Rebecca MacTaggart

Rebecca MacTaggart is the Democratic candidate for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 48, in the November 3, 2026 general election, facing incumbent Timothy O'Neal.[1][2] In a Ballotpedia survey, her profile describes a career in disability services and advocacy, and lists accessible health care, the minimum wage and school funding among her campaign priorities.[3]

In her Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey response, Rebecca MacTaggart is described as a Community Engagement Specialist who helps individuals access housing, transportation and daily living supports.[3] The response also says she is a state-certified person-centered counselor and a state-credentialed Certified Investigator in Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services system, handling cases involving abuse, neglect, financial exploitation and rights violations.[3]

MacTaggart's background includes work in performing arts education and student disability support, and she later joined the United Spinal Association's national office as Government Relations Coordinator and then Government Relations Manager, working on advocacy in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C., according to the survey.[3] The survey says she has served as Board Vice President and Chapter Advocacy Coordinator of the United Spinal Association of Pittsburgh, and serves on the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry's Accessibility Advisory Board, the Kessler Foundation Caregiver Advisory Council, the Pennsylvania Human Rights Commission as an Ambassador, and the board of directors of the PEAL Center.[3]

MacTaggart listed three key campaign messages in the survey: accessible health care, including concern about proposed Medicaid cuts; support for the workforce, including raising Pennsylvania's $7.25 minimum wage alongside higher provider reimbursement rates; and school funding so that children have opportunity regardless of school district.[3] She named disability rights, health care access, education, transportation, workforce development and support for workers and family caregivers as her strongest policy interests, and listed Steel City Stonewall Democrats as an endorser.[3]

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