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Liz earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, her master's degree in science from the University of Oxford, her master's degree in education from Harvard University, her law degree from the Univeristy of Wisconsin, and her doctorate degree in philosophy from the University of Cambridge.

Liz previously worked as an attorney in Montgomery County and has worked with the Montgomery County Child Advocacy Project.

Laura Elizabeth Frances Hanbidge currently serves as the State Representative in State Assembly District 61 in Pennsylvania. She was first elected in 2018 and is serving her third term.

Supports raising the minimum wage to $12.

Supports improving infrastructure like roads and bridges.

Supports tax reforms to help working families and small businesses.

- Supports raising the minimum wage to $12.
- Supports improving infrastructure like roads and bridges.
- Supports tax reforms to help working families and small businesses.

Economy

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Supports expanding access to affordable healthcare.

- Supports abortion access.
- Supports addressing the opioid epidemic.
- Supports expanding access to affordable healthcare.

Healthcare

Supports charter school accountability reform.

Supports reforming how public schools are funded to make it more equitable and provide relief to "overburdened local taxpayers."

- Supports charter school accountability reform.
- Supports reforming how public schools are funded to make it more equitable and provide relief to "overburdened local taxpayers."

Education

Supports investing in renewable energy and opposes giving more power to oil and gas industries.

- Supports investing in renewable energy and opposes giving more power to oil and gas industries.

Energy & the Environment

Supports promoting social equity and racial justice.

Supports updating the 65-year-old law protecting people from discrimination to include sexual orientation.

Supports gun control and safe storage laws for firearms in Pennsylvania, highlighting the dangers of gun violence and unprotected guns for children.

Supports gun control and safe storage laws for firearms in Pennsylvania.

Supports passing the Pennsylvania Fairness Act to protect individuals from discrimination based on various factors, including race and sexual orientation.

- Supports promoting social equity and racial justice.
- Supports LGBTQIA+ rights
- Supports gun control and safe storage laws for firearms in Pennsylvania.
- Supports passing the Pennsylvania Fairness Act to protect individuals from discrimination based on various factors, including race and sexual orientation.

Public Safety

As of September 30, 2024, Laura Elizabeth Frances Hanbidge’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Laura Elizabeth Frances Hanbidge

Michelle earned her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Montgomery County. 

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Michelle Rupp previously ran for North Penn School Board in 2017, but did not win.

Believes reducing "burdensome regulations" will promote business growth, investment, and job creation.

Supports reducing regulations to promote business growth, investment, and job creation.

Believes in fostering a tax system that incentivizes work, investment, and entrepreneurship by lowering tax rates and simplifying the tax code to encourage economic activity and job creation.

Believes that lowering tax rates and simplifying the tax code will encourage economic activity, job creation, and entrepreneurship. 

- Supports reducing regulations to promote business growth, investment, and job creation.
- Believes that lowering tax rates and simplifying the tax code will encourage economic activity, job creation, and entrepreneurship. 

Supports maintaining state regulations allowing abortion termination up to 24.5 weeks of gestation.

Supports maintaining state regulations allowing abortion up to 24.5 weeks of pregnancy. 

- Supports maintaining state regulations allowing abortion up to 24.5 weeks of pregnancy. 

Supports charter schools and voucher programs.

Supports charter schools and school voucher programs. 

Supports increasing funding for public schools to provide necessary resources and support to students and teachers.

Believes in prioritizing core subjects to prepare students for college and the workforce, while also supporting practical skills and vocational training.

Believes in prioritizing core subjects while supporting practical skills and vocational training to prepare students for college and the workforce. 

Believes in "efficient allocation of funds to ensure that taxpayer dollars are used effectively and that investments yield positive outcomes for students."

Plans to allocate funds efficiently to ensure that taxpayer dollars are used effectively. 

- Supports charter schools and school voucher programs. 
- Supports increasing funding for public schools to provide necessary resources and support to students and teachers.
- Believes in prioritizing core subjects while supporting practical skills and vocational training to prepare students for college and the workforce. 
- Plans to allocate funds efficiently to ensure that taxpayer dollars are used effectively. 

As of September 30, 2024, Michelle L Rupp’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports a "zero-tolerance approach towards violent offenders, prioritizing public safety and ensuring that those who commit violent crimes are held accountable for their actions."

Supports a "zero-tolerance" approach towards violent offenders.

Believes addressing food insecurity and unemployment will help reduce non-violent crime.

Supports rehabilitation and community support programs for non-violent drug offenders and believes drug addiction should be treated as a public health issue.

- Supports a "zero-tolerance" approach towards violent offenders.
- Believes addressing food insecurity and unemployment will help reduce non-violent crime.
- Supports rehabilitation and community support programs for non-violent drug offenders and believes drug addiction should be treated as a public health issue.

Michelle L Rupp

- 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 61

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