2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

Anthony Hardy Williams

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Education

>   * Franklin and Marshall College, Majored in Economics

Occupation

>   * State Senator

Personal History

>   * Married to Shari

Senator Anthony H. Williams - PA State Senate

Anthony Hardy Williams majored in economics at Franklin and Marshall College. He is married to Shari.

Senator Anthony H. Williams - Pennsylvania General Assembly

WILLIAMS, Anthony Hardy, a Representative from Delaware and Philadelphia and Counties; born, February 28, 1957 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, Westtown Prep High School; B.S., economics, Franklin and Marshall College, 1979; intern, California Congressman Ronald Dellums; candidate, White House Fellowship; economics research analyst, Acumenics Research & Technology, Inc.; regional manager, Pepsi-Cola Company (owner, vending business); president, Renaissance Charter School; chair, 3rd Ward Democratic Executive Committee; chair, Hardy Williams Academy Charter School; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1989 term and served 4 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, Select Committee on Rules Review (1993); appointed, Legislative Commission on Restructuring Pennsylvania's Urban Schools (1997); elected to the 1999 term but resigned from the House, November 23, 1998; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1999-present).

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website

Anthony Hardy Williams previously worked as an economics research analyst at Acumenics Research & Technology, Inc., as a regional manager for Pepsi-Cola Company, and as president of Renaissance Charter School. He also owned a vending business.

Anthony has served in the Pennsylvania State Senate since being elected in 1999. He previously served four consecutive terms in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, beginning with the 1989 term.

In Economic Opportunity

He developed the Diversity Apprenticeship Program, negotiating to put access to a career in the labor trades within reach for thousands of young men and women.
Provided a means for Philadelphia to reform its errant property tax system without harming seniors or unfairly squeezing working class families.

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Developed the Diversity Apprenticeship Program to expand access to careers in the trades.

- Developed the Diversity Apprenticeship Program to expand access to careers in the trades.

Economy

In Education

He served as an original architect of Pennsylvania’s landmark charter school legislation, ushering in an era of expanded options for families.
Pushed to expand school choice and corporate citizenship through Education Improvement Tax Credit and the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit programs.
Ensured Pennsylvania’s public high school students learn about the Holocaust and the historical and contemporary consequences of unfettered bigotry and discrimination.

Helped author Pennsylvania charter-school legislation, expanding options for families.

Pushed to expand school choice through the Education Improvement Tax Credit and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit programs.

Ensured public high school students learn about the Holocaust and the consequences of bigotry and discrimination.

- Helped author Pennsylvania charter-school legislation, expanding options for families.
- Pushed to expand school choice through the Education Improvement Tax Credit and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit programs.
- Ensured public high school students learn about the Holocaust and the consequences of bigotry and discrimination.

Education

As of October 16, 2026, Anthony Hardy Williams’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Healthcare

Op-ed by Anthony H. Williams and David Thornburgh

In Philadelphia, 23% or nearly a quarter-million voters effectively don’t get a say in who becomes mayor, represents them on city council or runs the District Attorney’s office. Despite standing in line to cast ballots and informing themselves on candidate positions, these citizens are locked out of the process simply because they’ve not registered to vote as a Democrat. But what if when you went into a voting booth, there were no party labels – no Democrat, no Republican, no Green – but only names? For voters in 85% of America’s cities and towns, that’s the reality – and Philadelphia should join them.

Op-Ed

Calls for Philadelphia elections without party labels.

- Calls for Philadelphia elections without party labels.

Voting & Elections

In Public Safety

Created the Philadelphia Illegal Gun Task Force, an invaluable law enforcement tool for curbing violence.
Served as prime sponsor of Pennsylvania’s landmark Clean Slate legislation.
Protected communities from irresponsible liquor license holders.
Prevented school employees with a history of sexual misconduct from bouncing from school to school, able to prey on innocent children.

Created the Philadelphia Illegal Gun Task Force to curb violence.

Prevented school employees with histories of sexual misconduct from moving between schools.

- Created the Philadelphia Illegal Gun Task Force to curb violence.
- Prevented school employees with histories of sexual misconduct from moving between schools.

Public Safety

Energy & the Environment

- Your state senator represents the interests of your district in the Pennsylvania State Senate. The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Pennsylvania General Assembly. 
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process.
- The State Senator and their staff members respond to constituent concerns and questions through emails, phone calls, and website announcements. 
- The State Senator oversees the executive branch and can vote to overrule a veto by the Governor.   
- There are 50 Pennsylvania state senators, each representing a single district.
- Senators must be at least 25 years old, U.S. citizens, and residents of Pennsylvania for four years. They must also have lived in their district for one year before the election and must remain there throughout their term.
- State senators are elected to four-year terms and have a salary of $106,000, with a 1-3% annual increase.  

Your representative and state lawmaker in the Pennsylvania Senate.