Rob Strickler
Rob Strickler (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.
Strickler completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Rob Strickler was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Pennsbury High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Kutztown University in 1985. His career experience includes working in business management.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 1
Incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick, Bob Harvie, Tracy Hunt, and Rob Strickler are running in the general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 1 on November 3, 2026.
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| Tracy Hunt (D) | ||
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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I graduated from Pennsbury High School, then Kutztown University with a BFA. I married my high school sweetheart and worked in the corporate world as a designer, creative director, video game designer and software product manager. Currently, I manage an eyewear company and am a partner in a business venture.
Other than three years in Delaware, Sue and I have lived in Horsham, North Wales and Buckingham for 37 years. We’ve worked hard and now have a great life together in beautiful Bucks County. We love our home, family and neighbors. I golf, paint and do wood carvings while Sue gardens, makes bread and leather crafts. We both love our dogs and the Eagles (Go Birds!)! We are very blessed.
As for politics, I’ve never been closely aligned with any political party. Over the decades I’ve voted for Republicans like Arlen Spector and Jim Greenwood or Democrats like Bob Casey and Patrick Murphy.
That changed when Donald Trump won the GOP nomination in 2016. As long as this race-baiting demagogue is leading this party and country towards fascism and totalitarianism, I cannot vote for any GOP candidate at any level.- Low-middle income Americans have been getting screwed over by our government for the past fifty years while billionaires have benefited from laws and an economy that enriches them at the expense of working men and women. Because of this, there's now a dangerous level of wealth inequality which, if not addressed, will be the end of our Republic.
The 1913 amendment that allowed Congress to collect income tax mandated that the lowest rate was 1%, and only applied to income above $3,000, which is $97,000 in today's dollars! The income tax was never intended to hit low-middle income wage earners as hard as it does today.
So we must rewrite our tax laws to shift the burden away from low-middle income wage earners. Simple as that! - Money in our elections is killing us. NOTHING will change if we don't drastically restrict or eliminate donations to political campaigns, PACs and Super PACs. Want to stop global warming? The fossil fuel industry pays a lot to oppose that. Low prescription drug prices? The pharmacy industry donates millions to ensure that doesn't happen. Want to buy your own government agency? Donate $280 million like Elon Musk and you can run DOGE. If we're going to allow donations, then only an actual human being who is a US citizens can contribute with the maximum amount of $50/year to a candidate, PAC or Super PAC. No organization, corporation, PAC or other group can donate, though they can encourage members to make donations.
- Brian Fitzpatrick has not kept his oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States”. He voted AGAINST impeachment after the J6 attack, even after he said: “What happened today was nothing short of a COUP ATTEMPT. The President of the United States has been lying to his supporters with false information and false expectations. He lit the flame of incitement and owns responsibility for this.” Fitz called it a COUP ATTEMPT. If you won't impeach a for a coup attempt, what in hell will you impeach him for? Trump is back in office now because Brian Fitzpatrick and others in the GOP are afraid to oppose him. Instead of doing their jobs, they'd rather keep their jobs. We need integrity and courage in Congress.
Election reform: Campaign financing
Eliminate Gerrymandering
Eliminate the Electoral College
Affordable Housing
Global Warming
Affordable Healthcare and Prescription Drugs
Restore Medicaid, SNAP and other programs impacted by Trump and GOP policies
Humane Immigration management
Reproductive Healthcare protection at the federal level
Withhold support from Israel as long as Netanyahu purses starvation and genocide in Gaza
Secondly: Vote your damn conscience! You're priority is not to get re-elected. Pursue policies that will serve your constituents and America best. Put country over party. Publicly and loudly oppose anyone, regardless of party, who undermine our Constitution or pursue policies that don't serve the public good.
2. Money controlling our elections and candidates. For some time now billionaires, PACs, Super PACs, corporations and other interests have donated millions if not billions to ensure elections and ensuring policies turn out to their liking.
3. As a result of #2, we have extreme wealth inequality in our country. Low-middle income wage earners struggle to pay bills or achieve financial security. If we are not able to rebalance the scales back in favor of working men and women, we risk the end of our republic. A warning from James Madison, Father of the Constitution:
"We are free today substantially but the day will come when our Republic will be an impossibility. It will be impossibility because wealth will be concentrated in the hands of a few. A republic cannot stand upon bayonets, and when that day comes, when the wealth of the nation will be in the hands of a few, then we must rely upon the wisdom of the best elements in the country to readjust the laws of the nation to the changed conditions."
4. The national debt. $37 TRILLION and counting. We pay over $900 billion in interest payments on that debt every year. We are running up a horrific credit card debt on our children and future generations. America's credit rating has been downgraded by three major financial firms because of that debt, which undercuts our economy.
I also think reducing the number of election cycles is a good idea. It would allow us to focus on good government and the issues that we face and less on the political bloodsport our elections have become.
This makes me sick that American citizens are made to feel this way. These are good people, good citizens who work hard and have built a life here. And a twisted, race-baiting demagogue like Donald Trump and his zealots have made them feel this way. The President of the United States did this. I hate that it's happened here.
So perhaps there can be an independent agency under control of the Judiciary - NOT the Presidency – that can be instructed by Congress to investigate on their behalf.
1. Severely restrict or eliminate donations so citizens of average income can have equal free speech in our elections. Only a human being who is a United States citizen can donate to a candidate, PAC or SuperPAC, and only $50/year maximum.
2. Better yet, publicly fund financing for qualifying federal candidates. Those running for congress or president would no longer be allowed to build up “war chests.” Instead, they would have to meet a threshold amount of verified citizen’s signatures to qualify for taxpayer-funded campaign grants. All qualifying candidates would get the same amount, so well-heeled candidates won’t be able to overpower opponents by outspending them. Doing this will save us money because elected officials would no longer be allowed to accept donations from billionaire donors or PACs. They’ll have to learn to stay within the budget of their grants. And we won’t be bothered by politicians asking for money. A win-win!
3. End gerrymandering. Independent commission or enact what fairvote.org has proposed.
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See also
2026 Elections
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Footnotes
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