Become part of the movement for unbiased, accessible election information. Donate today.
Bob Forbes
Bob Forbes (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on April 23, 2024.
Forbes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Bob Forbes was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Forbes' professional experience includes working as an educator. He served in the U.S. Army from 1993 to 2018. Forbes earned an associate degree from Saint Leo University in 2011 and a bachelor's degree from Liberty University in 2012.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District election, 2024
Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (April 23 Democratic primary)
Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (April 23 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10
Incumbent Scott Perry defeated Janelle Stelson in the general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Scott Perry (R) | 50.5 | 205,567 |
 | Janelle Stelson (D) | 49.3 | 200,434 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 937 | ||
| Total votes: 406,938 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Janelle Stelson | 43.7 | 26,591 |
 | Mike O'Brien | 23.2 | 14,103 | |
 | Shamaine Daniels | 14.4 | 8,773 | |
 | Rick Coplen | 9.0 | 5,464 | |
 | Blake Lynch | 5.6 | 3,388 | |
 | John Broadhurst | 3.8 | 2,322 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 208 | ||
| Total votes: 60,849 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bob Forbes (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10
Incumbent Scott Perry advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 10 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Scott Perry | 95.3 | 61,596 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.7 | 3,043 | ||
| Total votes: 64,639 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Forbes in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bob Forbes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Forbes' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
My military career spans from the 90’s to 2018 with multiple deployments including Afghanistan and Iraq with 10Th Mountain Division. We have lived from Seoul Korea to Kaiserslautern Germany and always retuned to PA 10. My wife Michele and I have been married over 22 years we have two sons Andrew about to graduate from Lebanon Valley College with a degree in political strategy and current member of the schools Ukraine reconstruction team project and our younger son Alex who is studying Bachelor of Science Nursing at York College of Pennsylvania. Alex is a member of York's ice hockey and track and field teams. Both boys are graduates of Camp Hill High School. We are beneficiaries of everything PA 10 has to offer a family. We play ice hockey here go to school here, drag race here, WE ARE PA 10! The 10th Congressional district has more than 700K residents, we don't need folks who don' live here, never lived here, never voted in PA 10 to represent our great area. Voters sent outsiders a strong message in 2022 that our district is not for sale. PA 10 is my home.
- My intimate understanding of the complex issues in our area make me a perfect fit for this congressional seat. As a 100% disabled veteran I am always focused on issues involving the VA. PA 10 has over 6000 GS employees who need representation that will work to avoid government shutdowns as well as work to both keep and bring more employment opportunity to our area.
- As a person who now lives on a fixed income i pledge to safeguard social security benefits for everyone as well as work tirelessly to bring more realistic cost of living increases to those using benefits to live on. This includes our veterans on disability and military retirement pay as well as our citizens on social security disability.
- Protection of our Democracy will be at the forefront as we approach 2024, i plan to safeguard our election process no matter how much distraction other's may create.
Veterans Issues
Stop the practice of book banning in schools.
Dignity and Respect for all of our great citizens.
A woman's right to her own healthcare decisions.
A fair wage for our workers that is also a living wage.
Healthcare cost increases that are spiraling out of control.
Admiral Stockdale
The 1980 Olympic Hockey Team
CSM Frank Grippe
Madeline Albright
As a Soldier living in Seoul Korea with my family I was given a front row seat to the threats of the People Republic of North Korea with the 38th parallel 30 miles from our home.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 31, 2023
