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Daniel Byron
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Daniel Byron (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Pennsylvania's 9th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]
Byron completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Daniel Byron was born in Derby, Connecticut. He earned a high school diploma from James Hillhouse High School. His career experience includes working in retail management.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Pennsylvania's 9th Congressional District election, 2026
Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 9
Incumbent Dan Meuser, Jennifer Brothers, and Daniel Byron are running in the general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 9 on November 3, 2026.
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Daniel Byron completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Byron's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Daniel Byron Jr, a resident of Williamsport, and proud father, is announcing his intention to challenge for PA’s 9th Congressional District. With a track record of professionalism, passion, and personal courage; Daniel is giving up his quiet, private, life for the chance to forge a brighter future for his son and his neighbors. Dan is focused on tackling corruption in congress, the student debt crisis, introducing digital reforms that protect consumer data, and improving healthcare affordability.
Daniel seeks to represent everyday, hard working, Pennsylvanians who are tired of the circus in Washington; and ready for a change. Daniel is not an exceptional individual; he is not exceptionally wealthy, exceptionally educated, or exceptionally connected. He is a divorced father with a 4 year old son, who he loves with all of his heart. He is a professional in the retail management field, with nearly a decade of leadership experience. He is a full-time employee, a full-time student, and a full-time father; but he is not unlike the millions of Pennsylvanians who wake up every morning and go to work to make their lives better. He is running because he feels like this moment calls for the unexceptional to stand up, and demand change.
- Allowing members of congress like Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and Mitch McConnell to serve for over 40 years has served as a reminder that tenure is not a virtue when it comes to politics. Because over those same 40 years we’ve seen stagnation in policy, stagnation in progress, and a constant bickering and blustering instead of compromise and action. Term limits will prevent the consolidation of power by forcing change, term limits will force compromise as members fight to get their agenda accomplished before their time is up. Term Limits are one of the most clear bi-partisan policies. 79% of Pennsylvanians agree with congressional term limits, and the only thing stopping it is the greed and selfishness of those in congress.
- We are 30 years behind on laws that protect consumers online. In another example of how deaf our congress is to our needs; 79% of Americans are concerned with how our data is collected and used. 72% are in favor of more regulations. Yet we fail to address those concerns year after year while allowing the CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk, to have sweeping access to our Social Security numbers, banking information, and more. Even though 77% of Americans don’t trust social media CEOs to handle user data responsibly. I will introduce a series of legislation to protect you from being exploited online, and build a foundation for a safer digital space for our kids and grandkids.
- We are the richest country in the world, and our citizens can not afford basic healthcare because profits have taken priority over people. I will work to pass legislation that makes healthcare affordable by limiting the predatory practices of insurance companies, and the unfair practices in the healthcare industry. Because you should never be denied life preserving medical treatments when you pay a premium on life.
I will work tirelessly to make living in this country affordable again. Both parties have abandoned the middle class worker, and it is time that we stand up and demand change. That change starts by holding our representatives accountable and ensuring that they are limited in power by limiting their tenure. Guaranteeing more opportunities for everyday people to stand up and drive change.
Theodore Roosevelt was a honest and blunt leader who pushed for change and progress even though many of his ideas were far ahead of their time. He was unafraid of the status quo, and with immense personal courage never wavered in his ideals and his passion for this country.
Being elected is being selected by your community to serve and represent them. Being willing to compromise, work together, and lead are core characteristics of a good representative. But, the principle that is lost in modern politics is that these roles are service roles. The individuals elected should have a dedication to serving their community, to viewing their constituents as their customers and their superiors.
It is my goal to leave a legacy of foundational change; changes that set up the country for the next century, and ensure that my son has a future worth living for. If I achieve nothing else, seeing an amendment which installs congressional term limits would be the proudest moment of my life.
I started my professional career as a cook at a Qdoba Mexican Eats; where I wrapped killer burritos, mashed delicious guac, and got myself elbows deep in dirty dish water to pay my bills. I have since worked in retail, hospitality, and food service in positions of leadership.
Growing up in a lower middle class family I was exposed to struggle. I remember Christmas with no tree, only a snowboard sprayed with canned snow and the memory of a father who worked hard to make my childhood as good as it could be. I saw first hand the effects of alcoholism, drug addiction and infidelity; and I saw that for as much it hurt me to love an addict, it hurt them to be an addict. I continue to see that struggle as a hard working member of the middle class, where I feel the effects of inflation, the impact of every short-sighted government decision, and the abandonment of the American worker. Poverty, in its most raw form has been a struggle that my family has flirted with since i was born.
No. If we have learned anything from the last 20 years, it is that career politicians are out of touch with the needs of everyday Americans. Our democracy was built with the intention that community leaders would stand up and deliver change and policy and then return to civilian life when their work was done. George Washington established that precedent when he retired from government service after his second term.
As our country ventures deeper into the digital world, we have to address the complete lack of protections for consumers online. Like the rampant misuse of consumer data, the complicated intentional misinformation campaigns by actors both foreign and domestic, and the corruption of our children through online platforms that do little to protect minors.
Absolutely, however the complete lack of a limit on the number of terms allows for a gross corruption of our federal representation and has shown to be a liability to progress and growth.
This is a principle aspect of my campaign, we should make it a priority to impose 12 year term limits on both Senators and Representatives to encourage compromise and prevent long-term corruption.
Compromise is the backbone of our democracy. When our Constitution was drafted it was an exercise in compromise. The existence of a Senate and a House is a result of a compromise between equal representation and equitable representation. The addition of a Bill of Rights was a concession granted to anti-federalists who were worried that a powerful federal government could impose itself on the people like a king. Our entire country operates at it's best when we come together to address our problems, and that compromise has been lacking in this century.
As the house is the place where our nation's financial interests are most present, I will work with colleagues to address the Student Debt Crisis by forgiving interest and commuting all Federal student loans to 0% interest moving forward. In 2008 we bailed out banks, why then can't we return the favor and bailout the working middle class.
The House should use it's investigative powers to ensure that the decisions made in congress are for the benefit of the constituents and not for private or personal gain. That is to say that representatives and senators should not profit from their decisions, unless the profit is an unintended consequence of legislation that benefits the constituency.
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Education and Workforce Committee
Ethics Committee
Healthcare and Financial Services Subcommittee
Allowing financial institutions, businesses, and the government to exist without accountability is much of the reason we have reached the point we are at now. Trust in the government is at an all-time low, and most Americans are nihilistic on the moral objectivity of business and politics. We need more accountability, and more transparency not just in the government but in the financial institutions that control the flow of commerce.
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See also
2026 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 4, 2025
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