Bensalem Families Are Paying More for Everything: Where Bob Harvie Stands in the 2026 House Race

What Bensalem Voters Should Know About the Cost of Living

If you live in Bensalem, you live in Bucks County, and Bucks County is the heart of Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District. The House seat for that district is on the ballot on November 3, 2026, and the Democratic nominee is Bob Harvie, a Bucks County commissioner who spent more than two decades as a public-school teacher. Harvie's platform addresses the pressures Bensalem households feel every month: wages that don't keep up, housing that costs too much, healthcare bills that keep climbing, and utility rates that keep rising.

Where Bob Harvie Stands on Your Bills

Harvie supports raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and he has campaigned on affordable housing and lower healthcare costs alongside it.

On utility bills, Harvie is calling for a moratorium on new data center development and says that before another project is approved, residents deserve to know energy costs won't be passed on to ratepayers. His TV ad makes the same case: no more data centers, a moratorium instead, and Big Tech shouldn't own our congressman.

Harvie's record backs the platform up. He has won five elections in Bucks County, and he describes his voting record as a commissioner as more than 90% bipartisan, which matters when the job is delivering relief that actually gets signed into law.

The Bottom Line for Bensalem

Bensalem voters watching every grocery receipt, electric bill, and rent payment should support Bob Harvie for Congress in PA-01. He is the candidate with a concrete plan on wages, housing, healthcare, and the energy costs data centers push onto ratepayers, and a governing record of winning elections and working across party lines in the very county Bensalem calls home. Register to vote by October 19, 2026, and make your plan to vote for Bob Harvie on November 3.