{"id":102892,"date":"2026-02-02T13:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/102892\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T13:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:26:10","slug":"legislative-staffer-announces-campaign-for-state-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/102892\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Staffer Announces Campaign For State Representative"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\"\"<\/a>Bryan Allen.
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Bryan Allen, a former two-term member of the Bensalem Township Council, announced Monday that he will run for state representative in the 18th House District.<\/p>\n

Allen, a Democrat, is challenging Republican incumbent State Rep. K.C. Tomlinson in the district that includes Bensalem Township and Hulmeville Borough. <\/p>\n

The matchup is expected to be one of the state\u2019s most competitive legislative races heading toward the 2026 elections.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve dedicated my career to making our government work for people, not special interests,\u201d Allen said. \u201cI\u2019m running because we deserve a representative in Harrisburg who will do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allen serves as chief of staff to state Rep. Tina Davis and is the vice chair of the Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority Board. He is also president of the Friends of Silver Lake Nature Center.<\/p>\n

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During his time on the township council, Allen introduced the first casino tax rebate for residents and worked with colleagues to increase the credit. He also oversaw the approval a fire and emergency training facility and fought against urban sprawl.<\/p>\n

A lifelong resident of Bucks County, Allen said his campaign will focus on economic relief and improving the quality of life for residents. His platform includes increasing state education funding, expanding Medicaid and healthcare access, and raising the minimum wage.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur community is diverse, dynamic and full of potential, but we are facing unprecedented economic challenges,\u201d Allen said. \u201cI am running to make it easier to live, work and raise a family here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allen was raised in Bensalem Township by parents who were both union members. He graduated from Conwell-Egan Catholic School in 1996 and Bloomsburg University in 2001.<\/p>\n

He has lived in Bensalem Township for 37 years and resides there with his wife and three school-age children.<\/p>\n

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Tom Sofield<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 12 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom\u2019s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bryan Allen.Credit: Submitted Bryan Allen, a former two-term member of the Bensalem Township Council, announced Monday that he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-102892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}