Ahead of the May 19, 2026 primary, we sat down with candidates running for U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District for our Congressional Candidate Conversations series.
To keep this fair and useful, every candidate was asked the same core questions. We also reached out multiple times to Congressman Ryan McKenzie’s office and did not receive a response.
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Aiden Gonzalez
Gonzalez focuses on affordability through healthcare and housing, argues for single payer healthcare, and raises concerns about data centers and resource use.
Full episode: https://lehighvalleywithlovemedia.com/podcast/aidengonzalezpa7/
Lewis Shupe
Shupe highlights food insecurity, supports Medicare for All, and emphasizes legal pathways in immigration policy while weighing tradeoffs of local development.
Full episode: https://lehighvalleywithlovemedia.com/podcast/congressional-candidate-conversations-lewis-shupe-pa-07-2026/
Bob Brooks
Brooks centers housing supply and zoning reform, supports extending ACA tax credits, and discusses immigration priorities, data center infrastructure impacts, and mental health in homelessness.
Full episode: https://lehighvalleywithlovemedia.com/podcast/congressional-candidate-conversations-bob-brooks-pa-07-2026/
Carol Obando-Derstine
Obando-Derstine focuses on essentials like housing and childcare, supports extending ACA tax credits, calls for workable and humane immigration policy, and emphasizes tenant rights and eviction prevention.
Full episode: https://lehighvalleywithlovemedia.com/podcast/congressional-candidate-conversations-carol-obando-derstine-pa-07-2026/
Lamont McClure
McClure points to housing affordability as the top stress, supports permanent ACA tax credits, emphasizes open space preservation in development decisions, and frames homelessness as multifactorial with veteran needs.
Full episode: https://lehighvalleywithlovemedia.com/podcast/congressional-candidate-conversations-lamont-mcclure-pa-07-2026/
Ryan Crosswell
Crosswell supports extending ACA tax credits and a public option, stresses due process in interior enforcement, and calls for stronger requirements on data centers to protect local costs and resources.
Full episode: https://lehighvalleywithlovemedia.com/podcast/congressional-candidate-conversations-ryan-crosswell-pa-07-2026/
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