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State Representative, 48th District

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Pennsylvania laws and the state budget in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Entirely in Washington County: the City of Washington; East Washington, Donora and Green Hills boroughs; Amwell, East Finley, Fallowfield, Morris, North Franklin, Nottingham, Somerset, South Franklin, South Strabane and West Finley townships; and parts of Carroll and North Strabane townships.

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Rebecca MacTaggartCampaign photo — Rebecca MacTaggart for PA

Rebecca MacTaggart

Democratic

Community engagement specialist, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS) · South Strabane Township

The gist

  • Supports HB 2728, which would bar corporations from election spending, and wants it to cover out-of-state firms.
  • Supports raising the $7.25 minimum wage along with state reimbursement rates for home care agencies.
  • Calls for recruiting renewable, battery and geothermal industries to build alongside existing energy employers.
  • Calls for faster progress on adequacy-based state school funding, saying small and rural districts are still waiting.
  • Opposes cuts to Head Start and early childhood education programs.
  • Warns that federal Medicaid cuts will affect over 300,000 Pennsylvanians and strain hospitals and providers.
  • Supports letting communities reject or delay developments such as data centers over health or well-being concerns.
  • Calls for raising the $500-a-day cap on zoning-violation fines under the Municipalities Planning Code.
More about Rebecca
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  1. Supports HB 2728, which would bar corporations from election spending, and wants it to cover out-of-state firms.

    Issues — Rebecca MacTaggart for PA

    Campaign website · Rebecca MacTaggart for PA · Campaign Finance · rebeccamactaggart.com

    “Rebecca supports HB 2728, and wants it expanded to reach corporations chartered in other states too.”
    People First. Money Out — Rebecca MacTaggart for PA

    Campaign website · Rebecca MacTaggart for PA · rebeccamactaggart.com

    “I want to be sure our bill applies to corporations chartered in other states”
  2. Supports raising the $7.25 minimum wage along with state reimbursement rates for home care agencies.

    Issues — Rebecca MacTaggart for PA

    Campaign website · Rebecca MacTaggart for PA · Raising the Minimum Wage … Raising the Minimum Wage · rebeccamactaggart.com

    “Ours has been stuck at $7.25 for nearly 2 decades. A raise is overdue. … Fix wages but not reimbursement rates, and families still lose.”
  3. Calls for recruiting renewable, battery and geothermal industries to build alongside existing energy employers.

    Issues — Rebecca MacTaggart for PA

    Campaign website · Rebecca MacTaggart for PA · Economy, Jobs and Wages … Economy, Jobs and Wages · rebeccamactaggart.com

    “We must instead entice these industries and opportunities to come here and build in harmony with our existing employers. … Geothermal uses many of the same skills our energy crews already have.”
  4. Calls for faster progress on adequacy-based state school funding, saying small and rural districts are still waiting.

    Issues — Rebecca MacTaggart for PA

    Campaign website · Rebecca MacTaggart for PA · Giving Our Best to Every Student · rebeccamactaggart.com

    “But progress has been slow, and small and rural communities are still waiting.”
    MacTaggart Announces Bid In 48th Legislative District

    News coverage · WJPA 95.3 FM/1450 AM · Feb 17, 2026 · wjpa.com

    “a real and lasting plan for school funding”
  5. Opposes cuts to Head Start and early childhood education programs.

    Issues — Rebecca MacTaggart for PA

    Campaign website · Rebecca MacTaggart for PA · Defending Blueprints & Head Start · rebeccamactaggart.com

    “Count on Rebecca MacTaggart to keep defending Head Start every time anyone tries to cut it.”
  6. Warns that federal Medicaid cuts will affect over 300,000 Pennsylvanians and strain hospitals and providers.

    Issues — Rebecca MacTaggart for PA

    Campaign website · Rebecca MacTaggart for PA · A Healthcare System that Works · rebeccamactaggart.com

    “cuts to Medicaid are estimated to affect more than 300,000 Pennsylvanians and their providers”
  7. Supports letting communities reject or delay developments such as data centers over health or well-being concerns.

    Issues — Rebecca MacTaggart for PA

    Campaign website · Rebecca MacTaggart for PA · Communities in Control · rebeccamactaggart.com

    “the community deserves to reject or delay that development until the community is satisfied.”
  8. Calls for raising the $500-a-day cap on zoning-violation fines under the Municipalities Planning Code.

