State

State Representative, 154th 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.

Montgomery County: Cheltenham and Springfield townships and Jenkintown borough.

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Stephanie Berardi

Progress for Pennsylvania

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The gist

Calls climate change the biggest threat to everyday life and pledges to defend PA's environmental rights amendment.
Calls for the legislature to pause data center development and study its impacts.
Supports raising Pennsylvania's $7.25 minimum wage.
Supports legalizing adult-use cannabis, citing lost state revenue, and calls for new revenue sources.
Supports open primaries and a nonpartisan commission to draw legislative districts.
Calls student safety the top issue; would promote the Safe2Say Something program in all schools.
Supports making therapy a covered benefit under all health insurance plans.
Pledges funding and overtime pay for firefighters and other emergency responders.

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Calls climate change the biggest threat to everyday life and pledges to defend PA's environmental rights amendment.
Issues | Stephanie Berardi for State Representative
Campaign website · Friends of Stephanie Berardi · stephanieberardi.com
“Climate change is the single biggest threat to everyday life as we know it. … I will defend Article 1, Section 27 of Pennsylvania's Constitution.”
Calls for the legislature to pause data center development and study its impacts.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Pennsylvania State Representative District 154
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund · Data centers answer · onyourballot.vote411.org
“The state legislature has a responsibility to pause data center development, conduct studies to learn more about their impacts”
Supports raising Pennsylvania's $7.25 minimum wage.
Issues | Stephanie Berardi for State Representative
Campaign website · Friends of Stephanie Berardi · stephanieberardi.com
“People should not have to get 3-4 jobs just to make ends meet.”
Supports legalizing adult-use cannabis, citing lost state revenue, and calls for new revenue sources.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Pennsylvania State Representative District 154
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund · State budget answer · onyourballot.vote411.org
“we need to create new sources of revenue.”
Issues | Stephanie Berardi for State Representative
Campaign website · Friends of Stephanie Berardi · stephanieberardi.com
“Pennsylvania is missing out on revenue that could be received if recreational cannabis was available to adults.”
Supports open primaries and a nonpartisan commission to draw legislative districts.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Pennsylvania State Representative District 154
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund · Elections answer · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I would support open primaries.”
Issues | Stephanie Berardi for State Representative
Campaign website · Friends of Stephanie Berardi · stephanieberardi.com
“I support Fair Districts and having a nonpartisan commission in place to ensure that there are fair voting districts and boundaries drawn.”
Calls student safety the top issue; would promote the Safe2Say Something program in all schools.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Pennsylvania State Representative District 154
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund · Most pressing issues answer … Most pressing issues answer · onyourballot.vote411.org
“The most pressing issue is the safety and security of our youth in schools. … ensure that programs such as Safe2Say something is marketed and accessable to all schools”
Supports making therapy a covered benefit under all health insurance plans.
Issues | Stephanie Berardi for State Representative
Campaign website · Friends of Stephanie Berardi · stephanieberardi.com
“Therapy should be a covered benefit across all heath insurance platforms.”
Pledges funding and overtime pay for firefighters and other emergency responders.
Issues | Stephanie Berardi for State Representative
Campaign website · Friends of Stephanie Berardi · stephanieberardi.com
“Emergency Responders should never go without overtime pay when they are called into action.”

Napoleon Nelson

DemocraticIncumbent

State representative · Cheltenham Township

The gist

Is a prime author of a proposed state Voting Rights Act; supports early voting and mail-ballot curing.
Proposes low-interest State Treasury loans to local governments during state budget impasses.
Supports state regulation of data centers, including rules that override municipal authority.
Proposes a Pennsylvania Community Reinvestment Act requiring banks to serve low- and moderate-income areas.In office
Sponsored HB 1042, passed by the House, letting prisoners earn education credits toward parole eligibility.In office
Co-authored a 2026 proposal to raise Pennsylvania's minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour.In office
Co-authored a proposal requiring independent investigations when police use of deadly force causes a death.In office

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

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Is a prime author of a proposed state Voting Rights Act; supports early voting and mail-ballot curing.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Pennsylvania State Representative District 154
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund · Elections answer … Elections answer · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I am also a prime author of a State Voting Rights Act being crafted as I write this. … more opportunities to cure mail-in ballots with easily fixable errors”
Proposes low-interest State Treasury loans to local governments during state budget impasses.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Pennsylvania State Representative District 154
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund · State budget answer · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I would allow the State Treasurer to offer low-interest loans to local governments that rely on formula-driven budget funding during an impasse.”
Supports state regulation of data centers, including rules that override municipal authority.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: Pennsylvania State Representative District 154
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund · Data centers answer … Data centers answer · onyourballot.vote411.org
“The State should absolutely enact laws and regulations concerning the development and operation of data centers. … State regulations over data centers SHOULD interfere with municipal authority.”
Proposes a Pennsylvania Community Reinvestment Act requiring banks to serve low- and moderate-income areas.
Co-Sponsorship Memo: PA Community Reinvestment Act
Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Aug 19, 2026 · palegis.us
“I will be introducing the Pennsylvania Community Reinvestment Act to ensure continued, equitable banking opportunities for our neighbors and families across Pennsylvania.”
Sponsored HB 1042, passed by the House, letting prisoners earn education credits toward parole eligibility.
House approves Nelson bill to provide incarcerated people a path to education and returning to their communities
Public statement · Office of Rep. Napoleon Nelson · Mar 25, 2026 · pahouse.com
“earned education credits for people who participate in and complete these proven programs will allow for a leaner, more targeted corrections system”
Co-authored a 2026 proposal to raise Pennsylvania's minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour.
Co-Sponsorship Memo: Fair Pay For PA: $15 NOW
Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Mar 4, 2026 · palegis.us
“Fair Pay For PA: $15 NOW … Pennsylvania's minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009.”
Co-authored a proposal requiring independent investigations when police use of deadly force causes a death.
Co-Sponsorship Memo: Independent Investigations of Deadly Force
Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Jun 30, 2026 · palegis.us
“This legislation would require an independent investigation whenever a police officer uses deadly force resulting in death.”

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