About Shay
Mom. Wife. Nurse. Advocate.

My name is Shay, and Lawrence County is home.

I've lived here since the late 1990s. I grew up here, went to school here, raised my family here, and built my entire adult life right here.

About Shay

After graduating high school in 2011, I went straight into healthcare. I worked as a nursing aide from 20Il to 2019, doing the hands-on, often unseen work that keeps our healthcare system running. In 2019, I attended Lenape Practical Nursing School and have been a licensed nurse since 2020.

I'm just a few credits shy of completing my Bachelor's degree in Cultural Anthropology, a field rooted in listening, understanding people's lived experiences, and building solutions that actually work for real lives —not just on paper.

In 2021, I married my husband, Nick-a proud veteran of the United States Navy and my partner in both life and chaos. Together, we're raising five children, ages 17, 8, 7, 6, and I. Our home is busy, loud, imperfect, and full of love.

Shay Micco has lived in Lawrence County since the late 1990s. She attended Lenape Practical Nursing School and is a few credits short of completing a bachelor's degree in cultural anthropology. She is married to Nick, and they are raising five children.

Biographical Information
COUNTY
Lawrence
OCCUPATION
Nurse
EDUCATION
Lenape Practical Nursing School, Utah State University B.S. Anthropology
QUALIFICATIONS
Nurse, mom of five, with a background in cultural anthropology.

VOTE411: Pennsylvania State Representative, District 9

Shay Micco works as a nurse. She previously worked as a nursing aide.

Pennsylvania State Representative District 9 - VOTE411.org

2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

What do you see as the most pressing issues facing residents of your district, and how would you address them?
People are feeling squeezed from every direction, rising costs, limited job opportunities, and a healthcare system that’s stretched thin. We have an aging population, and too many families are one crisis away from financial instability.

I’m focused on rebuilding from the ground up: investing in infrastructure to attract real jobs, strengthening workforce pipelines through vo-tech, trades, and healthcare partnerships, and pushing for safe staffing standards in long-term care. Prevention, whether in healthcare, addiction, or economic decline, is cheaper, smarter, and long overdue.

My mission is simple: put people first, tell the truth, and deliver results you can actually feel in your daily life. That means fighting for affordable, accessible healthcare; strengthening our schools; supporting good-paying jobs and small businesses; and making sure our tax dollars go back into our communities — not into waste, backroom deals, or political games.

Shay for Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 9

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?
Late budgets aren’t just political theater, they disrupt schools, services, and local planning. That’s not acceptable.
I support earlier, more transparent negotiations and real accountability when deadlines are missed. We should require budget proposals to be publicly reviewed in plain language, with clear breakdowns of spending and impact.

I’d prioritize strong disease surveillance, rapid testing, clear communication between state agencies and producers, and resources to help farms improve biosecurity. Farm workers should have access to education, appropriate protective equipment when needed, and testing if they’re exposed.

I also believe farmers shouldn’t bear the financial burden alone when they’re doing the right thing by reporting outbreaks. Timely support and fair compensation help encourage transparency, which ultimately protects everyone.

Shay Micco - Scientist Network for Advancing Policy

Advocates investing in infrastructure and workforce partnerships for vocational, trade, and health care training to attract jobs.

Supports good-paying jobs and small businesses, as well as directing tax dollars to communities rather than waste or backroom deals.

Supports earlier, more transparent state budget negotiations and plain-language public reviews of spending proposals.

Believes farmers should receive timely support and fair compensation for reporting disease outbreaks.

- Advocates investing in infrastructure and workforce partnerships for vocational, trade, and health care training to attract jobs.
- Supports good-paying jobs and small businesses, as well as directing tax dollars to communities rather than waste or backroom deals.
- Supports earlier, more transparent state budget negotiations and plain-language public reviews of spending proposals.
- Believes farmers should receive timely support and fair compensation for reporting disease outbreaks.

Economy

Public Health
As a nurse, I’ve learned that people don’t respond well to being dismissed or shamed. If we want to improve vaccination rates and protect communities from outbreaks, we have to start by listening.

I’d support making accurate, evidence-based information easier to access through trusted local healthcare providers, schools, and community organizations while being transparent about both the benefits and potential risks of vaccines. Trust is earned through honest conversations, not mandates alone.

Measles is a highly contagious disease, and vaccines have played a major role in preventing serious illness for decades. I support ensuring vaccines remain readily available, affordable, and easy to access, while strengthening public health education and outbreak response.

Measles is a highly contagious disease, and vaccines have played a major role in preventing serious illness for decades. I support ensuring vaccines remain readily available, affordable, and easy to access, while strengthening public health education and outbreak response.

