2026 Endorsed Candidates
IUPAT District Council 21 is proud to endorse the following candidates who have a proven track record of creating positive change for working people across our jurisdiction:
Pennsylvania
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The (i) indicates that the candidate is an incumbent. Candidates who are union members have their union listed after their name.
Berks County
Governor/Lt. Governor – Josh Shapiro/Austin Davis (i)
Congress:
CD 4 (Reading-Berks, Montgomery) – Madeleine Dean (i)
CD 6 (Reading-Berks, Chester) – Chrissy Houlahan (i)
CD 9 (Reading-Berks) – Rachel Wallace
State Senate:
SD 24 (Reading-Berks, Montgomery) – Chris Thomas (i)
State House:
HD 124 (Schuylkill, Reading-Berks) – Tina Burns
HD 126 (Reading-Berks) – Jacklyn Rusnock (i)
HD 127 (Reading-Berks) – Manuel Guzman Jr. (i)
HD 128 (Reading-Berks) – Andrew Wagner
HD 129 (Reading-Berks) – Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (i)
Bucks County
Governor/Lt. Governor – Josh Shapiro/Austin Davis (i)
Congress:
CD 1 (Bucks, Montgomery) – Brian Fitzpatrick (i)
State Senate:
SD 6 (Bucks) – Frank Farry (i)
SD 10 (Bucks) – Steve Santarsiero (i)
SD 16 (Lehigh, Upper Bucks) – Mark Pinsley
State House:
HD 18 (Bucks) – Kathleen C. Tomlinson (i)
HD 29 (Bucks) – Timothy Brennan (i)
HD 31 (Bucks) – Perry Sinclair Warren Jr. (i)
HD 140 (Bucks) – James George Prokopiak (i)
HD 141 (Bucks) – Tina Marie Davis (i)
HD 142 (Bucks) – Joseph Hogan (i)
HD 144 (Bucks) – Brian Munroe (i)
HD 145 (Bucks) – Les Mavus
HD 178 (Bucks) – Kristin Marcell (i)
Chester County
Governor/Lt. Governor – Josh Shapiro/Austin Davis (i)
Congress:
CD 6 (Reading-Berks, Chester) – Chrissy Houlahan (i)
State Senate:
SD 26 (Delaware, Chester) – Tim Kearney (i)
State House:
HD 13 (Chester) – Madelyn Alvarino
HD 26 (Chester) – Paul Franklin Friel (i)
HD 74 (Chester) – Dan K. Williams (i)
HD 156 (Chester) – Christopher Pielli (i)
HD 157 (Chester) – Melissa Lynn Shusterman (i)
HD 158 (Chester) – Christina Sappey (i)
HD 160 (Chester, Delaware) – Elizabeth Rhein Moro
HD 167 (Chester) – Kristine Howard (i)
Dauphin County - Harrisburg
Governor/Lt. Governor – Josh Shapiro/Austin Davis (i)
Congress:
CD 10 (Harrisburg, York) – Janelle Stelson
State House:
HD 103 (Harrisburg) – Nathan William Davidson (i)
HD 104 (Harrisburg) – David Adam Madsen (i)
HD 105 (Harrisburg) – Justin Fleming (i)
HD 106 (Harrisburg) – Thomas Mehaffie (i)
HD 199 (Harrisburg) – Tawanda Lynne Hunter Stallworth (i)
Delaware County
Governor/Lt. Governor – Josh Shapiro/Austin Davis (i)
Congress:
CD 5 (Montgomery, Philadelphia, Delaware) – Mary Gay Scanlon (i)
