Joe Hogan has represented the 142nd District—covering Langhorne, Middletown, Lower Southampton, and parts of Northampton—since 2023. A native of Levittown, Hogan’s career in public service began as a staff member for the late Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick. Before his election to the State House, he served as the Program Director for the Bucks County Redevelopment Authority, where he managed critical grants and secured over $1 million in relief for local businesses during the pandemic. In Harrisburg, he holds leadership roles as the Vice Chair of the Children and Youth Committee and Chair of the Consumer Protection Subcommittee.
“We cannot ignore the safety concerns, environmental risks and impacts on quality of life. I will be the voice in Harrisburg that demands PennDOT respects our residents, because when our community’s safety is on the line, I will not sit back,” said Egan.
Educational access and excellence, fiscal responsibility and greater transparency are among key issues for May primary candidates.
Local Republicans voted against banning “ghost guns” and rejected a red flag law to keep firearms from individuals in crisis.
Only one Republican and five Democrats agreed to participate. The remaining candidates vying to represent 10 House seats apparently couldn’t be bothered.
“Rep. K.C. Tomlinson joined other MAGA Republicans by voting against free lunch for children in need, a heartless vote that will hit hardest the most impoverished student populations,” said the PA House Democratic Campaign Committee.
HB 2370 charts a seven-year funding plan to ensure that the unconstitutional underfunding of school districts disproportionately represented by lower income and communities of color ends.
Several Bucks County Democrats are featured on their list highlighting their effort to expand the Democratic majority in the state House.
With the exception of a few dissident votes, local Republicans largely opposed common sense gun control reforms.
For freshman Republican lawmakers Hogan and Marcell, who joined Tomlinson, their very first vote in office was a display of bipartisanship to elect Democrat Mark Rozzi.
House Democratic and Republican leaders will go into the new session with horns still locked over control of the chamber.
Bucks County Democratic voters may have made the difference in flipping the state house.
Democrats gain seats in the State House.
An interactive tool provided by the Committee of Seventy in collaboration with the Bucks County Beacon.
An interactive tool provided by the Committee of Seventy in collaboration with the Bucks County Beacon.
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