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State Representative, 58th District

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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.

Entirely in Westmoreland County: the city of Monessen; East Huntingdon, Rostraver, Sewickley and South Huntingdon townships and parts of Mount Pleasant and North Huntingdon townships; and the boroughs of Hunker, Madison, Mount Pleasant, North Belle Vernon, Scottdale, Smithton, Sutersville and West Newton.

CandidatesCompare by issue

Taxes & budget

  • Cherri RogersDemocratic

    • Supports property tax relief for seniors and working families.

  • Eric DavanzoRepublican

    • Proposes $250 checks to Pennsylvania families paid from 2025-26 tax collections above estimates.In office

Public safety

  • Cherri RogersDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Eric DavanzoRepublican

    • Joined a Westmoreland delegation bill to require lifetime registration for youths released from the state SRTP program.In office
    • Describes himself as committed to supporting law enforcement and Second Amendment rights.In office

Education

  • Cherri RogersDemocratic

    • Calls for fully funding public schools and holding cyber charter schools accountable for outcomes.

  • Eric DavanzoRepublican

    • Supports expanding tax-credit scholarships for students in low-performing schools.In office
    • Backs HB 1849, which would bar biological males from female school and college sports teams.In office

Economy & jobs

  • Cherri RogersDemocratic

    • Supports collective bargaining and prevailing wage laws and opposes right-to-work legislation.
    • Supports raising the minimum wage to a living wage and passing paid sick and family leave.

  • Eric DavanzoRepublican

    No documented position found.

Environment & parks

  • Cherri RogersDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Eric DavanzoRepublican

    • Voted for the 2025-26 budget, citing its withdrawal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.In office

Health & human services

  • Cherri RogersDemocratic

    • Supports capping insulin and prescription drug costs and protecting and expanding Medicaid.

  • Eric DavanzoRepublican

    • Supports the stricter SNAP eligibility administration in the 2025-26 budget.In office
    • Proposed zero-interest state loans to Pre-K Counts child care providers during budget impasses.In office

Government & transparency

  • Cherri RogersDemocratic

    • Supports an independent, transparent redistricting process.

  • Eric DavanzoRepublican

    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.