    Issues — Rebecca MacTaggart for PA

    Campaign website · Rebecca MacTaggart for PA · Communities in Control · rebeccamactaggart.com

    “Under the Municipalities Planning Code, the maximum fine for a zoning violation is $500 a day. … That has to change.”
Photo of Tim O'Neal
Tim O'NealOfficial portrait — PA House Republican Caucus

Tim O'Neal

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; House Republican Whip · South Strabane Township

The gist

  • Supported the 2025-26 budget's withdrawal of Pennsylvania from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).In office
  • Calls for permitting reform and embracing natural gas as an affordable, reliable energy source.In office
  • Opposed Gov. Shapiro's 2026-27 budget proposal, saying it relied on new taxes and accounting tricks.In office
  • Supported the final 2026-27 budget, citing lower spending than proposed and no new taxes.In office
  • Supports the 2026-27 budget's $775 million for shovel-ready rural road and bridge projects.In office
  • Opposed House Democrats' 2025 transit funding bill and co-sponsored a plan to have a private operator run SEPTA buses.In office
  • Proposes requiring PennDOT to verify monthly with DHS the immigration status of non-citizen license holders.In office
  • Supported the 2025-26 budget's $50 million in added financial assistance for students in struggling schools.In office

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

More about Tim
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  1. Supported the 2025-26 budget's withdrawal of Pennsylvania from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

    O'Neal Supports Budget to Unleash PA's Energy Potential

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Tim O'Neal · Nov 12, 2025 · reponeal.com

    “this budget removes the Commonwealth from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). … Leaving RGGI will revitalize Pennsylvania's energy industry”
  2. Calls for permitting reform and embracing natural gas as an affordable, reliable energy source.

    Grow the Economy Instead of Taxes, O'Neal Says

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Tim O'Neal · Feb 3, 2026 · reponeal.com

    “Now is the time to be focusing on permitting reform instead of deliberately undermining our energy producers through ideologically driven regulations. … It is the most affordable and reliable source of energy. We should be embracing it, not shunning it.”
  3. Opposed Gov. Shapiro's 2026-27 budget proposal, saying it relied on new taxes and accounting tricks.

    Grow the Economy Instead of Taxes, O'Neal Says

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Tim O'Neal · Feb 3, 2026 · reponeal.com

    “We cannot continue to rely on new taxes and accounting tricks to fill in the gaps.”
  4. Supported the final 2026-27 budget, citing lower spending than proposed and no new taxes.

    O'Neal Supports Final State Budget

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Tim O'Neal · Jul 12, 2026 · reponeal.com

    “We were able to reduce the amount of spending proposed by the governor, thus allowing us not to tap into the Rainy Day Fund. … no new taxes will hit hardworking Pennsylvanians this year”
  5. Supports the 2026-27 budget's $775 million for shovel-ready rural road and bridge projects.

    O'Neal Supports Final State Budget

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Tim O'Neal · Jul 12, 2026 · reponeal.com

    “this budget allocates $775 million in funding for shovel-ready rural road and bridge projects.”
  6. Opposed House Democrats' 2025 transit funding bill and co-sponsored a plan to have a private operator run SEPTA buses.

    House Democrats Playing Politics, Not Negotiating a Final Product, O'Neal Says

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Tim O'Neal · Aug 11, 2025 · reponeal.com

    “The transit funding legislation passed today by House Democrats is just another act of political theater.”
    Co-Sponsorship Memo: Modernizing SEPTA's operations through the use of private-sector expertise

    Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Apr 24, 2025 · palegis.us

    “SEPTA will be required to enter into a public-private partnership with a private entity to, at minimum, operate the authority's buses.”
  7. Proposes requiring PennDOT to verify monthly with DHS the immigration status of non-citizen license holders.

    Co-Sponsorship Memo: Requiring PennDOT to verify the immigration status of immigrants holding Pennsylvania driver's licenses and photo identification cards

    Government record · Pennsylvania House of Representatives · Nov 24, 2025 · palegis.us

    “PennDOT to directly verify with DHS the legal immigration status of every non-citizen holding a driver's license or photo identification card”
  8. Supported the 2025-26 budget's $50 million in added financial assistance for students in struggling schools.

    O'Neal Supports Budget to Unleash PA's Energy Potential

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Tim O'Neal · Nov 12, 2025 · reponeal.com

    “this budget provides $50 million more in financial assistance to students in struggling schools.”

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