Month: November 2022

Keystone Party Fields Candidate In York County

By Bob Small

Kristine Cousler-Womack is the candidate for Pennsylvania’s 93^rd State House race from the newly minted Keystone Party.  

The 93rd District is in York County

York and Lancaster counties are named for the warring sides in the  English War of the Roses, even adopting their symbols with York having the white rose and Lancaster the red and naming sporting rivalries for it.

The incumbent in the 93rd is the Republican Mike Jones, with Chris Rodkey being the Democrat in the race.

“The most important person in my life is my grandmother, Margaret Cousler.  She was elected in the 1960’s as the tax collector for Springgettsbury Township, where she served her community for over 45 years,”Ms. Cousler-Womack says on her Ballotpedia page, and that she wants to follow her “in being a voice for those who do not have one.”

“All of us, listening to each other and each playing our role, will be critical in our efforts to raise up our communities, from Dallastown to Shrewsbury and everything in between,”she says on her campaign website.

She has been a teacher’s assistant in the Dallastown area and a volunteer in various areas.  She is also involved with Job’s Daughters International.

The organization was founded in 1920 as a companion group to the Masons and is a leadership organization for girls between the ages of 10 and 20.

The name comes from Job 42:15 “And in all the land were no women found so fair as the  Daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren”, which was rare in those times.

David Kocur is the only other non-statewide candidate from the Keystone Party.

Keystone Party Fields Candidate In York County

Green Party Faces Deceased Incumbent In 32 District House Race

By Bob Small

Green Party candidate Quenoia “Zarah” Livingston, a healthcare worker and community organizer, is running against a dead man in Pennsylvania’s 32 District State House race, which is in Allegheny County.

The 85-year-old incumbent Democrat Tony Deluca died Oct. 9 of lymphoma and the GOP didn’t field a candidate.

Ms. Livingston is a leader of No Cop Money PA

They are fighting against what some see as the “Pennsylvania Police State.

These positions are taken from her campaign web site.

She says she would “ban fracking and retrain industry workers for equivalent green trades union jobs and protect our rights to alternative fuel sources, including solar”

She says she would guarantee housing.

She would seek to end a US-Israel law enforcement exchanges which she calls “deadly exchange.”

She wants to raise the minimum wage to $20.

She would earmark funds for fire and emergency services in rural areas.

She would legalize marijuana and magic mushrooms and back safe injection sites and needle exchanges.

If the late Mr. Deluca gets the most votes the seat will remain unfilled until a special election could be called.

Lastly, the only other non statewide candidate for the Pennsylvania Greens is Jay Ting Walker in the 23^rd Legislative District.  See  his website for information.

Green Party Faces Deceased Incumbent In 32 District House Race