{"id":309756,"date":"2026-10-19T10:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309756\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:44:17","slug":"donna-reese-looks-to-represent-3rd-district-in-pa-house-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309756\/","title":{"rendered":"Donna Reese looks to represent 3rd District in Pa. House race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republican Donna Reese<\/a>, longtime owner of General Exterminating and the former owner of The Cookie Mug & Creations, is running for the state House of Representatives in the 3rd District, which includes Fairview and Millcreek townships.<\/p>\n

Reese, 61, previously served on the Millcreek School Board and has volunteered with the Erie City Mission and Erie Homes for Children and Adults. The recipient of a double-lung transplant, she is an ambassador to the Cleveland Clinic lung transplant program.<\/p>\n

She faces Democrat Ryan Bizzarro<\/a>, a seven-term incumbent, in the Nov. 3 election.<\/p>\n

Reese and Bizzarro were each asked the same three questions. Here are her responses, which were submitted by email.<\/p>\n

Question: What is the single most important issue facing residents of your district, and what specific action would you take in Harrisburg to address it?<\/p>\n

While I have many issues facing residents of not only my district but PA as a whole, if I had to choose one of great concern, in talking to residents it would be property tax relief. This could be achieved through different means such as the revenue from gaming vs sending it to Pittsburgh and Philly mass transit.<\/p>\n

\"Donna<\/p>\n

Donna Reese<\/p>\n

By approving it and keeping it in the community in which it is raised we could provide relief. In addition, if a new governor gets your vote she will immediately start using the goldmine of natural resources that our State is sitting on. Property tax is getting to the point of not being manageable to those on fixed incomes and they are forced to make choices between medications or taxes.<\/p>\n

Reese hopes to work with new governor to tackle rising energy costs<\/p>\n

If elected, what would be your top legislative priority during your first term, and how would it benefit Erie County?<\/p>\n

There is a laundry list of things I’d like to introduce to the legislation. However much will depend on whether or not the majority and governor seats change.<\/p>\n

With a new governor PA would benefit immensely with use of our natural resources. We need to tackle the increasing utility costs, reduce the outrageous gas tax and bring common sense legislation to the House that affect everyday people everyday.<\/p>\n

Erie elections of years past<\/p>\n

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First-time voter Maddison Barner, 18, left, talks with Christina Vogel, candidate for Erie County Executive, at the GECAC Erie West Senior Center in Erie on Election Day, Nov. 4, 2025. (GREG WOHLFORD\/ERIE TIMES-NEWS)<\/p>\n

My plan would also be to hold legislators accountable for a balanced budget that does not include BILLIONS more in spending than income. If budgets go past the deadline, legislators should lose their pay, with no back pay just like the recipients that lose funding and stress waiting. Common sense management is lacking in the house and we need more of it and less focus on far left ideology based on special interest groups.<\/p>\n

Erie County voter guide: What to know before Election Day<\/a><\/p>\n

What is the biggest difference between you and your opponent, and why should voters choose you?<\/p>\n

The biggest difference between me and my opponent is that I have over 25 years of practical, common sense leadership experience. He was fresh out of college with little real life experience and has fourteen years as a career politician. I would also be present in Harrisburg vs voting long distance. And one significant difference is that I know and practice respect to those I serve, he rarely does anymore.<\/p>\n

Contact Jim Martin at jmartin3@usatodayco.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Donna Reese looks to represent 3rd District in Pa. House race<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Republican Donna Reese, longtime owner of General Exterminating and the former owner of The Cookie Mug & Creations,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-309756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309756","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=309756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}