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State Representative, 107th District

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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.

Northumberland County part: the City of Shamokin; Herndon, Kulpmont, Marion Heights and Mount Carmel boroughs; and Coal, East Cameron, Jackson, Jordan, Little Mahanoy, Lower Augusta, Lower Mahanoy, Mount Carmel, Ralpho, Shamokin, Upper Mahanoy, Washington, West Cameron and Zerbe townships. Schuylkill County part: Pine Grove, Tower City and Tremont boroughs, and Barry, Eldred, Foster, Frailey, Hegins, Hubley, Pine Grove, Porter, Reilly, Tremont, Upper Mahantongo and Washington townships.

Taxes & budget

  • Ryan T. ColemanDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Joanne StehrRepublican

    • Proposes letting every county keep a flat 4.25% commission on the inheritance tax it collects.In office

Public safety

  • Ryan T. ColemanDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Joanne StehrRepublican

    • Opposes red flag gun laws and calls for enforcing existing laws against illegally carried guns.

Education

  • Ryan T. ColemanDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Joanne StehrRepublican

    • Voted against the House bill requiring schools to ban student cellphone use from bell to bell (June 2026).
    • Co-sponsored Act 32 of 2025, which expanded Pennsylvania's G.I. Bill for National Guard families.

Economy & jobs

  • Ryan T. ColemanDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Joanne StehrRepublican

    • Says the planned ICE detention facility in Tremont Township would bring money to the area; notes water, sewer concerns.

Environment & parks

  • Ryan T. ColemanDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Joanne StehrRepublican

    • Said a Mount Carmel Township data center open house on water, noise and cooling eased some of her concerns.

Health & human services

  • Ryan T. ColemanDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Joanne StehrRepublican

    • Supports regulating natural and synthetic kratom products; co-sponsors House Bill 2657.

Courts & justice

  • Ryan T. ColemanDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Joanne StehrRepublican

    • Proposes increasing criminal grading for knowingly making false hate-crime reports or fabricating evidence.In office

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