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Tony Dastra
G · Pennsylvania · 2026Tony Dastra is the Green Party candidate for Pennsylvania governor, running with Philadelphia Green Party chair Craig Bolton for lieutenant governor. He filed his ballot paperwork with the Department of State on August 3, per LancasterOnline. A 29-year-old administrative assistant for Lancaster Township public works, he ran for mayor of Lancaster in 2017 and 2025 and won a seat on the city's Home Rule Study Commission in 2023. He accepts no corporate political action committee money and leads his platform with a statewide moratorium on new data centers.
Priorities
- Impose a statewide moratorium on new data centers
- Eliminate working-class property taxes
- Increase municipal powers
- Reduce the gas tax
- Break up health care monopolies
On the ballot
Governor · Pennsylvania · 2026
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