One of just four states with divided control of government, Pennsylvania has the opportunity to elect a democratic trifecta this fall for the first time in more than 30 years. We’re backing leaders who will vote to pass historic climate legislation that will move the state towards a 100% renewable future, regulate data center growth, and bring down utility rates:

• Chris Thomas for Senate District 24: Chris Thomas is a former math and science teacher and former president of the Montgomery County Democratic party. Chris grew up in Southwestern PA and attended a high school that was lit up at night by the offgassing from fracking wells. From an early age, he learned first hand about the impact of the fossil fuel industry in PA and as a state senator he will support setback laws for drilling sites and support investments in clean energy. He will also support legislation to regulate the unchecked growth of the data centers,including requirements that they are powered by  clean energy.
• Eileen Hartnett Albillar for Senate District 6: Albillar is a social worker with decades of experience supporting families to get out of systemic poverty and back on their feet. She currently serves as the Clerk of Courts and formerly served on her township board of supervisors where she helped preserve thousands of acres of open space. As a state senator Eileen will fight for public transit funding and support legislation that requires data centers to pay for and generate their own energy. 
• Brian Wrightson for Senate District 40: Wrightson has years of experience working in county government, managing disaster relief efforts in Northeastern PA, and bringing internet access to rural parts of his community. As state senator, Brian will stop data centers from overusing our precious natural resources and support programs to expand solar energy generation and make it affordable for working families and farmers in rural areas.
• Mark Pinsley for Senate District 16: Pinsley is Lehigh County Comptroller and he has years of experience building businesses, teaching economics and serving in the Army. Mark is running to increase the minimum wage, stop rate hikes, and end the system of unfair subsidies that prop up the fossil fuel industry. In Harrisburg, Pinsley will push for policies that stop forcing working families to pay for outdated infrastructure and instead invest in clean energy that saves money over time.
• Robert Gurtcheff for House District 170: Gurtcheff is a veteran and lifelong resident of Philadelphia who has served his community as an inspector for healthcare fraud, working at his local VFW, and as a sports coach. As a state representative, Robert will advance policies that lower energy costs and bring clean energy to PA.
• Timothy Hayes for House District 143: Hayes has held local public office since 2019 when he was elected to the Dublin Borough Council at just 21 years old after serving in the National Guard. Timothy has since helped to flip the council blue and was elected as Council President in 2023. In his day job, Timothy is the state policy director for PA Conservation Voters where he has already helped author numerous climate bills and, if elected, will lead the legislature to invest in clean energy and good green jobs and force any data centers to bring their own clean energy to the grid.
• Madelyn Alvarino for House District 13: Alvarino is a retired teacher with decades of hands-on experience in the community.  As a state representative, she will champion public water rights and conserve the land that her neighbors farm from pollution and the encroachment of data centers.
• Brad Chambers for House District 41: Chambers is a labor relations administrator running in a swing district who got this district closer than it’s ever been to flipping to a Democrat last cycle! As state representative, he will prioritize renewable energy, promote environmental sustainability, and address the disproportionate impacts of climate change on marginalized communities.
• Fern Leard for House District 120: Leard became a nurse after her twins were diagnosed with a rare disease, and has spent nearly a decade working in pediatrics and elderly care and advocating in Congress for expanding Medicaid coverage. Leard knows it’s our responsibility to ensure that we maintain a sustainable environment for our children, and will fight for climate action in office.
• Sara Agerton for House District 88: Agerton has spent 20 years providing for her community as a social worker and Mechanicsburg Borough Council member. She has led on protecting green space in her town, ​​connecting a rail trail through the borough for walkability, and passing the town’s first ever Climate Action Plan. She will fight for investments in infrastructure and good paying jobs that act on climate and environmental justice.
• Elizabeth Moro for House District 160: Moro is a small business owner and local advocate. As a representative, Moro will support policies that strengthen environmental protections, invest in green energy, improve transparency in decision-making, and ensure our natural resources are preserved responsibly. 
• Kristin Egan for House District 142: Egan is a public school teacher with more than two decades of experience and small business owner with a record of public service as a union leader and school board member. As the co-owner of an HVAC business with her husband, Kristin knows that energy affordability is top of mind for the community. As a representative, she will support efforts to address the affordability crisis and ensure that air and water are clean for her kids and all the children in the district.
• Mike Crossey for House District 46: Crossey has decades of experience in public service and leadership as a public educator, union leader and elected Mt. Lebanon Commissioner and Allegheny County Council member. In office, Crossey will work to create good green jobs and job training programs for fossil fuel industry workers transitioning into the renewable energy sector.
• Monica Weninger for House District 178: Weninger is a retired science teacher with years of experience volunteering with progressive political advocacy groups. She was the first Democrat elected in her township in more than 25 years. As a state representative Monica will focus on investing in clean energy from solar, wind, and geothermal, while ensuring that this transition creates family-sustaining, union jobs.
• Meriam Sabih for House District 131: Sabih is a longtime community organizer and journalist. As a state representative she will commit to protecting clean air and clean water and hold polluters accountable for remediation efforts. She will also support increased investment in renewable energy like solar and wind.
• Jeff Warren for House District 137: Warren is a Northampton County Commissioner and former city council member. As commissioner, he’s helped preserve 20,000 acres of open spaces and farm land. As a state representative, Jeff will support legislation to hold corporate entities who pollute and destroy the environment accountable and support the development of clean energy resources.
• Hadley Haas for House District 44: Haas is a marketing and communications professional and long time community organizer involved in gun violence prevention efforts and disability rights advocacy. As a state representative, Hadley will work to advance legislation that supports a transition to clean, renewable energy and ensures equitable access to a healthy environment.
• Rachel Cuevas for House District 187: Cuevas is an HR professional who is committed to protecting farm land and ensuring clean air and clean water for everyone in PA. As a state representative, Rachel will support increasing investments in clean energy while making life more affordable for working families.