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State Representative, 192nd 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.

Philadelphia only, in West Philadelphia north and west of Market Street (including Overbrook, Overbrook Park, Wynnefield and Carroll Park): all of Ward 34 and parts of Wards 4 and 52.

Taxes & budget

  • Tiffany Vann BrownRepublican

    • Calls for alternative revenue sources to lower property taxes and for fairer property assessments.
  • Morgan CephasDemocratic

    • Supports withholding legislators' pay when the state budget is late.
    • Sponsored a bill raising the employer child care tax credit from 30% to 100% of eligible costs.In office

Public safety

  • Tiffany Vann BrownRepublican

    • Supports harsher penalties for repeat violent offenders, better street lighting and reuse of vacant lots.
  • Morgan CephasDemocratic

    No documented position found.

Education

  • Tiffany Vann BrownRepublican

    • Calls for adequate school funding and accountability for how school budgets are spent.
  • Morgan CephasDemocratic

    No documented position found.

Housing

  • Tiffany Vann BrownRepublican

    • Supports expanding property tax relief for seniors, low-income residents and longtime homeowners.
  • Morgan CephasDemocratic

    • Proposes a public database of state-financed affordable housing and when its affordability protections expire.In office

Economy & jobs

  • Tiffany Vann BrownRepublican

    • Supports paid family and medical leave.
    • Proposes stronger overtime protections and limits on misclassifying workers.
    • Supports small-business funding, faster permits and simpler licensing.
  • Morgan CephasDemocratic

    • Supports raising the minimum wage and requiring data centers to pay the full cost of their grid infrastructure.

Roads & infrastructure

  • Tiffany Vann BrownRepublican

    No documented position found.

  • Morgan CephasDemocratic

    • Proposes capping Uber and Lyft surge pricing during large events at 20% above what the driver is paid.In office
    • Supports transit funding and proposes free transit passes for community college and state university students.In office

Health & human services

  • Tiffany Vann BrownRepublican

    No documented position found.

  • Morgan CephasDemocratic

    • Calls for continued legislation to reduce preventable pregnancy-related deaths among Black mothers.In office

Government & transparency

  • Tiffany Vann BrownRepublican

    No documented position found.

  • Morgan CephasDemocratic

    • Supports early in-person voting, clearer mail-ballot rules and automatic voter registration at 18.

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.