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State Representative, 89th District
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Shannon Michael JacksonCampaign photo — Friends of Shannon Jackson (jacksonforpa.com)

Shannon Michael Jackson

Candidate for State Representative, 89th District

Democratic

Background

Occupation
Software developer, WellSpan Health
Lives in
Chambersburg
Campaign website
jacksonforpa.com

Software developer at WellSpan Health since 2001 who has worked in Chambersburg since 1993; he became a Certified Tourism Ambassador for Franklin County in 2023. He holds a master's degree in military history and a bachelor's degree in physics.

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Photo: Campaign photo — Friends of Shannon Jackson (jacksonforpa.com)

Documented positions

Taxes & budget

Education

  • Opposes privatizing public education; calls for more public school funding to recruit and retain teachers.

    Priorities | Jackson for PA

    Campaign website · Friends of Shannon Jackson · Quality Public Education · jacksonforpa.com

    “increase funding for local public education, with a focus on recruiting and retaining teachers”
    Thoughts on Public Education | Jackson for PA

    Campaign website · Friends of Shannon Jackson · jacksonforpa.com

    “i opposed the privatization of public education”
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Housing

Economy & jobs

  • Supports raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to at least $14.50 an hour.

    Priorities | Jackson for PA

    Campaign website · Friends of Shannon Jackson · Working Families & Liveable Wages · jacksonforpa.com

    “support raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to at least $14.50 per hour”
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Roads & infrastructure

  • Calls for treating broadband as critical infrastructure and funding two Orchard Avenue rail bridges.

    Priorities | Jackson for PA

    Campaign website · Friends of Shannon Jackson · Infrastructure & Broadband … Infrastructure & Broadband · jacksonforpa.com

    “treat public broadband as critical infrastructure for franklin county … secure infrastructure funding to build two road bridges over the rail lines on orchard avenue in chambersburg”
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Environment & parks

  • Opposes hyperscale AI data centers and farmland loss to warehouses in Franklin County.

    Priorities | Jackson for PA

    Campaign website · Friends of Shannon Jackson · Agriculture & Land Conservation · jacksonforpa.com

    “preventing farmland loss to warehouses … blocking attempts to build ai data centers”
    Battle Against Hyperscale AI Data Centers in Franklin County | Jackson for PA

    Campaign website · Friends of Shannon Jackson · jacksonforpa.com

    “make a law or amend the commonwealth constitution to strictly limit the footprint of hyperscale data centers”
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Health & human services

  • Calls healthcare a right; proposes expanding Pennie to offset lost ACA premium credits.

    Priorities | Jackson for PA

    Campaign website · Friends of Shannon Jackson · My Core Principles: Healthcare … Healthcare Access · jacksonforpa.com

    “healthcare should be a right, not a privilege … expand the pennie program to offset lost aca premium credits and improve access for low-wage earners”
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Government & transparency

  • Supports banning corporate contributions to state and local political campaigns.

    Priorities | Jackson for PA

    Campaign website · Friends of Shannon Jackson · Campaign Finance Reform · jacksonforpa.com

    “i support changing pennsylvania corporate law to ban corporate contributions to state and local political campaigns”
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Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Shannon Michael Jackson on them.

  • Public safetyNo documented position found.
  • Courts & justiceNo documented position found.

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