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State Senator, 6th 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.

Lower and central Bucks County: Bensalem, Lower Southampton, Middletown, Northampton, Upper Southampton, Warminster, Warrington, Warwick and Wrightstown townships, and Hulmeville, Ivyland, Langhorne, Langhorne Manor and Penndel boroughs.

Taxes & budget

  • Eileen Hartnett AlbillarDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Frank FarryRepublican

    • Proposes SB 1441, a state tax credit for the cost of children's extracurricular activities.

Public safety

  • Eileen Hartnett AlbillarDemocratic

    • Cites Warrington's police co-responder program, pairing social workers with officers, among her supervisor record.
  • Frank FarryRepublican

    No documented position found.

Education

  • Eileen Hartnett AlbillarDemocratic

    • Calls for increasing and fully funding public schools so no student is shorted on resources.
  • Frank FarryRepublican

    No documented position found.

Economy & jobs

  • Eileen Hartnett AlbillarDemocratic

    • Lists raising the minimum wage as a top legislative priority.
    • Calls for lowering energy costs, expanding weatherization and holding utilities accountable for fees on ratepayers.
  • Frank FarryRepublican

    • Lists raising the minimum wage, with yearly cost-of-living increases, as a legislative priority.
    • Signed an April 2026 letter urging PECO to withdraw its proposed electric and gas rate increases.In office

Roads & infrastructure

  • Eileen Hartnett AlbillarDemocratic

    • Calls for a sustainable long-term SEPTA funding plan.
  • Frank FarryRepublican

    • Says he is committed to a sustainable SEPTA funding plan; voted against a House-passed transit funding bill.

Environment & parks

  • Eileen Hartnett AlbillarDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Frank FarryRepublican

    • Supports ending Pennsylvania's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to lower energy costs.

Health & human services

  • Eileen Hartnett AlbillarDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Frank FarryRepublican

    • Authored the Senate version of a law keeping Social Security raises from costing seniors PACE/PACENET drug coverage.In office
    • Sponsored SB 88, removing cost-sharing for follow-up breast cancer diagnostic imaging.In office

Government & transparency

  • Eileen Hartnett AlbillarDemocratic

    • Says she would work to break partisan gridlock in Harrisburg through compromise.
  • Frank FarryRepublican

    • Supports open primaries as a way to reduce partisanship.

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.