Meet Shamaine

My family moved to this country when I was 13, to build a better life and to become Americans. My mom was able to give us a good life by working hard. 

I worked hard too. I went to college, then law school, and became an attorney fighting for workers’ rights and civil rights.

I was elected to the Harrisburg City Council in 2013, where I led the effort to help small, local businesses open with less red tape and lower fees, fought for affordable housing for families, and invested in youth programs.

I’m running for Congress because the opportunity to build a good life through hard work isn’t available to too many of us, and it should be. Because the sacred right to vote is under attack by people who know they’d never win another election if all of our voices were heard. Because our democracy has enemies, and they need to be stopped. 

Whether you came from far away to become an American, or your family has lived here for generations, America belongs to all of us.