State Senate:
SD 8 (Philadelphia, Delaware) – Anthony Williams (i)
SD 26 (Delaware, Chester) – Tim Kearney (i)
State House:
HD 159 (Delaware) – Carol Kazeem (i)
HD 160 (Chester, Delaware) – Elizabeth Rhein Moro
HD 161 (Delaware) – Leanne Kruger (i)
HD 162 (Delaware) – David Delloso (i)
HD 163 (Delaware) – Heather Boyd (i)
HD 164 (Delaware) – Gina Curry (i)
HD 165 (Delaware) – Jennifer O’Mara (i)
HD 168 (Delaware) – Lisa Anne Borowski (i)
HD 185 (Philadelphia, Delaware) – Regina Young (i)
HD 191 (Philadelphia, Delaware) – Joanna McClinton (i)
Lackawanna/Luzerne - Scranton area
Governor/Lt. Governor – Josh Shapiro/Austin Davis (i)
Congress:
CD 8 (Scranton, Wilkes-Barre) – Paige Cognetti
State Senate:
SD 20 (Wilkes-Barre, Scranton) – Jackie Baker
SD 22 (Delaware, Chester) – Tim Kearney (i)
State House:
HD 112 (Scranton) – Kyle Mullins (i)
HD 113 (Scranton) – Kyle Donahue (i)
HD 114 (Scranton) – Bridget Malloy Kosierowski (i)
HD 118 (Scranton, Wilkes-Barre) – James Haddock (i)
Lancaster County
Governor/Lt. Governor – Josh Shapiro/Austin Davis (i)
State House:
HD 41 (Lancaster) – Bradford T. Chambers
HD 49 (Lancaster) – Ismail Smith-Wade-El (i)
HD 96 (Lancaster) – Stephanie Rivera (i)
Lehigh County
Governor/Lt. Governor – Josh Shapiro/Austin Davis (i)
Congress:
CD 7 (Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe) – Bob Brooks (IAFF 735)
State Senate:
SD 14 (Lehigh, Northampton) – Nick Miller (i)
SD 16 (Lehigh, Upper Bucks) – Mark Pinsley
SD 18 (Lehigh, Northampton) – Lisa Boscola (i)
State House:
HD 22 (Lehigh) – Cecilia Gerlach
HD 131 (Lehigh, Northampton, Montgomery) – Meriam Sabih
HD 132 (Lehigh) – Michael Harry Schlossberg (i)
HD 133 (Lehigh) – Jeanne McNeil (i)
HD 134 (Lehigh) – Peter Schweyer (i)
HD 183 (Lehigh, Northampton) – Deidre Kamber
HD 187 (Lehigh) – Rachel Guynn-Cuevas
Monroe County
Governor/Lt. Governor – Josh Shapiro/Austin Davis (i)
Congress:
CD 7 (Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe) – Bob Brooks (IAFF 735)
State House:
HD 115 (Monroe) – Maureen Madden (i)
HD 189 (Monroe) – Tarah Probst (i)
Montgomery County
Governor/Lt. Governor – Josh Shapiro/Austin Davis (i)
Congress:
CD 1 (Bucks, Montgomery) – Brian Fitzpatrick (i)
CD 4 (Reading-Berks, Montgomery) – Madeleine Dean (i)
CD 5 (Montgomery, Philadelphia, Delaware) – Mary Gay Scanlon (i)
State Senate:
SD 4 (Philadelphia, Montgomery) – Art Haywood (i)
SD 12 (Montgomery) – Maria Collett
SD 24 (Montgomery, Reading-Berks) – Chris Thomas (i)
State House:
HD 53 (Montgomery) – Steven Malagari (i)
HD 54 (Montgomery) – Gregory Scott (i)
