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2 candidates are tracked for Pennsylvania House District 167 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Kristine Howard and Joe Lewis. Candidate information follows official Chester County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Kristine Howard (Democratic), Joe Lewis (Republican) meet on the November 3 ballot; Kristine Howard is the sitting member, per the General Assembly's roster. Kristine Howard was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Joe Lewis was unopposed in the Republican primary. Pennsylvania nominates by plurality (no runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Department of State's official May 19 primary returns (electionreturns.pa.gov) with the Department's post-primary withdrawal listing; independent and minor-party candidates who filed nomination papers are added when the Department of State posts the certified general-election list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Kristine Howard holds a law degree from Rutgers University School of Law and represents Pennsylvania House District 167 in Chester County. She chairs the State Government Subcommittee on Government Information Technology & Communication, per the Pennsylvania General Assembly's website. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
2026 priorities
- Sponsored dental insurance transparency and wage disclosure legislation, per palegis.us member page
Joe Lewis is the Republican nominee for House District 167 in Chester County, an Army combat veteran with twenty years of military service and a small business owner, per his campaign site.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Direct the state budget toward education, public safety and job creation
- Support a moratorium on new data center development
Source: candidate campaign site.
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