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Joseph earned a bachelor's degree from Earlham College and a law degree from the University of Minnesota.

Joseph has worked as an attorney and small business owner.

Joseph C Hohenstein is currently the state representative of Assembly District 177. He was first elected in 2018 and is serving his 3rd term. 

As of September 30, 2024, Joseph C Hohenstein’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Supports abortion and access to reproductive healthcare.

Supports long-term treatment options for addiction, including in-patient programs and transitional housing, and believes Medicaid and private insurers should provide comprehensive care beyond 15-30 days.

Opposes "safe injection sites" and instead wants long-term treatment options for drug addiction, including in-patient programs and transitional housing.

- Supports abortion and access to reproductive healthcare.
- Opposes "safe injection sites" and instead wants long-term treatment options for drug addiction, including in-patient programs and transitional housing.

Healthcare

Supports separating funding streams for public school districts and charter schools.

Believes in separating funding streams for public school districts and charter schools.

- Believes in separating funding streams for public school districts and charter schools.

Education

Supports enacting a strong severance tax on natural gas drilling to generate revenue and fund environmental impact mediation.

Supports a strong tax on natural gas drilling to generate revenue and fund policies to address climate change. 

- Supports a strong tax on natural gas drilling to generate revenue and fund policies to address climate change. 

Energy & the Environment

Believes in reducing incarceration by improving community needs and investing in rehabilitation.

- Believes in reducing incarceration by improving community needs and investing in rehabilitation.

Public Safety

Supports automatic voter registration, expanding early voting and mail-in options, and pre-canvassing ballots to expedite results.

Supports automatic voter registration, expanding early voting and mail-in options, and pre-checking ballots to speed up results.

- Supports automatic voter registration, expanding early voting and mail-in options, and pre-checking ballots to speed up results.

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Joseph C Hohenstein

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws, including introducing tax bills. 
- State representatives and their staff respond to constituent concerns and questions through emails, phone calls, and website announcements. 
- State representatives oversee the executive branch and can vote to overrule a veto by the Governor.  
- They are elected to two-year terms and have a salary of $106,000, with a 1-3% annual increase

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Pennsylvania State Representative, District 177

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