Science should guide our decisions, but communication matters just as much. People deserve facts, respect, and the opportunity to ask questions without feeling judged.

I support strengthening Pennsylvania’s ability to detect and respond to avian influenza quickly. Protecting our poultry and dairy industries protects farmers, workers, consumers, and our economy.

I’d prioritize strong disease surveillance, rapid testing, clear communication between state agencies and producers, and resources to help farms improve biosecurity. Farm workers should have access to education, appropriate protective equipment when needed, and testing if they’re exposed.

I also believe farmers shouldn’t bear the financial burden alone when they’re doing the right thing by reporting outbreaks.

Supports affordable, accessible health care.

Advocates safe staffing standards in long-term care.

Supports making evidence-based vaccine information available through local health care providers, schools, and community organizations.

Supports making vaccines readily available, affordable, and accessible while strengthening public-health education and outbreak response.

Prioritizes disease surveillance, rapid testing, farm biosecurity resources, and protections for workers exposed to avian influenza.

- Supports affordable, accessible health care.
- Advocates safe staffing standards in long-term care.
- Supports making evidence-based vaccine information available through local health care providers, schools, and community organizations.
- Supports making vaccines readily available, affordable, and accessible while strengthening public-health education and outbreak response.
- Prioritizes disease surveillance, rapid testing, farm biosecurity resources, and protections for workers exposed to avian influenza.

Healthcare

Advocates strengthening workforce pathways through vocational, trade, and health care partnerships.

- Advocates strengthening workforce pathways through vocational, trade, and health care partnerships.

Education

Public Health
I believe Pennsylvania should continue moving toward restricting PFAS in consumer products where the scientific evidence shows they’re unnecessary and pose a meaningful risk to public health or the environment. As a nurse, I understand that protecting people’s health sometimes means acting before the damage becomes irreversible.

That said, I also believe policy should be driven by evidence—not headlines or politics. I would rely on peer-reviewed research, recommendations from independent public health and environmental scientists, toxicology data, exposure studies, and guidance from organizations like the EPA and National Academies.

Energy
Pennsylvania has been an energy leader for generations, and I believe we can continue to be one by embracing an “all-of-the-above” approach. Natural gas, nuclear, coal, renewables, and emerging technologies all have a role to play as we work toward affordable, reliable, and cleaner energy.

I don’t believe we should force one industry out in favor of another. Instead, we should invest in innovation, modernize our electric grid, encourage responsible development of renewable energy where it makes sense, and support technologies that reduce emissions while protecting good-paying Pennsylvania jobs.

Natural gas, nuclear, coal, renewables, and emerging technologies all have a role to play as we work toward affordable, reliable, and cleaner energy.

I don’t believe we should force one industry out in favor of another. Instead, we should invest in innovation, modernize our electric grid, encourage responsible development of renewable energy where it makes sense, and support technologies that reduce emissions while protecting good-paying Pennsylvania jobs.

Energy policy should balance environmental stewardship with economic reality.

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 investment, but not at the expense of residents, farmland, water, or utility ratepayers. I support strong statewide standards, including mandatory setbacks from homes, schools, farms, and other sensitive areas.

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 investment, but not at the expense of residents, farmland, water, or utility ratepayers. I support strong statewide standards, including mandatory setbacks from homes, schools, farms, and other sensitive areas. Developers should disclose water and energy use, infrastructure demands, noise, and environmental impacts. Approvals must comply with Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Act so decisions are made transparently and with public input.

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 investment, but not at the expense of residents, farmland, water, or utility ratepayers. I support strong statewide standards, including mandatory setbacks from homes, schools, farms, and other sensitive areas. Developers should disclose water and energy use, infrastructure demands, noise, and environmental impacts. Approvals must comply with Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Act so decisions are made transparently and with public input. Regulations must also respect Article I, Section 27 of our Constitution, protecting Pennsylvanians’ rights to clean air and pure water. State standards should be a floor, not a ceiling, and municipalities must retain local zoning authority.

I recognize that AI and the infrastructure supporting it are becoming an important part of our future. However, I do not believe Pennsylvania should pursue data center development at any cost. Economic growth should never come at the expense of our natural resources, farmland, or the people already living here.

Before any project moves forward, I support independent, science-based assessments of projected electricity demand, water consumption, environmental impacts, and effects on residential utility rates. Developers, not taxpayers or ratepayers, should bear the costs of infrastructure needed to support their projects.

Pennsylvania’s farmland, forests, waterways, and ecosystems are not renewable on a human timeline.

