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State Representative, 13th 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.

Chester County only (southern Chester County): East Nottingham, Elk, Franklin, Highland, London Britain, Londonderry, London Grove, Lower Oxford, New London, Penn, Upper Oxford, West Fallowfield and West Nottingham townships, and Oxford and West Grove boroughs.

CandidatesCompare by issue

Taxes & budget

  • Madelyn AlvarinoDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • John LawrenceRepublican

    • Supports a Taxpayers' Bill of Rights limiting spending growth and requiring a supermajority to raise taxes.

Public safety

  • Madelyn AlvarinoDemocratic

    • Supports law enforcement with accountability, and policies that reduce crime and support rehabilitation.

  • John LawrenceRepublican

    No documented position found.

Education

  • Madelyn AlvarinoDemocratic

    • Supports fair public school funding so school quality does not depend on local taxes.

  • John LawrenceRepublican

    • Supports school options for parents, including charter, private, parochial and home schools.

Economy & jobs

  • Madelyn AlvarinoDemocratic

    • Supports raising the minimum wage.
    • Supports paid family and medical leave.

  • John LawrenceRepublican

    • Co-sponsored H.B. 2207 to raise the state small business loan cap for farmers to $2 million.In office
    • Proposed tax incentives for new dairy processing plants and methane digesters.In office

Roads & infrastructure

  • Madelyn AlvarinoDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • John LawrenceRepublican

    • Opposes any sale of the Chester Water Authority and welcomed the court ruling upholding its independence.In office
    • Proposes cutting the time utilities can rebill water and sewer customers for past errors from four years to one.In office

Environment & parks

  • Madelyn AlvarinoDemocratic

    • Supports keeping Chester Water Authority systems public and protecting Octoraro Lake and Big Elk Creek.

  • John LawrenceRepublican

    No documented position found.

Health & human services

  • Madelyn AlvarinoDemocratic

    • Calls for lower prescription drug costs and stronger rural hospitals and community health centers.
    • Supports protecting access to reproductive health care under Pennsylvania law.

  • John LawrenceRepublican

    • Worked to bring emergency room and hospital care back to JennersvilleIn office

Government & transparency

  • Madelyn AlvarinoDemocratic

    • Supports an independent citizens commission to draw legislative districts.

  • John LawrenceRepublican

    • Supports requiring voter ID at the polls and for absentee ballots, and voting on paper ballots.

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; 8 issues covered in this race.