Who is Janelle Stelson?

Janelle Stelson is a 26-year Emmy Award-winning television news anchor from Lancaster who spent more than two decades covering the communities of central Pennsylvania. In 2024, she came within fewer than 5,200 votes of unseating incumbent Scott Perry — one of the closest House races in the country. She is running again in 2026 with the endorsement of Governor Josh Shapiro, Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis, and every Democratic state legislator in PA-10, and with early polling showing her leading Perry 46–43%. She is running because she believes the people of Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District deserve a representative who shows up, tells the truth, and fights for them.