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State Representative, 193rd 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.

Adams County part: Berwick, Butler, Hamilton, Huntington, Latimore, Menallen, Oxford, Reading and Tyrone townships, and Abbottstown, Arendtsville, Bendersville, Biglerville, East Berlin, New Oxford and York Springs boroughs. Cumberland County part: Cooke, Dickinson, Penn, Shippensburg, South Newton and Southampton townships and Shippensburg Borough (Cumberland County portion). The same two candidates met in a March 17, 2026 special election for the rest of the current term, which Catherine Wallen won; this race is for the full two-year term starting in December 2026.

CandidatesCompare by issue

Taxes & budget

  • Todd CrawleyDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Catherine WallenRepublican

    • Calls for tax cuts and less wasteful spending; voted for a 2026-27 budget with no broad-based tax increases.

Public safety

  • Todd CrawleyDemocratic

    • Proposes banning or strictly regulating automatic license plate readers such as Flock cameras.

  • Catherine WallenRepublican

    • Calls for funding police, firefighters and other first responders.
    • Pledges to defend Second Amendment rights.

Education

  • Todd CrawleyDemocratic

    • Calls for more state funding for public schools to ease reliance on local property taxes.
    • Calls for cyber charter tuition to match the actual cost of online education.

  • Catherine WallenRepublican

    • Supports the EITC and Opportunity Scholarship tax credit programs preserved in the 2026-27 budget.In office

Economy & jobs

  • Todd CrawleyDemocratic

    • Pledges to win more state investment and grants for the district, citing rising living costs.

  • Catherine WallenRepublican

    • Supports economic growth that preserves farmland and new technology for Adams County agriculture.

Environment & parks

  • Todd CrawleyDemocratic

    • Proposes a three-year moratorium on data centers, no tax exemptions for them and protection of parks.
    • Supports keeping the opening day of deer season on a Monday.

  • Catherine WallenRepublican

    No documented position found.

Health & human services

  • Todd CrawleyDemocratic

    • Lists support for abortion rights among his priorities.

  • Catherine WallenRepublican

    • Pledges to "defend the sanctity of human life."
    • Pledges to ensure veterans have the resources they need.
    • Sponsored HB 2710 to require reporting of babesiosis and tick-borne disease training for clinicians.In office

Courts & justice

  • Todd CrawleyDemocratic

    • Proposes a state "converse-1983" law letting residents sue federal agents who violate their rights.

  • Catherine WallenRepublican

    No documented position found.

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; 7 issues covered in this race.