She is also a member of the Southeast Veterans home advisory board and the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children. She and her husband Rick, also a US Army veteran reside in Harleysville. They have 4 grown children and two grandchildren.

Senator Tracy Pennycuick - PA State Senate

Tracy E Pennycuick lives in Harleysville with her husband, Rick, and they have four children and two grandchildren.

Senator Tracy Pennycuick - Pennsylvania General Assembly

Tracy Pennycuick began her military career by enlisting in the US Army as a combat medic. After her initial enlistment, she transitioned to the reserves and continued her education at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She graduated in 1987 with a bachelor of science in business administration and a commission as an aviation officer in the US Army Reserve. Upon retirement as a Lieutenant Colonel after 26 years of active and reserve service, LTC (ret) Pennycuick started a small business in aviation consulting. In addition to consulting, she served three years as the Director of Veterans Affairs for Montgomery County.

Tracy Pennycuick retired as a lieutenant colonel after 26 years of active and reserve service in the U.S. Army and started a small business in aviation consulting. She also served as the Director of Veterans Affairs for Montgomery County.

She spent three years as the director of the Montgomery County Office of Veteran Affairs. In 2020, Pennycuick won the 147th House District. In 2022, after serving one term in the House, she was elected to replace retiring state Sen. Bob Mensch in the 24th Senate District.

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Tracy was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate's 24th District in 2022, after winning the 147th House District in 2020. She served one term in the House.

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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? Families in Berks and Montgomery Counties are dealing with higher costs, public safety concerns, and real pressure on local infrastructure. My focus is on delivering bipartisan results: supporting tax relief for families and small businesses to lower costs, opposing reckless policies that drive up energy cost, backing our first responders, funding our schools and technical education, and delivering projects that strengthen roads, water systems, and community infrastructure, including over $75 million for public education, first responders, roads, economic development, open space preservation, and more. I will continue pushing for accountable government that protects taxpayers and delivers real results for you.

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As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I believe the budget should be transparent, fiscally responsible, and passed on time. Pennsylvania is required to balance its budget, and taxpayers deserve an honest accounting of what spending plans mean for them. We should set firm milestones before June 30, so negotiations don’t rely on crisis mode. Options can include earlier public hearings, more detailed budget documents for legislators and the public, and stronger accountability that penalizes the politicians when a budget is not passed. We must avoid proposing budgets that depend on revenues that have not been passed into law and protect the state’s long-term financial stability.

Supports tax relief for families and small businesses to lower costs.

Calls for earlier budget hearings, detailed public budget documents, and consequences for lawmakers when the state budget is late.

- Supports tax relief for families and small businesses to lower costs.
- Calls for earlier budget hearings, detailed public budget documents, and consequences for lawmakers when the state budget is late.

Economy

As your state senator, she’s focused on supporting students, giving parents a stronger voice in their children’s education, and improving how we meet students’ learning needs overall. She’s a strong supporter of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program to help students access learning environments that work best for them.

State Senator Tracy Pennycuick on the Issues

Our children deserve evidence-based instruction that works. That is why Senator Pennycuick continues to support legislation promoting proven reading strategies and effective math instruction, ensuring students are equipped with the skills they need to succeed.

Supports the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program to help students access learning environments that work best for them.

Supports legislation promoting evidence-based reading strategies and effective math instruction.

- Supports the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program to help students access learning environments that work best for them.
- Supports legislation promoting evidence-based reading strategies and effective math instruction.

Education

Senator Pennycuick championed Senate Bill 88, which is now law, to expand access to supplemental breast cancer screenings at no cost for patients who are at average or higher risk. She understands that early detection saves lives, and this law removes a financial barrier that has too often stood in the way of preventative care.

As a 26-year combat veteran of the U.S. Army, Senator Pennycuick understands the needs of our veterans and their families. She is working to improve veterans’ health care by ensuring providers are trained to recognize service-related conditions and that veterans are identified early in medical settings. Our obligation to veterans does not end when their service does.

Championed Senate Bill 88, now law, expanding no-cost supplemental breast-cancer screenings for patients at average or higher risk.

Works to improve veterans' health care through provider training on service-related conditions and earlier identification of veterans in medical settings.

- Championed Senate Bill 88, now law, expanding no-cost supplemental breast-cancer screenings for patients at average or higher risk.
- Works to improve veterans' health care through provider training on service-related conditions and earlier identification of veterans in medical settings.

Healthcare

It must be easy for all eligible voters to vote and very hard for anyone to cheat. Pennsylvania is one of the few states that does not require an ID to vote, and I support common sense voter ID legislation to strengthen election integrity. I have led efforts to pass a constitutional amendment so voters, not politicians, can decide. Pennsylvania already has multiple approved ID options, and free IDs could be available, so no eligible voter is turned away. We also need consistent statewide rules to ensure accurate voter rolls, stronger cyber security, and additional support and training available for all 67 counties. We can all agree that fair elections require clear and consistent rules.

Supports voter identification legislation and a constitutional amendment allowing voters to decide the policy, with free identification available for eligible voters.

Calls for consistent statewide election rules, accurate voter rolls, stronger cybersecurity, and support and training for all 67 counties.

- Supports voter identification legislation and a constitutional amendment allowing voters to decide the policy, with free identification available for eligible voters.
- Calls for consistent statewide election rules, accurate voter rolls, stronger cybersecurity, and support and training for all 67 counties.

Voting & Elections

As she travels throughout Berks County and Montgomery County, Senator Pennycuick consistently hears from families that tell her the same thing: they want to feel safe in their communities. As your State Senator, public safety is one of her top priorities. That’s why she’s working with colleagues from both parties to pass commonsense legislation that fights crime and supports law enforcement.

Works with colleagues from both parties on legislation to fight crime and support law enforcement.

- Works with colleagues from both parties on legislation to fight crime and support law enforcement.

Public Safety

Data Centers: Local communities, not Harrisburg politicians or big developers, must have the final say on data centers. When an early economic development and infrastructure bill first came before my committee, it was presented as a way to attract new jobs, investment, and technology to Pennsylvania. But as Chair of the Senate Communications and Technology Committee, I listened to local residents, municipal officials, and communities raising serious concerns about secrecy, local control, electric bills, water usage, open space, and infrastructure.

Since then, I have gone further by sponsoring a data center accountability package to ban secret non-disclosure agreements, require public meetings, protect ratepayers from higher electric bills, require data centers to pay their fair share, bring their own generation, address water and energy demands, and make sure residents have a real voice before any project moves forward.

Advocates for local communities to have final authority over data-center development.

Sponsored a data-center accountability package requiring public meetings, ratepayer protections, developer-funded generation, and consideration of water and energy demands.

- Advocates for local communities to have final authority over data-center development.
- Sponsored a data-center accountability package requiring public meetings, ratepayer protections, developer-funded generation, and consideration of water and energy demands.

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