HD 61 (Montgomery) – Laura Hanbidge (i)
HD 70 (Montgomery) – Matthew Bradford (i)
HD 131 (Lehigh, Northampton, Montgomery) – Meriam Sabih
HD 146 (Montgomery) – Joseph Ciresi (i)
HD 147 (Montgomery) – Margaret Burke
HD 148 (Montgomery) – Megan Griffin-Shelley
HD 149 (Montgomery) – Timothy Patrick Briggs (i)
HD 150 (Montgomery) – Joseph Webster (i)
HD 151 (Montgomery) – Melissa Cerrato (i)
HD 152 (Montgomery) – Nancy Guenst (i)
HD 153 (Montgomery) – Benjamin Sanchez (i)
HD 154 (Montgomery) – Napoleon Nelson
Northampton County
Governor/Lt. Governor – Josh Shapiro/Austin Davis (i)
Congress:
CD 7 (Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe) – Bob Brooks (IAFF 735)
State Senate:
SD 14 (Lehigh, Northampton) – Nick Miller (i)
SD 18 (Lehigh, Northampton) – Lisa Boscola (i)
State House:
HD 131 (Lehigh, Northampton, Montgomery) – Meriam Sabih
HD 135 (Northampton) – Stephen Samuelson (i)
HD 136 (Northampton) – Robert Freeman (i)
HD 137 (Northampton) – Jeffery M Warren
HD 138 (Northampton) – Jared Bitting
HD 183 (Lehigh, Northampton) – Deidre Kamber
Philadelphia County
Governor/Lt. Governor – Josh Shapiro/Austin Davis (i)
Congress:
CD 3 (Philadelphia) – Chris Rabb
CD 5 (Montgomery, Philadelphia, Delaware) – Mary Gay Scanlon (i)
State Senate:
SD 2 (Philadelphia) – Christine Tartaglione (i)
SD 4 (Philadelphia, Montgomery) – Art Haywood (i)
SD 8 (Philadelphia, Delaware) – Anthony Williams (i)
State House (all are in Philadelphia County, except as noted):
HD 10 – Amen Brown (i)
HD 170 – Martina A. White (i)
HD 172 – Sean Dougherty (i)
HD 173 – Patrick Gallagher (i)
HD 174 – Ed Neilson (i)
HD 175 – Marylouise Isaacson (i)
HD 177 – Joseph Hohenstien (i)
HD 179 – Jason Dawkins (i)
HD 180 – Jose Giral (i)
HD 181 – Malcolm Kenyatta (i)
HD 182 – Ben Waxman (i)
HD 184 – Elizabeth Fiedler (i)
HD 185 (Philadelphia, Delaware) – Regina Young (i)
HD 186 – Jordan Harris (i)
HD 188 – Rick Krajewski (i)
HD 190 – Gwendolyn Green (i)
HD 191 (Philadelphia, Delaware) – Joanna McClinton (i)
HD 192 – Morgan Cephas (i)
HD 194 – Tarik Khan (i)
HD 195 – Sierra McNeil
HD 197 – Danilo Burgos (i)
HD 198 – Darisha Parker (i)
HD 200 – Christopher Johnson
HD 201 – Andre Carroll (i)
HD 203 – Anthony Bellman (i)
Schuylkill County
Governor/Lt. Governor – Josh Shapiro/Austin Davis (i)
State House:
HD 123 (Schuylkill) – John Deatrich Jr.
HD 124 (Schuylkill, Reading-Berks) – Tina Burns
New Jersey
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The (i) indicates that the candidate is an incumbent. Candidates who are union members have their union listed after their name in blue.
