State

State Representative, 102nd District

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Pennsylvania laws and the state budget in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Lebanon County only: Cleona, Jonestown, Myerstown, Palmyra and Richland boroughs, and Annville, Bethel, Cold Spring, East Hanover, Heidelberg, Jackson, Millcreek, North Annville, North Londonderry, Swatara and Union townships.

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Matthew Duvall

Democratic

Senior lecturer, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education · Annville

The gist

Calls for stronger unions, universal child care, and rules on part-time scheduling and family leave.
Proposes separating health insurance from employment and state action to offset federal Medicaid cuts.
Supports keeping no-excuse mail-in voting and says Pennsylvania's elections are secure.
Proposes universal preschool, tuition-free community college for residents and low-cost worker training.
Says lawmakers should not accept their pay while the state budget is overdue.
Supports state laws on data centers' water, energy and land impacts, working with municipalities to keep local control.

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Calls for stronger unions, universal child care, and rules on part-time scheduling and family leave.
Duvall for PA
Campaign website · Friends of Matthew Duvall · My Priorities: Empower workers · sites.google.com
“by strengthening unions, establishing guidelines for part-time workers' scheduling, and making family leave the rule rather than the exception”
Pennsylvania State Representative District 102 — VOTE411 Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · Most pressing issues · onyourballot.vote411.org
“Legislators could help by strengthening unions, providing universal childcare, and mandating leave and scheduling policies”
Proposes separating health insurance from employment and state action to offset federal Medicaid cuts.
Duvall for PA
Campaign website · Friends of Matthew Duvall · My Priorities: Improve health care · sites.google.com
“by separating health insurance from employment and addressing the changes to Medical Assistance that negatively impact Pennsylvanians”
Pennsylvania State Representative District 102 — VOTE411 Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · Most pressing issues · onyourballot.vote411.org
“We should work to counteract the devastating changes to Medicaid and veteran's health care from our federal politicians by implementing options at the state level”
Supports keeping no-excuse mail-in voting and says Pennsylvania's elections are secure.
Duvall for PA
Campaign website · Friends of Matthew Duvall · My Priorities: Protect voters' rights · sites.google.com
“by ensuring that mail in voting remains in effect”
Pennsylvania State Representative District 102 — VOTE411 Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · Elections · onyourballot.vote411.org
“As such, Pennsylvania should continue to offer no fault mail-in voting.”
Proposes universal preschool, tuition-free community college for residents and low-cost worker training.
Duvall for PA
Campaign website · Friends of Matthew Duvall · My Priorities: Support education · sites.google.com
“by enacting universal preschool, tuition free community college for Pennsylvania residents, and low-cost worker training programs”
Says lawmakers should not accept their pay while the state budget is overdue.
Pennsylvania State Representative District 102 — VOTE411 Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · State budget process · onyourballot.vote411.org
“lawmakers should refuse (or not be allowed) to accept their paychecks when the budget is overdue, until it's passed”
Supports state laws on data centers' water, energy and land impacts, working with municipalities to keep local control.
Pennsylvania State Representative District 102 — VOTE411 Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · Data centers · onyourballot.vote411.org
“The state government should work with municipalities to ensure that local control isn't lost”

Russ Diamond

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; small business owner · Annville

The gist

Sponsored a constitutional amendment (H.B. 900) to abolish property taxes by July 1, 2030.
Sponsored a bill (H.B. 888) to abolish the death penalty, leaving life imprisonment as the sentence.
Voted against the House recreational marijuana bill; wants the medical marijuana program fixed first.
Plans legislation to make medical freedom a constitutional right.
Proposes legalizing and taxing skill games and paying homeowners a yearly gaming dividend for property tax relief.In office
Opposed the governor's proposed spending increases in the 2025-26 and 2026-27 budgets.In office
Sponsored a House-passed bill letting former property owners get state radon test data.In office
Co-proposed letting towns add all-way stops on local 25-mph roads without PennDOT approval or traffic studies.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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Sponsored a constitutional amendment (H.B. 900) to abolish property taxes by July 1, 2030.
About Russ Diamond
Government record · PA House Republican Caucus · repdiamond.com
“Russ is fighting to eliminate property taxes”
Abolishing Property Taxes: Pennsylvania's Moonshot
Candidate social media · Russ Diamond (Substack) · Apr 4, 2025 · russdiamond.substack.com
“A constitutional amendment is a more permanent change which is far more difficult to undo.”
Sponsored a bill (H.B. 888) to abolish the death penalty, leaving life imprisonment as the sentence.
Abolishing Death
Candidate social media · Russ Diamond (Substack) · Mar 13, 2025 · russdiamond.substack.com
“I have long been personally opposed to the death penalty and am now working to take it off the books in Pennsylvania”
Voted against the House recreational marijuana bill; wants the medical marijuana program fixed first.
Legalizing Weed – Too Soon?
Candidate social media · Russ Diamond (Substack) · May 11, 2025 · russdiamond.substack.com
“until those disappointments are rectified, I'm not inclined to support legal over-the-counter marijuana for adult consumption”
Plans legislation to make medical freedom a constitutional right.
Diamond to Seek Re-Election
Candidate social media · Russ Diamond (Substack) · Jan 5, 2026 · russdiamond.substack.com
“Diamond plans to actively continue to pursue legislation to eliminate property taxes, establish medical freedom as a constitutional right, and regulate”
Proposes legalizing and taxing skill games and paying homeowners a yearly gaming dividend for property tax relief.
Diamond to Introduce Skill Game/Gaming Modernization Bills
Public statement · Office of Rep. Russ Diamond · Sep 1, 2026 · repdiamond.com
“This set of bills will increase property tax relief for 96% of Pennsylvania's homeowners and deliver it directly into their hands.”
Co-Sponsorship Memo: Skill Games & Gaming Modernization
Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Sep 1, 2026 · palegis.us
“provide homeowners with direct payments to offset their property tax bills”
Opposed the governor's proposed spending increases in the 2025-26 and 2026-27 budgets.
Governor's Budget Proposal Foolhardy in Spending, Diamond Says
Public statement · Office of Rep. Russ Diamond · Feb 3, 2026 · repdiamond.com
“I'd like to know how he thinks the state can spend 5.4% more at a time when taxpayers are struggling with exorbitant utility bills”
Democrats' Continued Overspending Detrimental to PA's Future, Diamond Says
Public statement · Office of Rep. Russ Diamond · Feb 4, 2025 · repdiamond.com
“Democratic overspending has gotten us to a very dangerous point.”
Sponsored a House-passed bill letting former property owners get state radon test data.
Diamond Bill on Access to Radon Data Passes House
Public statement · Office of Rep. Russ Diamond · Apr 7, 2025 · repdiamond.com
“My bill would peel back some of those limitations, so previous property owners can access DEP's data.”
Co-proposed letting towns add all-way stops on local 25-mph roads without PennDOT approval or traffic studies.
Co-Sponsorship Memo: Facilitating Enhanced Local Traffic Safety
Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Jun 11, 2026 · palegis.us
“offer municipalities greater flexibility in addressing local traffic safety needs by removing unnecessary state oversight”

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