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State Representative, 154th 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.

Montgomery County: Cheltenham and Springfield townships and Jenkintown borough.

CandidatesCompare by issue

Taxes & budget

  • Stephanie BerardiProgress for Pennsylvania

    • Supports legalizing adult-use cannabis, citing lost state revenue, and calls for new revenue sources.

  • Napoleon NelsonDemocratic

    • Proposes low-interest State Treasury loans to local governments during state budget impasses.

Public safety

  • Stephanie BerardiProgress for Pennsylvania

    • Pledges funding and overtime pay for firefighters and other emergency responders.

  • Napoleon NelsonDemocratic

    • Co-authored a proposal requiring independent investigations when police use of deadly force causes a death.In office

Education

  • Stephanie BerardiProgress for Pennsylvania

    • Calls student safety the top issue; would promote the Safe2Say Something program in all schools.

  • Napoleon NelsonDemocratic

    No documented position found.

Economy & jobs

  • Stephanie BerardiProgress for Pennsylvania

    • Supports raising Pennsylvania's $7.25 minimum wage.

  • Napoleon NelsonDemocratic

    • Proposes a Pennsylvania Community Reinvestment Act requiring banks to serve low- and moderate-income areas.In office
    • Co-authored a 2026 proposal to raise Pennsylvania's minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour.In office

Environment & parks

  • Stephanie BerardiProgress for Pennsylvania

    • 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.

  • Napoleon NelsonDemocratic

    • Supports state regulation of data centers, including rules that override municipal authority.

Health & human services

  • Stephanie BerardiProgress for Pennsylvania

    • Supports making therapy a covered benefit under all health insurance plans.

  • Napoleon NelsonDemocratic

    No documented position found.

Government & transparency

  • Stephanie BerardiProgress for Pennsylvania

    • Supports open primaries and a nonpartisan commission to draw legislative districts.

  • Napoleon NelsonDemocratic

    • Is a prime author of a proposed state Voting Rights Act; supports early voting and mail-ballot curing.

Courts & justice

  • Stephanie BerardiProgress for Pennsylvania

    No documented position found.

  • Napoleon NelsonDemocratic

    • Sponsored HB 1042, passed by the House, letting prisoners earn education credits toward parole eligibility.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; 8 issues covered in this race.