BROCKWAY — Jefferson County resident Dr. James M. Brown has announced his candidacy Pennsylvania State Senate in the 25th District.
He is a Republican, and will be seeking the party’s nomination in the primary.
Brown is a graduate of Asbury College in Kentucky and Clarion University. His doctorate was earned at Oxford Graduate School in Dayton, Tenn. Currently he is serving in public office as a school director for Brockway Area schools. He has served on the Pennsylvania School Board Association as assistant regional director for Region 1 where he worked with legislative issues regarding Pennsylvania public schools.
Prior to serving as school director, Brown had worked in education 40 years in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, and Malaysia.
Brown will be running for the 25th Senate District, which includes all of Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, and Tioga counties, along with 6 parts of Clearfield County (Brady, Huston, & Sandy townships, DuBois, Falls Creek, and Troutville).
Brown is running on a platform of smaller government, term limits, and campaign finance reforms. Pennsylvania schools need funded through more fair methods, such as HB/SB 76. It is not fair that homeowners and farmers can lose their homes because they can’t afford their taxes. No tax should have the power to leave someone homeless. Brown strongly defends the right of life for unborn and the right to bear arms as stated in the 2nd amendment.
“Pennsylvania is challenged by several major issues in 2020,” he said. “Everyone recognizes the economy, jobs, budget and the environment as being topics that should be addressed by the legislature.
“However, rather than tackle them from the business-as-usual perspective, they should be addressed as to the root of their problems,” Brown said. “Pennsylvania, like most of the country, is groaning under a collapse of moral values that displays itself with people taking advantage of others for selfish gain. If this idea is not considered in lawmaking, then the laws will have no moral basis for standing. Our forefathers began our commonwealth with the foundation of their laws based on a higher than man-made law. We should change our current course and seek that foundation where we began.”
Brown continued, “The citizens of District 25 deserve better than a career politician, they deserve the opportunity to live the American dream and seek the path that God has given them without government interference ruining their job market, their business environment, and their ability to make a healthy living.
“It’s time for citizens to humble themselves, turn from the morally corrupt ways that have not succeeded, and take back their state. We need to return to the God who gave us this land and abundantly blessed it,” stated Brown.
Additional information about the Brown campaign can be found on Facebook at “Jim Brown for Pennsylvania Senate District 25”.