With freshwater supplies becoming an increasing concern worldwide, we also have a responsibility to carefully evaluate whether large-scale water consumption is sustainable for future generations.

Innovation and conservation are not mutually exclusive. We should welcome responsible development, but only when it protects our communities, respects local zoning decisions, and leaves Pennsylvania’s land and water better, not worse, for the next generation.

Supports restricting PFAS in consumer products when scientific evidence finds they are unnecessary and pose meaningful health or environmental risks.

Supports an approach that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, renewables, and emerging technologies.

Advocates energy innovation, electric-grid modernization, responsible renewable development, and emissions-reduction technologies without excluding the energy industry.

Supports statewide data-center standards requiring setbacks from homes, schools, farms, and other sensitive areas.

Calls for data-center developers to disclose resource use and impacts, with transparent approvals and public input.

Supports data-center standards that protect clean air and water and preserve municipal zoning authority.

Supports independent assessments before data-center projects and requires developers to pay for needed infrastructure.

Supports development that protects communities, respects local zoning decisions, and protects Pennsylvania land and water.

- Supports restricting PFAS in consumer products when scientific evidence finds they are unnecessary and pose meaningful health or environmental risks.
- Supports an approach that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, renewables, and emerging technologies.
- Advocates energy innovation, electric-grid modernization, responsible renewable development, and emissions-reduction technologies without excluding the energy industry.
- Supports statewide data-center standards requiring setbacks from homes, schools, farms, and other sensitive areas.
- Calls for data-center developers to disclose resource use and impacts, with transparent approvals and public input.
- Supports data-center standards that protect clean air and water and preserve municipal zoning authority.
- Supports independent assessments before data-center projects and requires developers to pay for needed infrastructure.
- Supports development that protects communities, respects local zoning decisions, and protects Pennsylvania land and water.

Energy & the Environment

As of October 16, 2026, Shay Micco’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?
Voters deserve both access and confidence in our elections. Those goals should reinforce each other, not compete.
I support expanding early voting opportunities, making mail-in voting rules clearer and more consistent, improving poll worker recruitment and training, and ensuring every precinct has the staffing and equipment needed to avoid unnecessary delays.

What changes, if any, would you support to enable better access, ensure security, and support the processes of our elections?
Voters deserve both access and confidence in our elections. Those goals should reinforce each other, not compete.
I support expanding early voting opportunities, making mail-in voting rules clearer and more consistent, improving poll worker recruitment and training, and ensuring every precinct has the staffing and equipment needed to avoid unnecessary delays.
Election security also depends on transparency. We should have clear procedures, strong chain-of-custody requirements, reliable auditing, consistent rules across counties, and timely communication when problems arise.

What changes, if any, would you support to enable better access, ensure security, and support the processes of our elections?
Voters deserve both access and confidence in our elections. Those goals should reinforce each other, not compete.
I support expanding early voting opportunities, making mail-in voting rules clearer and more consistent, improving poll worker recruitment and training, and ensuring every precinct has the staffing and equipment needed to avoid unnecessary delays.
Election security also depends on transparency. We should have clear procedures, strong chain-of-custody requirements, reliable auditing, consistent rules across counties, and timely communication when problems arise.

Just as importantly, Pennsylvania should continue modernizing outdated election systems so results can be reported efficiently without sacrificing accuracy.

Supports expanded early voting, clearer mail-in voting rules, and better poll-worker staffing, training, and equipment.

Calls for clear election procedures, chain-of-custody requirements, reliable audits, consistent county rules, and timely communication about problems.

Supports modernizing election systems so results can be reported efficiently without sacrificing accuracy.

- Supports expanded early voting, clearer mail-in voting rules, and better poll-worker staffing, training, and equipment.
- Calls for clear election procedures, chain-of-custody requirements, reliable audits, consistent county rules, and timely communication about problems.
- Supports modernizing election systems so results can be reported efficiently without sacrificing accuracy.

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Shay Micco

- Supports an approach that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, renewables, and emerging technologies.
- Advocates energy innovation, electric-grid modernization, responsible renewable development, and emissions-reduction technologies without excluding the energy industry.
- Supports statewide data-center standards requiring setbacks from homes, schools, farms, and other sensitive areas.
- Calls for data-center developers to disclose resource use and impacts, with transparent approvals and public input.
- Supports data-center standards that protect clean air and water and preserve municipal zoning authority.
- Supports independent assessments before data-center projects and requires developers to pay for needed infrastructure.
- Supports development that protects communities, respects local zoning decisions, and protects Pennsylvania land and water.

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