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State Senator, 34th District
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Nathan Wood

Candidate for State Senator, 34th District

Democratic

Background

Occupation
Personal trainer
Lives in
Carlisle
Campaign website
electnathanwood.com

Personal trainer from Carlisle who managed Pennsylvania House district offices for more than four years, including as district office manager for then-Rep. Greg Rothman in the 87th District. This is his first campaign for state Senate; he won the May 2026 Democratic primary over Richard Forsman.

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Photo: Campaign photo — Committee to Elect Nathan Wood

Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Proposes exploring pay freezes for legislators and executive leaders when the state budget is late.

    Issues / FAQ — electnathanwood.com

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Nathan Wood · Freeze Legislative Pay for Budget Delays · electnathanwood.com

    “financial penalties (e.g. paycheck freezes) for legislators and heads of the executive branch when they are unable to pass a timely budget”
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Education

  • Supports the governor's $565 million adequacy funding increase and capping cyber charter tuition at $8,000 per student.

    Issues / FAQ — electnathanwood.com

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Nathan Wood · Education … Stratify Cyber Charter School Tuition · electnathanwood.com

    “i support this and will endeavor to see our schools receive the funding they so critically require … hb2370 would standardize cyber charter school tuition at $8,000 per student”
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Economy & jobs

  • Supports raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2029 and tying legislators' cost-of-living raises to the minimum wage.

    Issues / FAQ — electnathanwood.com

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Nathan Wood · Support the Affordability Action Plan … Tie Legislators' Cost of Living Adjustments to the Minimum Wage · electnathanwood.com

    “raising the minimum wage to $15/hour by 2029 … i will propose legislation requiring any legislative cost of living adjustments to be applied to the minimum wage”
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Roads & infrastructure

  • Supports more public transit investment and restoring federal funding for rural fiber broadband.

    Issues / FAQ — electnathanwood.com

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Nathan Wood · Invest in Public Transportation … Affordable High Speed Internet for Rural Communities · electnathanwood.com

    “i'm very interested pennsylvania directing construction towards the development of better transportation infrastructure … we must advocate for the restoration of that funding”
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Environment & parks

  • Supports a moratorium on data center construction and protecting ratepayers from data center energy costs.

    Issues / FAQ — electnathanwood.com

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Nathan Wood · Data Centers: Moratorium … Data Centers: Ratepayer Protections · electnathanwood.com

    “i support a moratorium on data center construction until we are better informed and better prepared … ensures that the energy costs associated with data centers are not passed on to consumers”
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Government & transparency

  • Calls for banning gifts and outside business activity for full-time legislators; pledges no side business himself.

    Issues / FAQ — electnathanwood.com

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Nathan Wood · Ban Gifts and Business Interests for Sitting Legislators … Ban Gifts and Business Interests for Sitting Legislators · electnathanwood.com

    “i will work to ban full-time elected officials from receiving gifts or engaging in external business activities and bribery for the duration of their tenure … i commit to not engage in private business activities while in office”
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  • Supports campaign contribution limits, the Montana Plan on corporate spending, and independent redistricting.

    Issues / FAQ — electnathanwood.com

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Nathan Wood · Support Campaign Contribution Limits … Get Corporate Money Out of Politics … Create an Independent Redistricting Commission · electnathanwood.com

    “we need to limit the amount any individual can contribute to a politician … i support the montana plan as a reasonable, common-sense answer to the problem of dark money influencing our state government … i support the creation of an independent redistricting commission along the lines of that proposed by fair districts pa”
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  • Proposes requiring every bill to get a committee hearing and vote, modeled on Colorado's GAVEL amendment.

    Issues / FAQ — electnathanwood.com

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Nathan Wood · Mirror the Colorado G.A.V.E.L. Amendment · electnathanwood.com

    “requires that every bill introduced must be assigned to a committee, receive a public hearing, and be voted on by the committee members”
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Other issues in this race

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

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