Atlantic County
County Commissioner:
At Large – John Risley (i)
At Large – June Byrnes (i)
District 3 – Andrew Parker (i)
City of Brigantine:
Mayor – Vince Sera (i) (AFSCME 1210A)
Council – Michael Riordan (i) (IBEW 827)
Buena Borough Council:
Matthew Walker (IUOE 825)
Bergen County
U.S. Congress:
CD 5 (Bergen, Passaic & Sussex Counties) – Joshua Gottheimer (i)
CD 9 (Bergen, Passaic & Hudson Counties) – Nellie Pou (i)
County Commissioner:
Joan Voss (i)
Rafael Marte (i)
North Arlington Borough Council:
Cengiz “Jimmy” Sever (BAC 7)
Rochelle Park Committee:
Andrew Mattson (IBEW 164)
Saddle Brook Council:
Sarah Sanchez (CWA 1037)
Burlington County
U.S. Congress:
CD 3 (Burlington, Mercer & Monmouth Counties) – Herb Conaway (i)
County Commissioner:
Randy Brolo (i) (LiUNA 172)
Jonathan Chebra
Hainesport Committee:
Zachary Astor (UA 855)
Borough of Pemberton:
Mayor – Belinda Fontanez (CWA 1036)
Council – Jason Allen (CWA 1040)
Riverside Council:
Chris Marter (i) (IBEW 351)
Camden County
U.S. Congress:
CD 1 (Camden & Gloucester Counties) – Donald Norcross (i) (IBEW 351)
County Commissioner:
Louis Cappelli, Jr. (i)
Black Horse Pike Regional School Board:
Kevin Bucceroni (i) (CWA 1014/HFIAW 14)
Haddon Township Board of Education:
John Kendall (i) (SAG-AFTRA)
Pennsauken Board of Education:
Matthew McDevitt (i) (IBEW 98)
Pennsauken Committee:
Vince Martinez (i) (IUPAT 2011)
Waterford Council:
Jaclyn Hettinger (AFT 2373)
Cape May County
County Commissioner:
Patrick Rosenello
Curtis Bashaw
Cumberland County
No 2026 endorsed candidates in this County.
Essex County
U.S. Congress:
CD 8 (Essex, Hudson & Union Counties) – Rob Menendez (i)
CD 10 (Essex, Hudson & Union Counties) – LaMonica McIver (i)
CD 11 (Essex, Morris & Passaic Counties) – Analilia Mejia (i) (SEIU 32BJ)
County Commissioner At Large:
Abdur Yasin (AFT 6324)
Wayne Richardson (i) (LiUNA 55)
Christine McGrath
Wilson A. Pichardo
County Commissioner Districts:
District 2 – A’Dorian Murray-Thomas (i)
District 3 – Medinah Muhammad
District 4 – Leonard Luciano (i) (CWA 1037)
District 5 – Carlos Pomares (i)
Orange Board of Education:
Jeffrey Wingfield (i) (AFT 1904)
Gloucester County
U.S. Congress:
CD 1 (Gloucester & Camden Counties) – Donald Norcross (i) (IBEW 351)
Monroe Council:
Donald Heverly (Ironworkers 399)
City of Woodbury:
Mayor – Kyle Miller (i) (IBEW 351)
Council (3rd Ward) – Sam Ferraino, Jr. (I) (UFCW 360)
Hudson County
U.S. Congress:
CD 8 (Hudson, Essex & Union Counties) – Rob Menendez (i)
CD 9 (Hudson, Passaic & Bergen Counties) – Nellie Pou (i)
CD 10 (Hudson, Essex & Union Counties) – LaMonica McIver (i)
County Commissioners:
District 1 – Kenneth Kopacz (i)
District 2 – William O’Dea (i)
District 3 – Pamela Johnson
District 4 – Yraida Aponte-Lipski (i)
District 5 – Ron Bautista
District 6 – Fanny Cedeno (i)
District 7 – Caridad Rodriguez (i)
District 8 – Robert Baselice (i)
District 9 – Alex Valdez
Hunterdon County
U.S. Congress:
CD 7 (Hunterdon, Warren, Morris, Sussex & Union Counties) – Rebecca Bennett
Mercer County
U.S. Congress:
CD 3 (Mercer, Burlington & Monmouth Counties) – Herb Conaway (i)
Ewing Township:
Mayor – Bert Steinmann (i) (IBEW 269)
Princeton Board of Education:
