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Lucia Simonelli
Climate-policy scientist; 2026 Democratic candidate in Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District
Lucia Simonelli is a mathematician and climate-policy researcher from Quakertown, Pennsylvania. She holds a PhD in mathematics from the University of Maryland and completed a UNESCO postdoctoral fellowship that took her to teach in countries including Iran and Ecuador. She later worked as a researcher and scientific adviser on energy and climate policy in the U.S. Senate, in the office of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and has worked for a Washington, D.C. nonprofit on federal climate policy. She ran in the May 19, 2026 Democratic primary for Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District, losing to Bob Harvie. [Lucia Simonelli Wants PA-01 Democrats to Vote Their Hopes, Not Their Fears ↗]
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