Chapman Announces Candidacy For 31st District

Anne Chapman, a Lower Makefield Township resident, announced today she will run as a Republican for State Representative of the 31st District, which includes Lower Makefield, Newtown, Upper Makefield and Yardley. 

The seat is currently held by Steve Santarsiero, a Democrat who is running for reelection in 2012.

Republican Helen Bosley has also filed as a candidate for the 31st District. Bosley was endorsed by the Bucks County Republican Committee.

The primary is April 24.

Chapman is a 32-year resident of Bucks County. She works in the health care marketing research field, most recently having served as Vice President of Strategic Account Management for VPMR, LLC in Kennett Square.  

Prior to living in Lower Makefield, Chapman and her husband, Harry, resided in Newtown. They have three children who attended both the Council Rock and Pennsbury school districts. 

Chapman said she is running for representative of the state General Assembly to help make Pennsylvania a better place for her three young grandchildren. 

“I am running to ensure that Pennsylvania becomes a much better place for job creation. We need to end the burdensome tax and regulatory climate that stifles private sector job growth and compels too many businesses to take a pass on Pennsylvania and flee with their family-sustaining jobs to other states,” Chapman said.

Chapman said if elected she would push for reforms, such as restructuring the retirement and benefit packages of public employees and ending prevailing wage laws on public construction projects that pass on costs to taxpayers.  “We also must ensure that our children are able to have a strike-free education, uninterrupted by disagreements between adults and special interest groups,” Chapman said.

Chapman said she supports the Property Tax Independence Act that would eliminate property taxes.  “We pay disproportionately high property taxes because the state underfunds our schools and our towns and sends our income taxes almost everywhere else.  We need to stop funding our public schools with an 18th Century tax that places an undue burden on seniors on fixed incomes,” she said.

Chapman's campaign committee is chaired by Pennsbury School Board member Christopher Cridge.