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State Representative, 59th 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.

Entirely in Westmoreland County: Latrobe; Cook, Donegal, Fairfield, Ligonier, St. Clair and Unity townships and parts of Derry and Mount Pleasant townships; and the boroughs of Bolivar, Derry, Donegal, Laurel Mountain, Ligonier, New Florence, Seward and Youngstown.

CandidatesCompare by issue

Taxes & budget

  • Jordan OmlorDemocratic

    • Supports cutting taxes for fixed-income and low-income households and ending unfunded state mandates.

  • Leslie RossiRepublican

    • Lists cutting wasteful spending and reducing taxes for families, seniors, farmers and employers as priorities.In office

Public safety

  • Jordan OmlorDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Leslie RossiRepublican

    • Describes herself as committed to protecting the right to keep and bear arms.In office
    • Joined a Westmoreland delegation bill to require lifetime registration for youths released from the state SRTP program.In office

Education

  • Jordan OmlorDemocratic

    • Says public schools should not bear the high tuition of for-profit cyber schools.

  • Leslie RossiRepublican

    • Sponsored HB 2618 letting 16- and 17-year-olds drive after curfew for school-sponsored activities.In office

Housing

  • Jordan OmlorDemocratic

    • Supports using state funds to build apartments and public housing with below-market rents.

  • Leslie RossiRepublican

    No documented position found.

Economy & jobs

  • Jordan OmlorDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Leslie RossiRepublican

    • Sponsored HB 2750 to let home cooks make and sell a wider range of foods from home kitchens.In office

Roads & infrastructure

  • Jordan OmlorDemocratic

    • Supports HB 1518 to widen driver's license access, including for undocumented immigrants, and more public transit.

  • Leslie RossiRepublican

    No documented position found.

Environment & parks

  • Jordan OmlorDemocratic

    • Calls for strict zoning and sustainability rules before AI data centers are built.

  • Leslie RossiRepublican

    No documented position found.

Health & human services

  • Jordan OmlorDemocratic

    • Supports universal health care, which he says higher income taxes on the wealthiest could help fund.
    • Supports protecting reproductive rights.

  • Leslie RossiRepublican

    • Describes herself as committed to protecting "the sanctity of all human life."In office
    • Co-sponsors a House Republican child care bill setting clear rules for state licensing inspections.In office

Government & transparency

  • Jordan OmlorDemocratic

    • Supports term limits and pledges to donate at least half his legislative salary.

  • Leslie RossiRepublican

    • Lists enacting election integrity reform as a top legislative priority.In office

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; 9 issues covered in this race.