Lois Bower-Bjornson

Lois Bower-Bjornson is the Democratic candidate for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 50, in the November 3, 2026 general election, for a seat with no incumbent on the ballot.[1][2] According to Ballotpedia, she works in advocacy, and in a Ballotpedia survey she named jobs, health care and the regulation of data centers as her campaign priorities.[2][3]

Lois Bower-Bjornson earned a high school diploma from Bethlehem Center High School and a bachelor's degree from West Virginia University in 1988, according to Ballotpedia, which lists her career experience as working in advocacy.[2] In a Ballotpedia survey, she said she is a native of Fredericktown, Pennsylvania, who grew up on the Washington and Greene county borders, returned to the district 21 years ago to raise four children, and works as the Southwestern Pennsylvania Field organizer with the Clean Air Council and as owner and operator of two micro businesses.[3]

Bower-Bjornson said in the survey that her key messages are preserving existing energy jobs while attracting clean energy industries and supporting small businesses, protecting rural hospitals and lowering prescription drug prices, and protecting communities in the 50th District against rapid, unchecked data center development.[3] She listed Represent PA, the Sierra Club, the AFL-CIO and Steel City Democrats as endorsers.[3]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.