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.
"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.
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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