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State Representative, 93rd 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.

South-central York County: East Hopewell, Fawn, Hopewell, North Hopewell, Springfield and York townships, and Cross Roads, Dallastown, Fawn Grove, Jacobus, Loganville, Shrewsbury, Stewartstown, Winterstown and Yoe boroughs.

CandidatesCompare by issue

Taxes & budget

  • Missy BarnesDemocratic

    • Calls for closing tax loopholes for the ultra-wealthy so top earners pay more.

  • Mike JonesRepublican

    • Sponsored HB 1316 to repeal the accelerated sales tax prepayment requirement for businesses.In office
    • Voted against the 2026-27 state budget, citing spending above projected revenue.In office

Public safety

  • Missy BarnesDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Mike JonesRepublican

    • Sponsored HB 2664 to classify county correctional vehicles as emergency vehicles.In office

Education

  • Missy BarnesDemocratic

    • Supports school funding formulas that give every district needed resources regardless of local tax base.
    • Supports charter school funding reform for more transparency, accountability and fairness.

  • Mike JonesRepublican

    • Supports Senate Bill 9, which would close female school sports teams to biological males.In office
    • Calls for Pennsylvania to opt into the federal school choice tax credit.In office

Housing

  • Missy BarnesDemocratic

    • Supports funding for affordable housing and first-time homebuyers, and expanding the property tax rebate program.

  • Mike JonesRepublican

    No documented position found.

Economy & jobs

  • Missy BarnesDemocratic

    • Supports state-funded small business grant and loan programs.

  • Mike JonesRepublican

    No documented position found.

Roads & infrastructure

  • Missy BarnesDemocratic

    • Supports rules to keep data center grid costs from being passed on to residential ratepayers.

  • Mike JonesRepublican

    No documented position found.

Environment & parks

  • Missy BarnesDemocratic

    • Favors limiting the number of data centers in Pennsylvania and strictly regulating those that are built.

  • Mike JonesRepublican

    • Urges DEP to use York County's USGS stream-monitoring data rather than modeled pollution figures.In office

Health & human services

  • Missy BarnesDemocratic

    • Supports expanding the state's child care assistance programs for working parents.

  • Mike JonesRepublican

    • Co-sponsors a bill setting a statutory formula for child care providers' provisional licenses.In office

Government & transparency

  • Missy BarnesDemocratic

    • Supports a legislative gift ban, limits on campaign contributions and open primaries.

  • Mike JonesRepublican

    • Supports term limits, restrictions on lobbyist gifts and a part-time legislature.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.