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State Representative, 112th 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.

Lackawanna County only: the City of Carbondale; Archbald, Blakely, Dunmore, Jermyn, Jessup, Mayfield, Olyphant, Throop and Vandling boroughs; and Carbondale, Fell and Jefferson townships.

CandidatesCompare by issue

Taxes & budget

  • Joseph J Sabia JrRepublican

    • Calls for abolishing property taxes through a state constitutional amendment.
    • Signed a pledge not to vote for any net tax or fee increase or any budget that expands government.

  • Kyle J MullinsDemocratic

    • Calls for property tax solutions for families and especially seniors.

Education

  • Joseph J Sabia JrRepublican

    • Pledged to vote to expand "education freedom" and for individual medical freedom and privacy.

  • Kyle J MullinsDemocratic

    No documented position found.

Economy & jobs

  • Joseph J Sabia JrRepublican

    No documented position found.

  • Kyle J MullinsDemocratic

    • Sponsored House-passed Keystone Saves bill giving workers without an employer plan access to retirement accounts.In office

Environment & parks

  • Joseph J Sabia JrRepublican

    • Calls for a statewide pause on data center development until towns are protected.
    • Pledges to focus on the state constitution's environmental rights amendment (Article I, Section 27).

  • Kyle J MullinsDemocratic

    • Sponsored H.B. 2150, requiring data centers to report their energy and water use each year.In office

Health & human services

  • Joseph J Sabia JrRepublican

    No documented position found.

  • Kyle J MullinsDemocratic

    • Calls for improving veterans' services, helping people with opioid addiction and strengthening senior programs.
    • Backs state funding for ALS and neurodegenerative disease research, kept at $5 million in the 2026-27 budget.In office

Government & transparency

  • Joseph J Sabia JrRepublican

    • Supports local control over data centers and extra fees on data center companies.
    • Supports voter ID, voter-list maintenance, paper ballots and full audits; calls no-excuse mail voting problematic.

  • Kyle J MullinsDemocratic

    • Supports a smaller legislature, ending gerrymandering and stopping per diem payments to legislators.
    • Co-sponsored House-passed H.B. 2496 letting municipalities pause data center applications for up to 180 days.In office

Challengers are listed first and incumbents last; otherwise candidates appear in ballot order. The Gist does not rank, rate or endorse candidates. Only positions backed by a cited source are shown; 6 issues covered in this race.