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State Representative, 72nd District

Phil Rice

Candidate for State Representative, 72nd District

Republican

Background

Occupation
Retired U.S. Army officer; former Cambria County director of veterans services
Campaign website
philrice72.com

Retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who served more than 20 years on active duty, including tours in Iraq, and Cambria County's director of veterans' services from 2021 to 2025. He was the Republican nominee for the 72nd District in 2014.

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Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Proposes holding state budget growth to the rate of inflation and cutting the state income tax.

    Savings Plan - Phil Rice for PA House of Representatives District 72

    Campaign website · Friends of Phil Rice · Step 1: Hold Spending Growth to Inflation … Step 1 · philrice72.com

    “Budget growth should not exceed inflation. … If we cut our income tax by even just 10%, the average family would save about $180 a year.”
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  • Supports cutting the gasoline tax and ending vehicle emissions testing in Cambria County.

    Issues - Phil Rice for PA House of Representatives District 72

    Campaign website · Friends of Phil Rice · Affordability … Affordability · philrice72.com

    “Decrease the gasoline tax … End vehicle emissions testing in Cambria County”
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Public safety

  • Supports banning sanctuary cities and more funding for police, EMS and firefighters; supports concealed carry.

    Issues - Phil Rice for PA House of Representatives District 72

    Campaign website · Friends of Phil Rice · Public Safety … Public Safety … Second Amendment · philrice72.com

    “Oppose and ban sanctuary cities … Secure more funding for our police, EMS, and firefighters … Support concealed carry for law-abiding gun owners”
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Education

  • Supports scholarships for students in schools he calls failing and expanding the EITC tuition program.

    Issues - Phil Rice for PA House of Representatives District 72

    Campaign website · Friends of Phil Rice · Education … Education · philrice72.com

    “Scholarships for children in failing schools … Expanding the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) tuition assistance program”
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Roads & infrastructure

  • Calls for data centers to supply their own energy and water and to be built on brownfield and industrial sites.

    Issues - Phil Rice for PA House of Representatives District 72

    Campaign website · Friends of Phil Rice · Data Centers … Data Centers · philrice72.com

    “Require data centers to provide their own energy and recycled water sources … Use brownfields and existing industrial sites, not farmland and neighborhoods”
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Environment & parks

Health & human services

Government & transparency

Other issues in this race

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

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

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