Brad Chambers is one of the Democrats looking to unseat longtime GOP state lawmakers in this year’s election

Brad Chambers held a campaign kickoff at the Columbia Market House Friday night, with over 50 people attending. 

In the 41st District, which covers Columbia Borough and East and West Hempfield, Chambers, 33, is looking to challenge five-term state Rep. Brett Miller, of East Hempfield Township.

Chambers told LNP | LancasterOnline he plans to leverage his youth and inexperience in politics against Miller's incumbency.

Lancaster County Commissioner Alice Yoder expressed her support for Brad Chambers at Friday's campaign kickoff at the Columbia Market House. 

"I think there's a contrast," Chambers said. "You have someone who has been in office for (almost) a decade, and all of the problems that were pretty much there when he started are still here, versus me, who hasn't gotten a shot yet."

Chambers, a labor administrator for Penske Corporation, ran for Columbia Borough Council in last year's municipal election but fell 29 votes short of winning a seat.

Ismail “Izzy” Smith-Wade-El introduced Brad Chambers at Chambers’ campaign kickoff at the Columbia Market House last Friday. Izzy has represented the 49th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District since 2023.

At a campaign kickoff event at Columbia Market House Friday night, Chambers told about 50 of his supporters that he's running to disrupt the status quo in Harrisburg that he said has let down many constituents, including himself.

"I have keenly felt the struggles of ordinary folks in my own life. I grew up in a single-parent home. While my mom was out working, I was often left in charge of my siblings," Chambers said. "What I lacked in structure and stability at home, I gained in adaptability and resilience."

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