Bedford County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for Pennsylvania Senate and Pennsylvania House, with bios, priorities and campaign sites.
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These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Find your districts by addressPennsylvania Senate District 32Pat Stefano (R) · Jacob Cecil (D)
Pat Stefano
Pat Stefano is the Republican state senator for Pennsylvania Senate District 32, per the Pennsylvania General Assembly's official website. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Jacob Cecil
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Working-class unity: shared costs of living over trivial divisions
- Fair taxes: stop overtaxing working-class Pennsylvanians
- Data centers: Pennsylvania is for the people, not for data centers
About Jacob Cecil
Jacob Cecil is a 27-year-old who lives in Somerset County and works full time in Bedford County while running for the Pennsylvania Senate, per the campaign site. Jacob Cecil is on the November 3 ballot for Pennsylvania Senate District 32 as a Democratic candidate, per the Department of State's general-election candidate listing (pavoterservices.pa.gov, read October 20, 2026).
Pat Stefano (Republican) and Jacob Cecil (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot, per the Department of State's general-election candidate listing (pavoterservices.pa.gov, read October 20, 2026). Pat Stefano is the sitting member, per the General Assembly's roster. Pat Stefano won the Republican primary with 74.0 percent over Harry Young Cochran (26.1 percent). Pennsylvania nominates by plurality (no runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot. Jacob Cecil was nominated by write-in votes in the Democratic primary, per the Department of State's candidate database.
Full race pagePennsylvania House District 78Jesse Topper (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Jesse Topper
Jesse Topper is the Republican state representative for Pennsylvania House District 78, per the Pennsylvania General Assembly's official website. Topper works as a legislator, per the same source. Topper serves on the House Rules Committee, which Topper chairs, per the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
Jesse Topper (Republican) is the only major-party candidate on the November 3 ballot; Jesse Topper is the sitting member, per the General Assembly's roster. Jesse Topper was unopposed in the Republican primary. Pennsylvania nominates by plurality (no runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field matches the Department of State's general-election candidate listing (pavoterservices.pa.gov, read October 20, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
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Who is on the ballot in Bedford County, Pennsylvania on November 3, 2026?
Bedford County sample ballot 2026: who is running for pennsylvania senate and pennsylvania house, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
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