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State Senator, 34th District

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1
Term
4 years
Candidates
2
Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state senator votes on Pennsylvania laws and the state budget and confirms many of the Governor's appointments.

All of Perry County. Also most of Cumberland County (all but Lemoyne, Mechanicsburg, New Cumberland and Shiremanstown boroughs and Lower Allen and Upper Allen townships) and northern Dauphin County (the Upper Dauphin area, including Halifax, Millersburg, Lykens, Elizabethville and Williamstown).

CandidatesCompare by issue

Taxes & budget

  • Nathan WoodDemocratic

    • Proposes exploring pay freezes for legislators and executive leaders when the state budget is late.

  • Greg RothmanRepublican

    • Voted for the 2026-27 state budget, saying it prevents tax increases on working families.In office

Public safety

  • Nathan WoodDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Greg RothmanRepublican

    • Cites support for police, firefighters and EMS and for keeping violent offenders off the streets.

Education

  • Nathan WoodDemocratic

    • Supports the governor's $565 million adequacy funding increase and capping cyber charter tuition at $8,000 per student.

  • Greg RothmanRepublican

    • Backed a school funding formula change for fast-growing districts and supports expanding scholarship programs.

Economy & jobs

  • Nathan WoodDemocratic

    • Supports raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2029 and tying legislators' cost-of-living raises to the minimum wage.

  • Greg RothmanRepublican

    • Supports continuing cuts to the corporate net income tax and faster state permitting to spur investment.In office
    • Sponsored SB 939 to fast-track permits and set statewide rules for data center and AI development.In office
    • Sponsored SB 1444 to ease local licensing, permit and fee requirements for home-based businesses.In office

Roads & infrastructure

  • Nathan WoodDemocratic

    • Supports more public transit investment and restoring federal funding for rural fiber broadband.

  • Greg RothmanRepublican

    • Sponsored SB 1070 letting counties use leftover bridge funds to repair municipal-owned bridges.In office

Environment & parks

  • Nathan WoodDemocratic

    • Supports a moratorium on data center construction and protecting ratepayers from data center energy costs.

  • Greg RothmanRepublican

    • Sponsored regulation of food processing residuals (FPRs) spread on farmland, enacted through SB 146.In office

Government & transparency

  • Nathan WoodDemocratic

    • Calls for banning gifts and outside business activity for full-time legislators; pledges no side business himself.
    • Supports campaign contribution limits, the Montana Plan on corporate spending, and independent redistricting.
    • Proposes requiring every bill to get a committee hearing and vote, modeled on Colorado's GAVEL amendment.

  • Greg RothmanRepublican

    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.