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State Representative, 168th District
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Kathryn BuckleyCampaign photo — Buckley for PA

Kathryn Buckley

Candidate for State Representative, 168th District

Republican

Background

Occupation
Engineer
Lives in
Edgmont Township
Campaign website
buckleyforpa.com

An engineer with Buckley & Company, her family's business, and a lifelong Delaware County resident. She was the Republican nominee for the 168th District in 2024, losing to Lisa Borowski.

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Photo: Campaign photo — Buckley for PA

Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Calls for required on-time budgets, with the prior year's budget taking effect if a new one is late.

    Pennsylvania State Representative District 168 — VOTE411 Voter Guide

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “We must require on-time budgets, and if the politicians can’t get it done, the previous year’s budget should go into effect for the new year.”
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  • Pledges to oppose tax increases and to work to eliminate unfunded mandates.

    Buckley for PA: Learn Kathy's Views on the Issues

    Campaign website · Buckley for PA · buckleyforpa.com

    “She will oppose any proposed tax increases and fight tirelessly to eliminate unfunded mandates.”
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Public safety

  • Supports full funding for police and opposes efforts to defund police.

    Buckley for PA: Learn Kathy's Views on the Issues

    Campaign website · Buckley for PA · buckleyforpa.com

    “Kathy Buckley supports fully funding our police and opposes any effort by the radical left to defund the police.”
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  • Opposes sanctuary policies and supports legislation to overturn sanctuary status statewide.

    Buckley for PA: Learn Kathy's Views on the Issues

    Campaign website · Buckley for PA · buckleyforpa.com

    “I will support any legislation to overturn sanctuary status throughout our Commonwealth”
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Education

  • Supports both public and school-choice programs and reducing standardized testing.

    Buckley for PA: Learn Kathy's Views on the Issues

    Campaign website · Buckley for PA · buckleyforpa.com

    “support both public and choice education initiatives … She advocates for reducing standardized testing to prioritize real skills teaching.”
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Environment & parks

  • Suggests protecting ratepayers from subsidizing data centers and limiting them to industrial areas.

    Pennsylvania State Representative District 168 — VOTE411 Voter Guide

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “protecting utility ratepayers from subsidizing data center operations, placing data centers only in industrial areas”
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Health & human services

  • Calls for health insurance competition, telemedicine and recruiting doctors to lower costs and widen access.

    Pennsylvania State Representative District 168 — VOTE411 Voter Guide

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “allowing competition in health insurance, supporting innovation in healthcare (ie. Telemedicine) and making it easier to attract and keep doctors”
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Government & transparency

  • Calls for clean voter rolls, strong oversight of mail-in voting and faster counting of votes.

    Pennsylvania State Representative District 168 — VOTE411 Voter Guide

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “updating and maintaining clean voter rolls ensuring strong oversight of mail-in voting … more timely vote counting of all votes at the polls”
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Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Kathryn Buckley on them.

  • HousingNo documented position found.
  • Economy & jobsNo documented position found.

All sources (8)

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