Jessica St Clair is a lifelong resident of Central Pennsylvania. She is an educator, scientist, and community advocate running to represent Pennsylvania House District 87, which makes up the heart of central Cumberland County.

St Clair Together

Biographical Information
County Cumberland
Occupation Science Educator
Education Undergraduate work at Harrisburg Area Community College, BS Biotechnology from Shippensburg University, MS Biology from Shippensburg University, graduate work at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, teacher certification from Millersville University

Pennsylvania State Representative District 87 — VOTE411 Voter Guide. Additional information available on VOTE411.org.

I'm a mom of two girls and making sure they have a bright future is my drive. What does that mean?

Jessica St Clair for PA House

Deeply rooted in her community, Jessica volunteers at the Amelia Givin Library in Mount Holly Springs and is active with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Mechanicsburg. Her commitment to service—both professionally and personally—reflects her belief that strong communities are built through shared responsibility and mutual respect.

Jessica St Clair is a lifelong resident of Central Pennsylvania. She completed undergraduate work at Harrisburg Area Community College, earned a Bachelor of Science in biotechnology and a Master of Science in biology from Shippensburg University, completed graduate work at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, and received teacher certification from Millersville University. She is a mother of two girls, volunteers at the Amelia Givin Library in Mount Holly Springs, and is active with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Mechanicsburg.

Jessica St Clair — Donate via ActBlue

St. Clair currently teaches biology at Harrisburg Area Community College. She previously taught in public school districts across Central Pennsylvania and worked in public health, environmental protection, and regulatory oversight for the Pennsylvania Departments of Health and Environmental Protection.

St. Clair’s run for Pennsylvania State Representative in District 87 is her first run for elected office.

2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

What do you see as the most pressing issues facing residents of your district, and how would you address them? Neighbors across our district are all feeling the same squeeze. Gas, groceries, and healthcare costs keep going up while wages stay flat. I know what that feels like. I grew up on WIC and reduced lunch, and I was the first in my family to go to college. That experience shaped who I am. As a scientist, former PA DEP inspector, and HACC professor, I bring both lived experience and real-world expertise to these challenges. I will fight for fair wages, lower healthcare costs, clean water, and well-funded schools because I have lived it, and I know how to fix it.

Economy

As a state representative, Jessica will fight to:
Protect access to affordable healthcare for working families and seniors
Strengthen mental health services and community-based care
Support healthcare workers and workforce training programs
Ensure public health decisions are guided by data, transparency, and trust

Supports access to affordable healthcare for working families and seniors.

Supports strengthening mental-health services and community-based care.

Supports healthcare workers and workforce-training programs.

Supports public-health decisions guided by data, transparency, and trust.

- Supports access to affordable healthcare for working families and seniors.
- Supports strengthening mental-health services and community-based care.
- Supports healthcare workers and workforce-training programs.
- Supports public-health decisions guided by data, transparency, and trust.

Healthcare

Find real solutions that keep our children safe
Fully and fairly fund public education across districts
Support educators with competitive pay, professional respect, and classroom resources
Expand access to career and technical education and community college pathways
Ensure schools have the support they need to meet students’ mental health and special education needs

Supports fully and fairly funding public education across districts.

Supports competitive educator pay, professional respect, and classroom resources.

Supports expanding career and technical education and community-college pathways.

Supports school resources to address students’ mental-health and special-education needs.

- Supports fully and fairly funding public education across districts.
- Supports competitive educator pay, professional respect, and classroom resources.
- Supports expanding career and technical education and community-college pathways.
- Supports school resources to address students’ mental-health and special-education needs.

Education

In Harrisburg, Jessica will:
Protect clean water, air, and soil for current and future generations
Support responsible development that balances economic growth with environmental stewardship
Ensure environmental laws are enforced fairly and transparently
Invest in science-based solutions to environmental and public health challenges

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)? Yes. This directly affects your bills. A single large data center can use as much energy as a small city and as much water as an entire town. Without rules, your utility bills end up boosting corporate profits. As a former PA DEP inspector, I have seen firsthand what happens when industry operates without environmental accountability. We pay the price in higher costs and damaged water and land. With smart state standards, data centers can be good neighbors. They can bring jobs while protecting our water, land, and keeping utility costs fair for taxpayers across District 87. State baseline protections and local MPC zoning authority are not in conflict. We need both working together to protect our communities and build our economy.

Supports protecting clean water, air, and soil for current and future generations.

Supports development that balances economic growth with environmental stewardship.

Plans to ensure environmental laws are enforced fairly and transparently.

Supports investing in science-based solutions to environmental and public-health challenges.

Calls for state data-center standards and local zoning authority to protect water and land while keeping utility costs fair.

- Supports protecting clean water, air, and soil for current and future generations.
- Supports development that balances economic growth with environmental stewardship.
- Plans to ensure environmental laws are enforced fairly and transparently.
- Supports investing in science-based solutions to environmental and public-health challenges.
- Calls for state data-center standards and local zoning authority to protect water and land while keeping utility costs fair.

Energy & the Environment

As of October 16, 2026, Jessica St Clair’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Safety

What changes, if any, would you support to enable better access, ensure security, and support the processes of our elections? Every eligible neighbor deserves a fair, secure, and accessible vote. In the last 10 years less than 150 fraudulent ballots were documented in PA out of hundreds of millions cast. Fraud is rare, and our systems are catching it. Yet some proposals would require voters to get a passport, which costs $165 for first-time applicants, or a Real ID, which runs about $60. Women who have changed their name through marriage, have to get court documents with name changes, which takes time and money many families do not have. I support secure, paper-based elections with strong audits and full transparency, while removing barriers that make it harder for working and disabled neighbors to participate. Security and access, we can have both.

Supports secure paper-based elections, strong audits, transparency, and removing voting barriers for working residents and residents with disabilities.

- Supports secure paper-based elections, strong audits, transparency, and removing voting barriers for working residents and residents with disabilities.

Voting & Elections

Facebook

Instagram

YouTube

TikTok

Jessica St Clair

Edward Krutsch

Buket Urgen

Thomas Kutz

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws, including introducing tax bills. 
- State representatives and their staff respond to constituent concerns and questions through emails, phone calls, and website announcements. 
- State representatives oversee the executive branch and can vote to overrule a veto by the Governor.  
- They are elected to two-year terms and have a salary of $106,000, with a 1-3% annual increase

Your representative and state lawmaker in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives