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State Representative, 65th 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.

All of Warren County. Crawford County part: Blooming Valley, Cambridge Springs, Centerville, Saegertown, Spartansburg, Venango and Woodcock boroughs, and Athens, Bloomfield, Cambridge, Cussewago, Richmond, Rockdale, Sparta, Venango and Woodcock townships (16 precincts).

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Destiny Howard

Democratic

Warren

The gist

  • Pledges to protect rural health care.
  • Pledges support for local farmers.
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  1. Pledges to protect rural health care.

    Destiny Howard for Pennsylvania State Representative District 65 (Facebook page description)

    Candidate social media · Destiny Howard campaign · Page description · facebook.com

    “Protecting rural healthcare, empowering the working class, and supporting our local farmers.”

  2. Pledges support for local farmers.

    Destiny Howard for Pennsylvania State Representative District 65 (Facebook page description)

    Candidate social media · Destiny Howard campaign · Page description · facebook.com

    “supporting our local farmers.”
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Kathy L. RappOfficial portrait — Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Kathy L. Rapp

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative · Warren

The gist

  • Calls for changing how the state's Medical Assistance program pays pharmacies, citing independent pharmacy closures.In office
  • Calls for faster release of federal rural health funds and more visa-waiver doctors to address maternity care gaps.In office
  • Opposes vaccine mandates; supports requiring practitioners to offer certain vaccines to older patients.In office
  • Led 85 House members calling on the Department of Health to withdraw its proposed communicable disease rule rewrite.In office
  • Opposed the House-amended second-degree murder sentencing bill (HB 1042), citing added medical parole provisions.In office
  • Supports bills to limit female school sports teams to athletes who were born female.In office
  • Favors requiring each school district to adopt its own cell phone policy over a statewide ban.In office
  • Opposes taxpayer funding of abortion through Medical Assistance.In office

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

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  1. Calls for changing how the state's Medical Assistance program pays pharmacies, citing independent pharmacy closures.

    Rapp Thanks Warren Pharmacist for Thoughtful Testimony in House Health Committee Hearing

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Kathy L. Rapp · Jun 11, 2026 · reprapp.com

    “Independent pharmacies like Gaughn's are struggling to keep their doors open, and too many have closed already. It's clear that this system needs to change.”

  2. Calls for faster release of federal rural health funds and more visa-waiver doctors to address maternity care gaps.

    Rapp Pens Letter to Dr. Oz Calling for Funding to Address PA's Maternity Care Desert

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Kathy L. Rapp · Jan 8, 2026 · reprapp.com

    “The influx of this federal funding is urgently needed to address the situation described above … For a state the size of Pennsylvania, and given the need for more physicians, 30 physicians do not go far enough”

  3. Opposes vaccine mandates; supports requiring practitioners to offer certain vaccines to older patients.

    Rapp: Health Committee Approves Three Bills, Four Resolutions

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Kathy L. Rapp · Jun 18, 2026 · reprapp.com

    “I do not believe that individuals should be forced to get a vaccine”

  4. Led 85 House members calling on the Department of Health to withdraw its proposed communicable disease rule rewrite.

    Rapp, 84 Other House Members Submit Legislative Comments Raising Serious Concerns Regarding the Department of Health's Communicable Disease Regulations

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Kathy L. Rapp · Sep 21, 2026 · reprapp.com

    “Policy changes of this magnitude belong in the General Assembly, not buried in a 502-page agency package.”

  5. Opposed the House-amended second-degree murder sentencing bill (HB 1042), citing added medical parole provisions.

    Rapp: House Majority's Delay Jeopardizes PA Communities

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Kathy L. Rapp · Jul 24, 2026 · reprapp.com

    “Victims' families deserve some peace of mind that these criminals remain behind bars for a very long time. … Rapp opposed the legislation because of the changes added by Democrats, including broad new medical parole options for inmates”

  6. Supports bills to limit female school sports teams to athletes who were born female.

    Rapp: House Democrats Continue Re-Referring Legislation Ensuring Safety in Women's Sports

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Kathy L. Rapp · Jun 16, 2026 · reprapp.com

    “legislation to prevent biological males from taking part in female sports”

  7. Favors requiring each school district to adopt its own cell phone policy over a statewide ban.

    Rapp Provides Update on Health Committee Action on Rare Disease Screenings, Cell Phones in Schools

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Kathy L. Rapp · Nov 19, 2025 · reprapp.com

    “The best course of action may be to enact a law to require each school district to have a cell phone policy”

  8. Opposes taxpayer funding of abortion through Medical Assistance.

    Rapp Reviewing Commonwealth Court Ruling Reversing Medicaid Abortion Coverage Ban

    Public statement · Office of Rep. Kathy L. Rapp · Apr 21, 2026 · reprapp.com

    “Despite this ruling, I will continue to advocate for the rights of the unborn.”

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