Izzy Smith-Wade-El
State House, District 49 · Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Where they stand
Housing: The candidate supports increasing tenant protections and tenants’ right to organize.
Housing: The candidate supports sealing eviction records so they cannot be used to deny tenants housing.
Housing: The candidate supports investing in good-quality, affordable housing in communities such as Lancaster.
Where Izzy stands on the questions on which we score all candidates
Education and families · Supports: Pennsylvania should increase state funding for public schools.
Education and families · Supports: Pennsylvania should support teacher recruitment, retention, and professional development.
Education and families · Likely supports: Pennsylvania should increase state support for school safety and student mental-health services.
Education and families · Supports: Pennsylvania should strengthen education equity statewide.
Education and families · Likely opposes: Pennsylvania should expand publicly funded school choice options for K-12 students.
Public safety, justice and rights · Supports: Pennsylvania should maintain or expand legal abortion access.
Public safety, justice and rights · Likely supports: Pennsylvania should legalize adult-use cannabis.
Public safety, justice and rights · Opposes: Pennsylvania should provide greater state support for law enforcement and first responders.
Public safety, justice and rights · Opposes: Pennsylvania should not add new state restrictions on gun ownership.
Public safety, justice and rights · Supports: Pennsylvania should add sexual orientation and gender identity to its state anti-discrimination law.
Economy and taxes · Supports: Pennsylvania should establish a statewide paid family and medical leave program.
Economy and taxes · Likely supports: Pennsylvania should make lowering everyday costs a top priority in state budgeting and policy.
Economy and taxes · Likely supports: Pennsylvania should expand state support for small businesses.
Economy and taxes · Supports: Pennsylvania should raise the state minimum wage.
Economy and taxes · Likely opposes: Pennsylvania should expand state incentives for large economic-development projects.
Economy and taxes · Supports: Pennsylvania should reduce property-tax and related housing-tax burdens for residents.
Economy and taxes · Likely opposes: Pennsylvania should cap state spending growth rather than raise broad-based taxes.
Economy and taxes · Supports: Pennsylvania should strengthen collective-bargaining rights for workers.
Energy, environment and agriculture · Likely supports: Pennsylvania should expand state protections for forests and public lands.
Energy, environment and agriculture · Likely supports: Pennsylvania should increase state support for agriculture and local food systems.
Energy, environment and agriculture · Supports: Pennsylvania should accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.
Housing and communities · Supports: Pennsylvania should increase state efforts to make housing more affordable and prevent displacement.
Infrastructure, transportation and technology · Likely supports: Pennsylvania should increase state funding for public transit.
Infrastructure, transportation and technology · Supports: Pennsylvania should increase state investment in transportation, water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure.
Government, elections and ethics · Supports: Pennsylvania should increase accountability and limits on tax incentives and subsidies for large corporate development projects.
Government, elections and ethics · Likely supports: Pennsylvania should set limits on campaign contributions to state candidates.
Immigration and national security · Opposes: Pennsylvania should require greater state and local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Health and social supports · Likely supports: Pennsylvania should increase state support for addiction treatment and recovery services.
Health and social supports · Likely supports: Pennsylvania should increase state funding for county-administered human services.
Health and social supports · Likely supports: Pennsylvania should increase state support for services for seniors.
In the news
Lancaster state reps to host grant workshop for small businesses, nonprofits (cpbj.com, Sep 10, 2026)
Pa. lawmakers introduce bill to decriminalize homelessness (keystonenewsroom.com, May 4, 2026)
State Rep. Izzy Smith-Wade-El tapped for leadership position in legislative Black Caucus (lancasteronline.com, Jan 6, 2023)