Shamaine Daniels
Getting an early start on campaigning, one local official has thrown her hat into the ring to represent the greater Harrisburg area in Congress.
Harrisburg City Council member Shamaine Daniels announced on Thursday that, in 2024, she would seek the Democratic nomination to represent Pennsylvania’s 10th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 2022, Daniels, a three-term city council member, gained the Democratic nomination for the office, but ran unsuccessfully in the general election against incumbent Republican Scott Perry. In 2024, she hopes for another shot at defeating him.
“I am pleased and proud to announce my candidacy for Congress in PA-10 in 2024,” Daniels said in a statement. “Last year, we shocked everyone with our strong performance against Perry despite the disparity in campaign resources.”
In the 2022 race, Perry defeated Daniels by 24,116 votes, or by a margin of 53.8% to 46.2% of votes cast. The 10th congressional district encompasses all of Dauphin County and parts of Cumberland and York counties.
Daniels’ campaign last year, as well as statements about her new campaign for 2024, have leaned heavily on portraying Perry as an extremist and supporter of former President Donald Trump.
“Perry is out of step with this district, and that is on full display with his plans to jeopardize Social Security and Medicare while putting the entire economy in peril,” Daniels said. “Today, April 27, is the 85th anniversary of the first Social Security check being mailed to an American. We chose this day to announce my campaign to highlight not just Perry’s extremism, but his callous disregard for the people he was elected to represent.”
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