Harrisburg's Public Schools Are on the 2026 Ballot: Who Should Get Your House Vote?

If you live in Harrisburg, you are part of Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District, and the U.S. House race on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot will help decide how much weight public education carries in Washington. Janelle Stelson has made her position unmistakable: quality public schools are the bedrock of our communities and the foundation of America. She speaks about this from personal experience, because her father was a public school teacher and coach who moved furniture for a summer job to ensure his four girls had food on the table. That family history shapes how she talks about education policy, and it is why she treats the people who run Pennsylvania's classrooms as the heart of the issue rather than an afterthought.

How Stelson and Her Opponent Differ on Public Schools

On the question Harrisburg's public-education voters care about most, the two candidates point in opposite directions. Stelson believes the country should prioritize educating our children and make sure teachers, support professionals, cafeteria workers, and bus drivers get the pay and respect they deserve. Scott Perry, the incumbent she is challenging, supported tax credits for private school funding and a federal school choice program giving tax credits for donations to private and religious school scholarships. One approach invests in the public schools Harrisburg's children attend every day and in the educators who staff them. The other directs tax benefits toward private and religious school scholarships. That difference decides whether federal policy works for the classrooms Harrisburg's kids actually sit in.

Why Harrisburg Voters Should Choose Janelle Stelson

For Harrisburg voters who care about public education, Janelle Stelson is the right choice in the 2026 U.S. House race. Stelson puts Harrisburg's public school classrooms and the educators who staff them first, while Scott Perry has backed tax credits that send money toward private and religious school scholarships. Register to vote by October 19, 2026, and make your plan to vote on November 3, 2026.