State Representative
State House District 135; Pennsylvania
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 74 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 67,402 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(13,018,639 ÷ 67,402) ÷ ln(50,000) = 74.32, measured against a statewide vote in PA (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Republican · declared
Joe Poplawski is a Republican candidate for State Representative in State House District 135 (2024) in 2026.
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Steve Samuelson worked as a legislative aide and clerk for the Lehigh County commissioners from 1989 to 1998 and as an aide to two state representatives. He is Democratic chair of the aging and older adult services committee.
Records: Environment and Public Health 30 for, Corporate Accountability 24 for, Labor Rights 16 for,
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