Meet Rachel
Rachel was born and raised in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and is a proud graduate of Pottsville Area High School.

She has spent her career in public service. She started out working for her Congressman, Tim Holden, and went on to serve in the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Senate, and the White House, where she was Chief of Staff for the Office of Management and Budget.

Meet Rachel | Rachel Wallace for Congress

Rachel moved home after her mom was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease so she could be closer to her family, which has lived in Berks and Schuylkill counties for 10 generations, working as coal miners and farmers, union workers and small business owners, nurses and church leaders. The daughter of a pastor and a nurse, Rachel lives in southern Schuylkill County with her husband and their dogs. She is a social member of her local fire company and gun club.

Rachel Wallace was born and raised in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Pottsville Area High School. Rachel lives in southern Schuylkill County with her husband and is a social member of her local fire company and gun club.

Rachel Wallace has worked for Congressman Tim Holden, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Senate, and the White House, where she was chief of staff for the Office of Management and Budget.

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Rachel is a first-time candidate for political office.

2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

She will:

Fight for funding for trade and technical schools and promote shop class in high school. 

Fight for working people to have the ability to form a union and advocate for better working conditions. Defend the Davis-Bacon Act against attacks on prevailing wages. Support project labor agreements to ensure that union workers aren’t undercut

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Support project labor agreements to ensure that union workers aren’t undercut

Make it easier for people to go to school while working, whether it’s for cosmetology, welding, or health care.

Support and invest in small business owners that are part of our communities.

Advocates for funding trade and technical schools and for shop classes in high school.

Plans to make it easier for people to attend school while working.

- Advocates for funding trade and technical schools and for shop classes in high school.
- Plans to make it easier for people to attend school while working.

Education

Make it easier for people to go to school while working, whether it’s for cosmetology, welding, or health care.

Support and invest in small business owners that are part of our communities.

Fight for funding for trade and technical schools and promote shop class in high school. 

Fight for working people to have the ability to form a union and advocate for better working conditions. Defend the Davis-Bacon Act against attacks on prevailing wages. Support project labor agreements to ensure that union workers aren’t undercut

Fight for working people to have the ability to form a union and advocate for better working conditions. Defend the Davis-Bacon Act against attacks on prevailing wages. Support project labor agreements to ensure that union workers aren’t undercut

Support legislation that tackles the cost of living and inflation

Fight monopolies in industries like fertilizer, seeds, and meatpacking.

Protect small and mid-sized farmers from multinational corporations trying to buy our land and resources.

Fight monopolies in industries like fertilizer, seeds, and meatpacking.

Protect small and mid-sized farmers from multinational corporations trying to buy our land and resources.

Make it easier for farmers to work on their own equipment by supporting Right to Repair laws.

Protect small and mid-sized farmers from multinational corporations trying to buy our land and resources.

Make it easier for farmers to work on their own equipment by supporting Right to Repair laws.

Update outdated laws that keep farmers from being competitive and profitable.

Our part of Pennsylvania needs more affordable housing for working families. Rachel will vote to:

Establish a new first-time homebuyer credit and a starter home construction credit.

Hold absentee landlords accountable and fight blight.

AI DATA CENTERS

Decisions on new AI data centers in our part of PA belong in local hands. Rachel supports transparency and local control when it comes to AI data centers being built in Pennsylvania. She will oppose efforts to establish national permitting laws for these centers and support legislation to ensure local union workers are hired for any data centers that local communities OK to be built.

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FEDERAL INVESTMENTS

Rachel will work to bring our federal taxpayer dollars back home to tackle local infrastructure, including bridges, roads, and water and sewer improvements.

Supports investment in community small-business owners.

Advocates for workers' ability to form unions and seek better working conditions.

Supports the Davis-Bacon Act's prevailing-wage requirements.

Supports project labor agreements to prevent union workers from being undercut.

Plans to fight monopolies in fertilizer, seed, and meatpacking industries.

Plans to protect small and mid-sized farmers from multinational corporations seeking to buy land and resources.

Supports Right to Repair laws to help farmers work on their own equipment.

Plans to establish first-time homebuyer and starter-home construction tax credits.

Plans to require hiring local union workers for artificial intelligence data centers approved by local communities.

Plans to direct federal funding toward local bridges, roads, water, and sewer improvements.

- Supports investment in community small-business owners.
- Advocates for workers' ability to form unions and seek better working conditions.
- Supports the Davis-Bacon Act's prevailing-wage requirements.
- Supports project labor agreements to prevent union workers from being undercut.
- Plans to fight monopolies in fertilizer, seed, and meatpacking industries.
- Plans to protect small and mid-sized farmers from multinational corporations seeking to buy land and resources.
- Supports Right to Repair laws to help farmers work on their own equipment.
- Plans to establish first-time homebuyer and starter-home construction tax credits.
- Plans to require hiring local union workers for artificial intelligence data centers approved by local communities.
- Plans to direct federal funding toward local bridges, roads, water, and sewer improvements.

