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State Representative, 122nd 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.

All of Carbon County.

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Christian Bartulovich

Democratic

Township supervisor; regional solutions manager, Olympus America · Penn Forest Township

The gist

Supports municipal control of zoning and land use; opposes state preemption bills.
Supports eliminating school property taxes and replacing them with broad-based funding.
Supports full practice authority for nurse practitioners and PAs where doctors are scarce.
Calls for recruitment, training and certification support for volunteer fire and EMS crews.
Calls for investing in skilled trades, vocational education and local small employers.
Proposes giving residents first chance to buy homes before corporate investors, and penalties for vacant homes.
Calls for state spending restraint, saying Harrisburg has a spending problem rather than a revenue problem.

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Supports municipal control of zoning and land use; opposes state preemption bills.
Christian Bartulovich for PA State Rep, District 122
Campaign website · Voters for Christian · 01 Local Control and Land Use · christianforcarbon.com
“I will defend the right of our townships and boroughs to control their own zoning, and stop Harrisburg from overriding them.”
Full platform | Christian Bartulovich
Campaign website · Voters for Christian · Local Control and Land Use · christianforcarbon.com
“I will oppose preemption bills that move those decisions to Harrisburg”
Supports eliminating school property taxes and replacing them with broad-based funding.
Christian Bartulovich for PA State Rep, District 122
Campaign website · Voters for Christian · 02 Property Tax Reform · christianforcarbon.com
“I support eliminating school property taxes and replacing them with fairer, broad-based funding.”
Supports full practice authority for nurse practitioners and PAs where doctors are scarce.
Christian Bartulovich for PA State Rep, District 122
Campaign website · Voters for Christian · 03 Rural Healthcare and Emergency Services · christianforcarbon.com
“letting nurse practitioners and physician assistants practice to the full extent of their training where doctors are scarce”
Calls for recruitment, training and certification support for volunteer fire and EMS crews.
Christian Bartulovich for PA State Rep, District 122
Campaign website · Voters for Christian · 03 Rural Healthcare and Emergency Services · christianforcarbon.com
“I will fight for the recruitment, training, and certification support they need to keep showing up.”
Calls for investing in skilled trades, vocational education and local small employers.
Christian Bartulovich for PA State Rep, District 122
Campaign website · Voters for Christian · 04 Economic Development · christianforcarbon.com
“I will push to reinvest in the skilled trades, vocational education, and the small employers who actually hire here”
Proposes giving residents first chance to buy homes before corporate investors, and penalties for vacant homes.
Christian Bartulovich for PA State Rep, District 122
Campaign website · Voters for Christian · 05 Working Families · christianforcarbon.com
“giving families and current residents the opportunity to buy their home before corporate investors do, with real penalties for homes left vacant”
Full platform | Christian Bartulovich
Campaign website · Voters for Christian · Working Families · christianforcarbon.com
“give municipalities broader authority to regulate the short-term rentals that hollow out neighborhoods”
Calls for state spending restraint, saying Harrisburg has a spending problem rather than a revenue problem.
Christian Bartulovich for PA State Rep, District 122
Campaign website · Voters for Christian · 07 Fiscal Discipline · christianforcarbon.com
“Harrisburg too often acts like it has a revenue problem when what it really has is a spending problem.”

Doyle Heffley

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative

The gist

Sponsored a bill letting municipalities adopt an 18-month moratorium on data center development.
Supported a bill requiring data center operators to pay taxes like other businesses, per FOX56.
Voted against a bill requiring data centers to use a share of alternative-energy electricity, per FOX56.
Calls for data centers to be sited on industrial sites and brownfields rather than forested mountainsides.In office
Opposes residents paying higher electricity or infrastructure costs for data centers.In office
Proposes capping sudden school millage increases in multi-county districts at the Act 1 Index.In office
Voted against a House second-degree murder sentencing bill; backed a Senate version with a 35-year minimum.In office
Proposes moving Pennsylvania to chip-enabled EBT cards to curb SNAP benefit skimming.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 bill letting municipalities adopt an 18-month moratorium on data center development.
Preserving Carbon County's Future Through Local Control on Data Center Development
Public statement · Office of Rep. Doyle Heffley · Jun 17, 2026 · repheffley.com
“empower municipalities to place an 18-month moratorium on data center development”
Unusual 122nd District race heats up
News coverage · FOX56 · fox56.com
“He supported House Bill 2496, which would establish a 180-day pause on certain data center applications”
Supported a bill requiring data center operators to pay taxes like other businesses, per FOX56.
Unusual 122nd District race heats up
News coverage · FOX56 · fox56.com
“He also supported House Bill 2198, which would require data center operators to pay taxes like other businesses.”
Voted against a bill requiring data centers to use a share of alternative-energy electricity, per FOX56.
Unusual 122nd District race heats up
News coverage · FOX56 · fox56.com
“Heffley voted against House Bill 2650, which would require a portion of the electricity used by data centers to come from alternative energy sources”
Calls for data centers to be sited on industrial sites and brownfields rather than forested mountainsides.
Preserving Carbon County's Future Through Local Control on Data Center Development
Public statement · Office of Rep. Doyle Heffley · Jun 17, 2026 · repheffley.com
“Responsible development should focus on already industrialized sites, brownfields and former industrial properties rather than clear-cutting mountainsides in Penn Forest Township”
Opposes residents paying higher electricity or infrastructure costs for data centers.
Preserving Carbon County's Future Through Local Control on Data Center Development
Public statement · Office of Rep. Doyle Heffley · Jun 17, 2026 · repheffley.com
“local residents should not be forced to subsidize these massive facilities through higher electricity rates or infrastructure costs”
Heffley: Executive Order Restricting Data Centers a Step in the Right Direction; More Must Be Done
Public statement · Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus · Aug 19, 2026 · pahousegop.com
“the executive order needs to go further to protect communities and preserve local decision-making authority”
Proposes capping sudden school millage increases in multi-county districts at the Act 1 Index.
Co-Sponsorship Memo: Protecting Pennsylvanians from Unexpected Real Estate Tax Increases
Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · May 12, 2026 · palegis.us
“would limit any increase in rebalanced millage rates to the Act 1 Index that is calculated for the school district”
Voted against a House second-degree murder sentencing bill; backed a Senate version with a 35-year minimum.
Heffley Votes to Keep Murderers Behind Bars
Public statement · Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus · Jul 24, 2026 · pahousegop.com
“one I could have supported, which would have established a 35-year minimum sentence for second-degree murder”
Proposes moving Pennsylvania to chip-enabled EBT cards to curb SNAP benefit skimming.
Co-Sponsorship Memo: Enhancing Security for EBT Cards
Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · May 14, 2026 · palegis.us
“we will introduce legislation requiring Pennsylvania to transition to chip-enabled EBT cards”

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