Brian Wrightson compares himself to his opponent by asking voters a straightforward question: after Rosemary Brown’s years in Harrisburg, are things actually getting better for families in Monroe, Lackawanna, and Wayne Counties? From where he sits, the answer is no.
Wrightson points to a clear record of unaddressed issues under the incumbent’s watch:
- Broadband gaps are still leaving rural families, students, and businesses on the wrong side of the digital divide because Harrisburg has failed to prioritize the infrastructure investment this region needs.
- Costs keep rising on utilities, housing, healthcare, and childcare, and working families have not seen meaningful relief from the state government.
- Healthcare access in rural NEPA has gotten worse, not better, leaving families to deal with persistent provider shortages, long drives, and coverage gaps.
- Young people are still leaving, and the brain drain hasn’t stopped because the necessary jobs, housing, and opportunities haven’t materialized.
- Wages have stagnated while the Republican-controlled Senate has prioritized everything except the economic concerns of working families in districts like ours.
Here’s what Wrightson brings that is different:
- He has spent over 35 years building actual infrastructure in this region. He didn’t wait for Harrisburg to bring broadband to rural NEPA; he climbed and built the towers himself, which is the difference between talking about problems and solving them.
- Wrightson comes from the same working-class roots as the families in this district. He worked overnight shifts to get through college, his grandfather was a union foreman in the coal mines, and he knows what it costs to live here because he has lived it his entire life.
- He has coordinated emergency responses across ten counties, served as a FEMA liaison, and kept critical systems running during the worst moments this region has faced. Wrightson knows how to lead when it matters.
He believes NEPA deserves a senator who has actually lived the challenges this region faces, not a career politician who has watched them go unaddressed. He has been here, he is staying here, and he is going to fight for this place the way it deserves.
