MOORE TOWNSHIP, Pa. - State Rep. Ann Flood won re-election Tuesday, defeating Democratic newcomer Gene Hunter in the 138th House District.
Flood, of Moore Township, has represented the district since 2020 when she won the seat vacated by former state Rep. Marcia Hahn.
- This will be Ann Flood's first full term in the House
- She won election in 2020, filling out the term of retired state Rep. Marcia Hahn
- She also is founder and president of Lauren's Hope Foundation
The district covers much of the Slate Belt in Northampton County.
The 48-year-old Flood said she was delighted to continue to represent the county's northern tier in Harrisburg.
"Over the next four years I think we need to continue moving the economy forward," she said. "Personally I’ve been working on some elder protections for nursing homes and assisted-living facilities."
Flood said she's a supporter of election integrity and an advocate of Voter ID.
She said she's proud of the work she and her staff have done in the Slate Belt.
"Our focus is on the constituents," she said, "doing outreach and doing great constituent service. My staff is amazing."
She is president and founder of Lauren's Hope Foundation—a nonprofit agency for people with brain injuries and children with special needs.
"Running (for public office) gave me a broader platform and I'm excited to continue that," she said.
According to her campaign website, Flood is a Moravian College graduate who spent her pre-political career in the private sector and not-for-profits. In 2008, she started Lauren's Hope in memory of her daughter Lauren, who died at age 4 from a brain injury at birth.
Her opponent Hunter, of Forks Township, was new to politics.
Flood has challenged mask mandates in schools, supported drug testing for parents under investigation for child abuse, and voted against a semi-automatic gun ban.
She voted to ban transgender girls from female school sports, and introduced a bill to monitor opioid prescriptions and flag signs of abuse.
Flood has supported an amendment package that would block abortion access, as well as restrict its public funding and limit legal challenges to abortion legislation thereafter.
