Leo Solga
www.leosolga.com22-year-old 2025 University of Pennsylvania graduate and former Speaker of Penn's Undergraduate Assembly. Researches Pennsylvania's magisterial district court system at Penn Carey Law. Helped organize Penn's first student labor union (United RAs / OPEIU Local 153). Interned in Rep. Mary Jo Daley's district office. Drafted PA HR 165 (passed Judiciary Committee, endorsed by ACLU). 2022 Lower Merion HS graduate.
Chance of winning10%
Youth theory of the case is real but 4-way split against three 30+ candidates caps realistic primary ceiling.
Background
22-year-old 2025 University of Pennsylvania graduate and former Speaker of Penn's Undergraduate Assembly. Researches Pennsylvania's magisterial district court system at Penn Carey Law. Helped organize Penn's first student labor union (United RAs / OPEIU Local 153). Interned in Rep. Mary Jo Daley's district office. Drafted PA HR 165 (passed Judiciary Committee, endorsed by ACLU). 2022 Lower Merion HS graduate.
Stated positions · 5
- Fully fund SEPTA via Transit for All PA — $700M/year from fees on car rentals, leases, ride-shares
- Codify reproductive freedom — support Daley's HBs 1640-1644
- Fix PA's unconstitutional school funding formula
- Criminal justice data transparency — pretrial data, MDJ court reform
- Generational representation — 'not a single Democrat within a decade of my age in Harrisburg'
Pros & cons, honest read
Reasons to support
- Only candidate with explicit generational-turnout theory of the case
- Unusually concrete, well-researched platform for a first-time candidate
- Worked in Daley's district office — has seen constituent services up close
Reasons to be skeptical
- 22 years old with no prior elected office
- Lowest institutional support of the four
- Campaign base largely students and recent grads — a chronically low-turnout primary demo
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