State

State Representative, 168th 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.

Delaware County: Edgmont, Newtown and Radnor townships, and the northern part of Middletown Township (District 2 precinct 3 and Districts 3 and 4).

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Kathryn Buckley

Republican

Engineer · Edgmont Township

The gist

Calls for required on-time budgets, with the prior year's budget taking effect if a new one is late.
Pledges to oppose tax increases and to work to eliminate unfunded mandates.
Calls for clean voter rolls, strong oversight of mail-in voting and faster counting of votes.
Suggests protecting ratepayers from subsidizing data centers and limiting them to industrial areas.
Calls for health insurance competition, telemedicine and recruiting doctors to lower costs and widen access.
Supports full funding for police and opposes efforts to defund police.
Opposes sanctuary policies and supports legislation to overturn sanctuary status statewide.
Supports both public and school-choice programs and reducing standardized testing.

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Calls for required on-time budgets, with the prior year's budget taking effect if a new one is late.
Pennsylvania State Representative District 168 — VOTE411 Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“We must require on-time budgets, and if the politicians can’t get it done, the previous year’s budget should go into effect for the new year.”
Pledges to oppose tax increases and to work to eliminate unfunded mandates.
Buckley for PA: Learn Kathy's Views on the Issues
Campaign website · Buckley for PA · buckleyforpa.com
“She will oppose any proposed tax increases and fight tirelessly to eliminate unfunded mandates.”
Calls for clean voter rolls, strong oversight of mail-in voting and faster counting of votes.
Pennsylvania State Representative District 168 — VOTE411 Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“updating and maintaining clean voter rolls ensuring strong oversight of mail-in voting … more timely vote counting of all votes at the polls”
Suggests protecting ratepayers from subsidizing data centers and limiting them to industrial areas.
Pennsylvania State Representative District 168 — VOTE411 Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“protecting utility ratepayers from subsidizing data center operations, placing data centers only in industrial areas”
Calls for health insurance competition, telemedicine and recruiting doctors to lower costs and widen access.
Pennsylvania State Representative District 168 — VOTE411 Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“allowing competition in health insurance, supporting innovation in healthcare (ie. Telemedicine) and making it easier to attract and keep doctors”
Supports full funding for police and opposes efforts to defund police.
Buckley for PA: Learn Kathy's Views on the Issues
Campaign website · Buckley for PA · buckleyforpa.com
“Kathy Buckley supports fully funding our police and opposes any effort by the radical left to defund the police.”
Opposes sanctuary policies and supports legislation to overturn sanctuary status statewide.
Buckley for PA: Learn Kathy's Views on the Issues
Campaign website · Buckley for PA · buckleyforpa.com
“I will support any legislation to overturn sanctuary status throughout our Commonwealth”
Supports both public and school-choice programs and reducing standardized testing.
Buckley for PA: Learn Kathy's Views on the Issues
Campaign website · Buckley for PA · buckleyforpa.com
“support both public and choice education initiatives … She advocates for reducing standardized testing to prioritize real skills teaching.”

Lisa A. Borowski

DemocraticIncumbent

State representative · Radnor Township

The gist

Backs limits on data centers' power use so residents don't pay, and a local option to pause data center applications.
Supported legislation for in-person early voting, more time to process mail ballots and required drop boxes.
Supports bills giving the attorney general more oversight of private equity health care mergers and acquisitions.
Supports improving communication and accountability in Harrisburg to pass a balanced budget on time.
Says she is working on legislation to lower school nurse-to-student ratios and fund more school nurses.
Sponsored HB 72, passed by the House, letting domestic violence victims end a lease early or change the locks.In office
Co-sponsored HB 2162, passed by the House, letting drug and device makers seek a state license during FDA review.In office
Supports HB 2394 to provide free annual cancer screenings for volunteer and professional firefighters.In office

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

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Backs limits on data centers' power use so residents don't pay, and a local option to pause data center applications.
Pennsylvania State Representative District 168 — VOTE411 Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“put guardrails around power generation and use of power by data centers so that residents are not footing the bill”
Protecting the Environment | Lisa Borowski
Campaign website · Friends of Lisa Borowski · lisaborowski.com
“repealing the Data Center Sales Tax Exemption, allowing municipalities to enact a six-month pause on Data Center applications”
Supported legislation for in-person early voting, more time to process mail ballots and required drop boxes.
Pennsylvania State Representative District 168 — VOTE411 Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“creating in-person early voting, giving counties more time to process mail ballots, and requiring counties to use mail ballot drop boxes”
Supports bills giving the attorney general more oversight of private equity health care mergers and acquisitions.
Healthcare | Lisa Borowski
Campaign website · Friends of Lisa Borowski · lisaborowski.com
“provide the attorney general with tools to provide more oversight and insight into mergers and acquisitions by private equity”
Supports improving communication and accountability in Harrisburg to pass a balanced budget on time.
Pennsylvania State Representative District 168 — VOTE411 Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters Education Fund (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I support efforts to improve communication and accountability in Harrisburg so we can pass a responsible, balanced budget on time.”
Says she is working on legislation to lower school nurse-to-student ratios and fund more school nurses.
Public Education | Lisa Borowski
Campaign website · Friends of Lisa Borowski · lisaborowski.com
“working on legislation to lower the school nurse to student ratio and provide the funding needed to schools to hire more school nurses”
Sponsored HB 72, passed by the House, letting domestic violence victims end a lease early or change the locks.
Borowski again pushes bill to protect domestic violence survivors; House passes for 2nd time
Public statement · Office of Rep. Lisa Borowski · Apr 30, 2026 · pahouse.com
“give victims of domestic violence or abuse the option to terminate a rental lease early and/or change the locks”
Co-sponsored HB 2162, passed by the House, letting drug and device makers seek a state license during FDA review.
Bipartisan legislation to incentivize pharmaceutical & biomedical innovation passes PA House
Public statement · Office of Rep. Lisa Borowski · Jun 24, 2026 · pahouse.com
“apply for a temporary product license from the commonwealth at the same time they begin its FDA approval process”
Supports HB 2394 to provide free annual cancer screenings for volunteer and professional firefighters.
House Fire & EMS Caucus applauds committee approval of free cancer screenings for firefighters
Public statement · Office of Rep. Lisa Borowski · Jun 11, 2026 · pahouse.com
“House Bill 2394 will provide the resources they need to get potentially life-saving cancer screenings without incurring additional cost.”

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