Economy

She will:

Reverse the historic cuts to health care Congress voted for in 2025.

Ban prior authorization by insurance companies so they can no longer deny doctor-prescribed care.

Reverse the historic cuts to health care Congress voted for in 2025.

Ban prior authorization by insurance companies so they can no longer deny doctor-prescribed care.

Cap the amount of money from premium payments that can go toward insurance company executive salaries.

Ban prior authorization by insurance companies so they can no longer deny doctor-prescribed care.

Cap the amount of money from premium payments that can go toward insurance company executive salaries.

Address rampant consolidation in the health care industry that drives up prices, squashes competition, and hurts working people.

Cap the amount of money from premium payments that can go toward insurance company executive salaries.

Address rampant consolidation in the health care industry that drives up prices, squashes competition, and hurts working people.

Plans to reverse the health care cuts Congress voted for in 2025.

Plans to ban insurance-company prior authorization for doctor-prescribed care.

Plans to cap the share of insurance premiums that can fund insurance-company executive salaries.

Plans to address health care industry consolidation that raises prices and reduces competition.

- Plans to reverse the health care cuts Congress voted for in 2025.
- Plans to ban insurance-company prior authorization for doctor-prescribed care.
- Plans to cap the share of insurance premiums that can fund insurance-company executive salaries.
- Plans to address health care industry consolidation that raises prices and reduces competition.

Healthcare

MONEY IN POLITICS

Rachel will vote to overturn Citizens United and stop the unlimited dark money from ruining our politics.

Bring People Together to Solve Local Problems | Rachel Wallace for Congress

CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADING BAN

Our Congressman’s stock portfolio has outperformed Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. But members of Congress shouldn’t be getting rich off inside information. Rachel supports a ban on members of Congress trading individual stocks, as well as their spouses.

TERM LIMITS

Rachel supports term limits in Congress. She supports a 6-term, 12-year limit for members of Congress.

Plans to vote to overturn the Citizens United decision and limit undisclosed political spending.

Plans to limit corporate spending in political campaigns and undisclosed political spending.

Supports banning members of Congress and their spouses from trading individual stocks.

Supports a six-term, 12-year term limit for members of Congress.

- Plans to limit corporate spending in political campaigns and undisclosed political spending.
- Supports banning members of Congress and their spouses from trading individual stocks.
- Supports a six-term, 12-year term limit for members of Congress.

Voting & Elections

GETTING CONGRESS BACK TO WORK

Rachel supports bipartisan efforts for Congress to do its job as a co-equal branch of government. That means passing federal budgets on time, keeping the government open, and taking the hard votes to authorize any wars that put our troops in harms’ way.

Supports requiring Congress to vote on authorizing wars that put U.S. troops in harm's way.

- Supports requiring Congress to vote on authorizing wars that put U.S. troops in harm's way.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Supports transparency and local control over proposed artificial intelligence data centers in Pennsylvania.

- Supports transparency and local control over proposed artificial intelligence data centers in Pennsylvania.

Energy & the Environment

UNSAFE ROADS

Driving at night, especially in rural Pennsylvania, can be dangerous because of how bright car headlights are. Rachel will work in Congress to ban dangerously bright vehicle headlights to reduce glare and improve road safety for drivers.

FIRE COMPANY FUNDING

The cost of equipment for fire fighters has skyrocketed. Rachel will propose legislation to create funding to help volunteer fire companies buy new equipment, similar to an already-existing federal program for local police forces. She will also hold private equity firms that are consolidating this industry accountable.

Plans to ban dangerously bright vehicle headlights to reduce glare and improve road safety.

Proposes federal funding to help volunteer fire companies buy new equipment.

- Plans to ban dangerously bright vehicle headlights to reduce glare and improve road safety.
- Proposes federal funding to help volunteer fire companies buy new equipment.

Public Safety

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Rachel Wallace

- Advocates for workers' ability to form unions and seek better working conditions.
- Supports the Davis-Bacon Act's prevailing-wage requirements.
- Supports project labor agreements to prevent union workers from being undercut.
- Plans to fight monopolies in fertilizer, seed, and meatpacking industries.
- Plans to protect small and mid-sized farmers from multinational corporations seeking to buy land and resources.
- Supports Right to Repair laws to help farmers work on their own equipment.
- Plans to establish first-time homebuyer and starter-home construction tax credits.
- Plans to require hiring local union workers for artificial intelligence data centers approved by local communities.
- Plans to direct federal funding toward local bridges, roads, water, and sewer improvements.

- Supports banning members of Congress and their spouses from trading individual stocks.
- Supports a six-term, 12-year term limit for members of Congress.

- Proposes federal funding to help volunteer fire companies buy new equipment.

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