![]() Pennsylvania had voted Democratic in the last five presidential elections. The victor of the special election will complete the final year of Galloway’s term, and will have to defend the seat again during the November general election.President Obama and another incumbent Democrat, Senator Bob Casey, survived scares to win the support of voters in Pennsylvania.ĭemocrats had plenty of reason to worry. “For the agenda that we talk about - a pro-worker, pro-family, pro-women’s rights agenda, treating everyone all with dignity and respect - that agenda only gets pushed forward in a Democratic state House,” he said. However, he acknowledged that the race has implications that are bigger than his candidacy or Bucks County. Prokopiak also said democracy requires a commitment to strike a balance. “I think we need to look at the issue with a lot of compassion and grace for each other and understand that politics is really about finding that middle road that most of us can get as comfortable as we can with and move forward together,” Cabanas said. Recalling a situation with a close friend who had an ectopic pregnancy, Cabanas said she will support protections for people “who need them.” “Civil engagement is important and sometimes I’ve noticed over the years as people have disengaged is they don’t like what’s happening in government, but they love to complain about it and I don’t want to be someone who just says, ‘I think this is a problem or that’s a problem or maybe this could use some work,’ and then just sit back and expect someone else to do it,” Cabanas said.Ĭabanas said she is wary of “extremes.” She is non-committal on certain issues, such as abortion, which she said voters should decide. She said she wants to be a responsive politician and represent the interests of all the voters. So what’s the balance - and what’s the accountability for where those funds are spent?” “The trick with education is we want to fund our schools, we want to put money into them and help our kids, but our taxes go up. “We want to work on delivering the best possible education for our students,” Cabanas said. Prokopiak is also advocating for a $15 minimum wage and the legalization of marijuana.Ĭabanas is campaigning on public safety, affordable healthcare for all and improving the public education system. “The houses are out of the price range of the average Bucks County resident and so we needed to do a better job of addressing that,” Prokopiak said. Prokopiak is proposing the “inclusion of affordable housing as a mandatory provision, aligning with practices in New Jersey.” “We’re talking about working-class families who are struggling to put a roof over their families heads, make sure their kids have a quality education, make sure they have affordable health care, and maybe a pathway to retirement,” he said. ![]() His platform focuses on property taxes, expanding affordable housing, codifying abortion rights and increasing state education funding - he said he’s seen firsthand how an absence of money at the state level has overburdened local taxpayers. “And so that’s one of the reasons I decided to run as I saw issues that are affecting my local community that we couldn’t just solve at the local level.” “We need really statewide solutions to many of these problems,” Prokopiak said. Prokopiak, a former Falls Township supervisor from 2002 to 2009, said while local politics can solve a lot of problems, he acknowledged its limitations. He currently serves on the Pennsbury School Board and the Bucks County Redevelopment Authority. Prokopiak wants Bucks County to be a more affordable place to live Jim Prokopiak (Courtesy of JimFor140)Ī lawyer by trade, Prokopiak lives in Levittown with his wife and three children. “We need a Democratic state House to really push forth that agenda that we really think is important for working-class families here in Bucks County and all over the state.” “We’ve seen what happens when the Republicans control both the House and the state Senate and we have a Democratic governor - the governor’s priorities pretty much die on the vine and not a lot gets done,” Prokopiak said. Democratic candidate Jim Prokopiak said he’s up for the challenge. Standing in the GOP’s path is a sizable Democratic voter registration edge and a party desperate to defend its relatively new power in the state House. ![]() My focus was just how do I best set my foot forward to run for this race and represent this community,” Cabanas said. “It feels strange, because that wasn’t my focus. Although it’s objectively difficult to ignore national interests when the Associated Press is calling and a Washington Post reporter tags along during a day of knocking on doors. GOP candidate Candace Cabanas said she wants to prioritize local issues facing working-class voters. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor
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