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State Representative, 60th 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.

Southern and western Armstrong County (Apollo, Applewold, Ford City, Ford Cliff, Freeport, Leechburg, Manorville, North Apollo and West Kittanning boroughs and Bethel, Burrell, Cadogan, East Franklin, Gilpin, Kiskiminetas, Manor, North Buffalo, Parks, South Bend and South Buffalo townships), plus part of Westmoreland County (Allegheny Township, East Vandergrift, Hyde Park, Vandergrift and West Leechburg boroughs, and most of Lower Burrell).

CandidatesCompare by issue

Taxes & budget

  • Dustyn A DornDemocratic

    • Proposes withholding legislators' pay until the state budget is passed.
    • Supports new revenue from legalizing recreational marijuana and taxing games of skill.

  • Abby MajorRepublican

    • Sponsored HB 2396 for a six-month state gas and diesel tax holiday, with savings passed on at the pump.In office
    • Urged passing a stopgap carrying over the prior budget (SB 160) during the 2025 budget impasse.In office

Education

  • Dustyn A DornDemocratic

    • Calls for adequate and fair public school funding regardless of zip code.

  • Abby MajorRepublican

    No documented position found.

Housing

  • Dustyn A DornDemocratic

    • Proposes making abandoned or condemned homes available to families in need.

  • Abby MajorRepublican

    • Co-authored a housing package: construction trades training fund and a study of permitting delays.In office
    • Co-sponsored HB 2109 to bar local limits on unrelated roommates except for health and safety rules.In office

Economy & jobs

  • Dustyn A DornDemocratic

    • Supports raising the minimum wage and job partnerships with schools, employers and public transit.

  • Abby MajorRepublican

    No documented position found.

Environment & parks

  • Dustyn A DornDemocratic

    • Calls for halting new data center construction until independent environmental studies are done.
    • Supports cleaning up brownfield sites and abandoned mine drainage in western Pennsylvania.

  • Abby MajorRepublican

    No documented position found.

Health & human services

  • Dustyn A DornDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Abby MajorRepublican

    • Co-sponsored bills requiring warning labels on foods with BHA or certain artificial dyes.In office

Government & transparency

  • Dustyn A DornDemocratic

    • Supports independent redistricting, legislative term limits and campaign finance reform.
    • Supports some form of open primaries and letting any Pennsylvanian circulate and sign candidate petitions.

  • Abby MajorRepublican

    No documented position found.

Courts & justice

  • Dustyn A DornDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Abby MajorRepublican

    • Plans legislation to tighten registration and supervision of juvenile sex offenders released from Torrance SRTP.In office
    • Co-authored HB 20 to legalize and regulate adult-use cannabis, with expungement for prior cannabis convictions.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; 8 issues covered in this race.