Our Democratic Primary Candidates
Candidate for Congress
Bob Harvie was elected to the Board of Bucks County Commissioners in November 2019, and was sworn into office on January 6, 2020. He was named chair of the board on January 5, 2022. Harvie was re-elected to a second term in November 2023 and sworn into office on January 2, 2024. During reorganization of the Board, he was named Vice Chair and named Chair again during the reorganization on January 6, 2025.
Now, Bob Harvie is running for Congress because he believes our country is failing to live up to its promise — and working families are paying the price. While people work longer and harder just to stay afloat, Washington is stuck in chaos, ignoring the struggles of everyday Americans. Bob knows firsthand how bad policies have made things worse, including devastating cuts that have left local nonprofits with fewer resources to help families in need. He is running to change that — to fight for the middle-class and working families, rebuild the American Dream, and ensure everyone who works hard can build a better future. He won’t stand by while Washington prioritizes billionaires like Elon Musk over the people who make this country strong — he’s ready to fight for Bucks County and deliver the leadership we deserve.
Candidate for Pennsylvania Senate
Eileen Hartnett Albillar is a seasoned leader and proven problem-solver with more than 25 years of experience in social work, government, and nonprofit leadership.
Having grown up in Warminster, Eileen has used her Master’s of Social Work to give back to her community, spending years helping people get back on their feet, pull themselves out of poverty, and navigate the high cost of living. She’s advocated for homeless youth, administered millions in state and federal funding for housing, and helped families lower their utility costs. Eileen spent more than a decade at the Bucks County Opportunity Council, the leading anti-poverty nonprofit in the county, to help Bucks County families achieve self-sufficiency.
Since winning a county-wide election in 2023, Eileen serves as Clerk of Courts, where she collects and returns money to victims of crime. From 2018- 2023, she served on the Warrington Township Board of Supervisors, where she helped preserve thousands of acres of open space and built a new Police Station.
Eileen is running for State Senate because Harrisburg isn’t listening to Bucks County. Our current Senator has not done enough to fix SEPTA’s funding, stop the rising cost of living, or help families struggling to make ends meet.
Eileen has spent her career listening to people, solving problems, and navigating complex and broken systems. She’ll go to Harrisburg and fight to lower our costs, grow our local economy so we have good paying jobs that can support a family, and fully fund our public schools.
Eileen has two school-age children, and is a Board member of NOVA, the crime victim assistance organization for Bucks County. She was a founding board member of Emerge Pennsylvania, which supports women running for office.
Candidate for reelection
From his younger days as a volunteer firefighter and EMT, to his time in the Navy, his years as a police officer, and then as an elected official, Brian has always worked for the community.
For the past two years, Brian has been fighting for families and getting results! Even after he was diagnosed with cancer, he kept a 98% attendance record in Harrisburg and had our backs every step of the way:
Securing $3 million in grants to invest in infrastructure, public works, and community organizations through the 144th.
Investing in local law enforcement to keep us safe, while returning over $1 million to taxpayers and crime victims.
Increasing funding for Bucks County Public Schools by nearly $17 million without raising taxes.
Working with Governor Shapiro to pass a state budget with historic investments in economic development, law enforcement, mental health services, and violence protection.
Brian is a common sense, community-first representative with experience, who truly believes in good government over “right” or “left” government. But this campaign isn’t about me; it’s about the things that matter to you.
Candidate for Reelection
Every day as Governor, Josh Shapiro has brought people together to get stuff done and protect Pennsylvanians’ fundamental freedoms.
Governor Shapiro believes all Pennsylvanians should have the freedom to chart their own course and the opportunity to succeed – and that is what he has worked to deliver: from creating jobs and putting money back in people’s pockets, to investing in law enforcement and community organizations to improve public safety, to delivering historic funding for our kids’ education, to protecting our freedoms and our democracy.
Governor Shapiro has delivered results on the issues that matter most; he has shown up in moments of crisis and emergency; and he has proven every day that he is a Governor who fights for all of us. Now, Governor Josh Shapiro and Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis are running for reelection to keep getting stuff done and to keep moving our Commonwealth forward.
Under Josh Shapiro’s leadership, we have invested more in public education than ever before, hired hundreds of new law enforcement officers, created thousands of new jobs, and put money back in people’s pockets.
Now, when children in Pennsylvania go to school, they can get free breakfast and there are more mental health counselors and resources available when they need them. When those students graduate from high school, they have more opportunities to chart their own course – whether in the workforce, through an apprenticeship program, or in college – and their communities are safer and more prosperous.
As Governor, he has made it a priority to represent all Pennsylvanians, traveling to communities all across the Commonwealth and meeting Pennsylvanians from all walks of life.
He previously served as Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, Chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, and State Representative. From seeing his parents serve others – his father in the Navy and as the local pediatrician and his mother as an educator – to marrying his high-school sweetheart, Lori, and raising four children in the community and traditions they grew up in, to a career fighting for the people of Pennsylvania, Governor Shapiro’s life has been grounded in faith, family, and public service.
Through it all, Governor Shapiro continues – as he’s done throughout his career – to take on big fights, bring people together to get stuff done, and defend Pennsylvanians’ rights and freedoms.
Candidate for Reelection
Growing up in the Mon Valley in western Pennsylvania – a historic industrial center just south of the City of Pittsburgh – Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis saw the struggles of working families firsthand. He watched his mom – a hairdresser in McKeesport for more than 40 years – juggle raising a family with putting food on the table. He watched his dad work hard every day as a union bus driver.
After an incident of gun violence occurred in his neighborhood, Lieutenant Governor Davis knew from an early age he wanted to dedicate his life and career to public service. Throughout his career, he has fought for economic equality, worked to lift people out of poverty, secure fair funding for education, and has been committed to bettering the lives of people in every Pennsylvania community.
A first-generation college graduate, he began pursuing a career in public service after earning a political science degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Austin started his career in Allegheny County government, spearheading the county’s vision and transition teams and worked to create the county’s first violence prevention office. By age 21, the Tribune-Review called him “a veteran at the politics of helping others.”
In 2018, Lieutenant Governor Davis successfully ran for the state House of Representatives. He became the first western Pennsylvania African-American to serve as state representative outside the City of Pittsburgh, eventually being elected by his legislative colleagues as the leader of the Allegheny County House Democratic Delegation.
In 2022, he successfully ran for and won the nomination for lieutenant governor alongside then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro, winning all of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties in a three-way primary. He was subsequently elected as Pennsylvania’s 35th and first African-American lieutenant governor. In addition, he is our nation’s youngest sitting lieutenant governor.