Adam Bierman (i) (CWA 1033)
Trenton City Council:
Crystal Feliciano (i) (AFT 2222)
Middlesex County
U.S. Congress:
CD 6 (Middlesex & Monmouth Counties) – Frank Pallone (i)
Perth Amboy Council:
Haily Cruz Batista (i) (AFT 857)
Monmouth County
U.S. Congress:
CD 3 (Burlington, Mercer & Monmouth Counties) – Herb Conaway (i)
CD 4 (Monmouth & Ocean Counties) – Chris Smith (i)
CD 6 (Middlesex & Monmouth) – Frank Pallone (i)
Matawan Council:
James McCue (ASCME DC 37)
Neptune City Council:
Glen Kocsis (i) (SMART/SMWIA 27)
Morris County
U.S. Congress:
CD 7 (Morris, Warren, Hunterdon, Sussex & Union Counties) – Rebecca Bennett
CD 11 (Morris, Passaic & Essex Counties) – Analilia Mejia (i) (SEIU 32BJ)
County Commissioner:
Tafun Selen (i)
East Hanover Council:
Michael Martorelli (i) (IUOE 68)
Ocean County
U.S. Congress:
CD 4 (Ocean & Monmouth Counties) – Chris Smith (i)
County Commissioner:
Frank Sadeghi (i)
Beechwood Council:
Tom Prince (i) (IBEW 400)
Passaic County
U.S. Congress:
CD 5 (Passaic, Bergen & Sussex Counties) – Joshua Gottheimer (i)
CD 9 (Passaic, Bergen & Hudson Counties) – Nellie Pou (i)
CD 11 (Passaic, Morris & Sussex Counties) – Analilia Mejia (i) (SEIU 32BJ)
County Commissioner:
Orlando Cruz (i)
Nick Veliky (i)
Salem County
County Commissioner:
Charles Hassler (IBEW 94)
Somerset County
County Commissioner:
Paul Drake (i)
Elizabeth Graner (i)
Carteret Board of Education:
Khalimah Poole (AFT 2222)
Sussex County
U.S. Congress:
CD 5 (Sussex, Bergen & Passaic Counties) – Joshua Gottheimer (i)
CD 7 (Morris, Warren, Hunterdon, Sussex & Union Counties) – Rebecca Bennett
Stratford Council:
Michael Tolomeo (i) (IBEW 351)
Union County
U.S. Congress:
CD 7 (Union, Warren, Morris, Hunterdon & Sussex Counties) – Rebecca Bennett
CD 8 (Union, Hudson & Essex Counties) – Rob Menendez (i)
CD 10 (Union, Essex & Hudson Counties) – LaMonica McIver (i)
County Commissioner:
Lourdes Leon (i)
Joseph C. Bodek (i)
Michele S. Delisfort (i)
Warren County
U.S. Congress:
CD 7 (Union, Warren, Morris, Hunterdon & Sussex Counties) – Rebecca Bennett
Roselle Park Council:
Adolfo DiCosmo (BAC 7)
Scotch Plains Council:
Roshan White (i) (UA 24)
Delaware
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Kent County
Delaware Attorney General – Kathy Jennings (i)
United States Senate – Chris Coons (i)
United States Congress – Sarah McBride (i)
DE State Senate:
SD 14 (Kent & New Castle Counties) – Kyra Hoffner (i)
DE State House:
HD 31 – Sean Lynn
New Castle County
Delaware Attorney General – Kathy Jennings (i)
United States Senate – Chris Coons (i)
United States Congress – Sarah McBride (i)
DE State Senate:
SD 1 – Dan Cruce (i)
SD 7 – Spiros Mantzavinos (i)
SD 9 – Jack Walsh (i) *
SD 12 – Nicole Poore (i)
SD 13 – Marie Pinkney (i)
SD 14 (New Castle & Kent Counties) – Kyra Hoffner (i)
DE State House:
HD 7 – Larry Lambert (i)
HD 18 – Sophie Phillips
HD 19 – Kim Williams (i)
HD 21 – Frank Burns
HD 25 – Cyndie Romer
HD 26 – Madinah Wilson-Anton
New Castle County Council:
District 6 – Christopher W. Muntz *
Sussex County
Delaware Attorney General – Kathy Jennings (i)
United States Senate – Chris Coons (i)
United States Congress – Sarah McBride (i)
DE State House:
HD 14 – Claire Snyder-Hall