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Lycoming County resident Amanda Waldman is running for the Democratic nomination to represent the region in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a news release.
Waldman, who was born and raised on her family's Lycoming County farm, "is a single mother who wants to represent rural Pennsylvania as someone who actually understands what it means to struggle," the news release said.
Waldman's policy agenda includes fully funded public education, protection of small farms and a higher living wage. One of her top priorities, according to the news release, would be affordable, accessible health care including ensuring health care for veterans.
"While working in Harrisburg for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, I saw firsthand just how dysfunctional our government can be," Waldman said, according to the news release. "I've watched as people's priorities were disregarded and common sense legislation never even made it to a vote, making life harder for us in rural Pennsylvania. ... I'm tired of status quo politicians telling the people what their lives are like and what they need, instead of listening to us. I will represent everyone, regardless of political party."
Waldman, who lives in a "very rural" area close to Montoursville, said people in rural Pennsylvania are above partisan divisiveness and see the greater issues in their communities through a personal lens.
Currently Waldman works as a financial representative for a Medicare contractor. She has also worked as a case manager in a family homeless shelter, as a restaurant manager and as a coach for Odyssey of the Mind.
"My entire working background has been in public service," she said, according to the news release. "But more than just my working background, I'm a member of a working family. I'm a working mother."
Waldman previously ran for this office in 2022 and for state representative in the 84th Legislative District in 2020. The congressional district encompasses part of Lycoming County as well as Schuylkill, Bradford, Columbia, Lebanon, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties and parts of Berks and Luzerne counties.