property tax payments and guarantee benefits for the surviving spouses of eligible veterans.

Advocates for action against predatory lending and credit systems.

Supports outlawing preventable forms of surveillance pricing.

Supports stopping companies from charging people different prices based on their personal data or online activity.

Supports properly taxing corporations and billionaires to lower taxes for working-class residents.

Supports taxing corporations and billionaires to lower taxes for working-class residents.

Supports improved access to and support for child care.

Supports paid parental leave for both parents of a newborn.

Supports closing tax loopholes that disadvantage Pennsylvania businesses.

Supports preventing housing companies from price gouging.

Supports consumers' right to repair purchased products.

Supports House Bill (HB) 206, which exempts active-duty service members' spouses from local income taxes.

Supports exempting active-duty service members' spouses from local income taxes.

Supports HB 207, which exempts active-duty service members' spouses from state income taxes.

Supports exempting active-duty service members' spouses from state income taxes.

Supports HB 1257, which exempts fully disabled veterans from property taxes and provides benefits for eligible surviving spouses.

Supports exempting fully disabled veterans from property taxes and provides benefits for eligible surviving spouses.

- Advocates for action against predatory lending and credit systems.
- Supports stopping companies from charging people different prices based on their personal data or online activity.
- Supports taxing corporations and billionaires to lower taxes for working-class residents.
- Supports improved access to and support for child care.
- Supports paid parental leave for both parents of a newborn.
- Supports increasing the minimum wage.
- Supports closing tax loopholes that disadvantage Pennsylvania businesses.
- Supports unions and worker solidarity.
- Supports preventing housing companies from price gouging.
- Supports consumers' right to repair purchased products.
- Supports exempting active-duty service members' spouses from local income taxes.
- Supports exempting active-duty service members' spouses from state income taxes.
- Supports exempting fully disabled veterans from property taxes and provides benefits for eligible surviving spouses.

Economy

Close tax Loopholes that create disadvantages for PA businesses

Keep our rural hospitals open

Fund our schools and prevent privatization of school systems

Stop data centers from raising energy costs

Prevent monopolization of healthcare

Prevent price gouging by Corporate Housing interests

Protecting Our Rights and Freedoms

Protect right to choose 

Legalize adult-use marijuana

Protect right to choose 

Legalize adult-use marijuana

Fight back to protect our civil rights against ICE

Supports preventing monopolization of healthcare.

Supports stopping one company or group from controlling too much of the healthcare system.

Supports legalizing marijuana for adult use.

- Supports keeping rural hospitals open.
- Supports stopping one company or group from controlling too much of the healthcare system.
- Supports abortion access.
- Supports legalizing marijuana for adult use.

Healthcare

Keep our rural hospitals open

Fund our schools and prevent privatization of school systems

Fight against predatory lending and credit systems

Fight against predatory lending and credit systems

Support relief for school loans and expansion of community college and trade school options

Promote Unions and worker class solidarity

Supports funding schools and preventing privatization of school systems.

Supports student-loan relief and expanding community-college and trade-school options.

- Supports funding schools and preventing privatization of school systems.
- Supports student-loan relief and expanding community-college and trade-school options.

Education

Affordability

Stop data centers from raising energy costs

Prevent monopolization of healthcare

Outlaw all preventable forms of Surveillance pricing 

Prevent privatization of water and other public services​

Tax corporations and billionaires properly in order to lower taxes for the working class

Supports stopping data centers from raising energy costs.

Supports preventing privatization of water and other public services.

- Supports stopping data centers from raising energy costs.
- Supports preventing privatization of water and other public services.

Energy & the Environment

Removal of Civil Forfeiture laws

Promote and protect RESPONSIBLE gun ownership

Defending Democracy

Fight back to protect our civil rights against ICE

Removal of Civil Forfeiture laws

Promote and protect RESPONSIBLE gun ownership

Supports repealing civil forfeiture laws.

Supports ending laws that let police take people’s money or property without proving they did anything wrong.

- Supports responsible gun ownership.
- Supports ending laws that let police take people’s money or property without proving they did anything wrong.

Public Safety

Outlaw insider trading for ALL politicians​

Protect our elections from federal interference

Standing up for Our Veterans

Defending Democracy

Create fair districts and stop gerrymandering

Reform and remove corporate money from politics

Create fair districts and stop gerrymandering

Reform and remove corporate money from politics

Outlaw insider trading for ALL politicians

Supports protecting elections from federal interference.

Supports creating fair districts and ending gerrymandering.

Supports reforming campaign finance and removing corporate money from politics.

- Supports protecting elections from federal interference.
- Supports creating fair districts and ending gerrymandering.
- Supports reforming campaign finance and removing corporate money from politics.

Voting & Elections

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- Supports improved access to and support for child care.
- Supports paid parental leave for both parents of a newborn.
- Supports increasing the minimum wage.
- Supports closing tax loopholes that disadvantage Pennsylvania businesses.
- Supports unions and worker solidarity.
- Supports preventing housing companies from price gouging.
- Supports consumers' right to repair purchased products.
- Supports House Bill (HB) 206, which exempts active-duty service members' spouses from local income taxes.
- Supports HB 207, which exempts active-duty service members' spouses from state income taxes.
- Supports HB 1257, which exempts fully disabled veterans from property taxes and provides benefits for eligible surviving spouses.

- Supports keeping rural hospitals open.
- Supports preventing monopolization of healthcare.
- Supports abortion access.
- Supports legalizing marijuana for adult use.

- Supports repealing civil forfeiture laws.

- Supports creating fair districts and ending gerrymandering.
- Supports reforming campaign finance and removing corporate money from politics.

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