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U.S. House · PA-16 · Democratic candidate · 2026

Justin Wagner

Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District

Justin Wagner is an Army veteran and automation engineer advocating stronger worker rights, Medicare for All, housing affordability and accountable government.

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DistrictPA-16
OfficeCongress
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Justin stands.

Campaign position

Living wages and union rights

  • Supports an inflation-linked minimum wage, the PRO Act, union apprenticeships and union labor on federal projects

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Medicare coverage and medical costs

  • Supports Medicare for All, stronger Medicaid and Medicare, out-of-pocket caps and prescription price negotiation

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Congressional stock trades and lobbying

  • Supports stock-trading restrictions, a five-year former-member lobbying ban and reversing Citizens United

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Social Security benefits and financing

  • Opposes retirement-age increases, benefit cuts and privatization
  • Supports lifting the payroll tax cap

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Affordable housing for families

  • Supports more housing and fair lending, and barring hedge funds and private equity from buying single-family homes

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AI oversight and data privacy

  • Supports an independent AI safety authority, privacy protections, human review and a data center moratorium

Record and background

Record & experience.

  • Experience

    Giant Eagle grocery bagger

    Began working at fifteen.

  • Experience

    Trinity Industries furnace worker

    Loaded steel plates while studying.

  • Experience

    Army flight operations specialist

    Served in Korea and Iraq.

  • Experience

    Army Reserve engineer-company service

    Served with Butler’s 377th Engineer Company.

  • Experience

    Senior automation engineer

    Works in industrial automation.

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    NASA engineering projects

    Worked with NASA.

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    Boeing engineering projects

    Worked with Boeing.

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    Ford engineering projects

    Worked with Ford.

  • Experience

    Seattle municipal engineer

    Supported water, wastewater and salmon conservation.

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    Life sciences automation engineer

    Supports pharmaceutical companies.

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    Youth hockey coach

    Coaches young players.

  • Accomplishment

    Helped commission steel plant

    Helped commission a new plant in Youngstown, Ohio.

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