Sep 20, 2026 · 49 min · 17 segments
Summary: In this episode of The Zekely Podcast, host Zeke interviews Jeremy Benscoter, a candidate running for a State House seat in Pennsylvania. They discuss Jeremy's motivations for running, his…
personally align i think with the democratic party in a lot of ways but i'm not i wouldn't call myself like a a blue blooded democrat like i have a lot of uh i'm more independent but uh i lean blue and you know what i want to see is i want to see more uh action actually taken in harrisburg even you know democrats or republicans because i think there's a lot of partisan politics and career politicians that don't really want to get things done for people they want to just stay elected and so you know you know on paper i'm a democrat and you know in reality i'm a democrat but i i really line down the middle of the road because i think that's the best way to get stuff done you know we have to work a little bit to across the aisle to get things actually done because it like to your point like needing that trifecta and stuff You know, that's all great that we can get that and do that.
But it's also, you know, when you think about it, it's kind of a shame that we need that, you know.
We should be able to work across the aisles, but it just, it's become so divisive.
I agree with you.
I mean, look, the, the democratic party platform has everything that you wanted it.
I know you, I know you've read it 91 pages online.
It has all the ideals where the big 10 party, we want to like all the things we talked about, legalized marijuana, maternity leave, you know, raise a minimum wage.
But you know, unfortunately the Republican party is like being in a dysfunctional relationship.
You know
Yeah.
You would like to be able to come to the table and work with people, but Republican politicians have been shown that they don't want government to work, not just at the federal level, but unfortunately at the state level.
So yeah, I'm glad that we share those ideals.
And I agree with you.
I long for a day that we have a healthy, healthy two-party system.
But until that day comes, we have to choose a side in this binary system we live in.
And I'm glad that we share those
Jeremy, you came from a family that struggled to put food on the table and had little in the way of disposable income.
For families in a similar situation today, what would you tell them you would do as their state rep to help?
personally align i think with the democratic party in a lot of ways but i'm not i wouldn't call myself like a a blue blooded democrat like i have a lot of uh i'm more independent but uh i lean blue and you know what i want to see is i want to see more uh action actually taken in harrisburg even you know democrats or republicans because i think there's a lot of partisan politics and career politicians that don't really want to get things done for people they want to just stay elected and so you know you know on paper i'm a democrat and you know in reality i'm a democrat but i i really line down the middle of the road because i think that's the best way to get stuff done you know we have to work a little bit to across the aisle to get things actually done because it like to your point like needing that trifecta and stuff You know, that's all great that we can get that and do that.
But it's also, you know, when you think about it, it's kind of a shame that we need that, you know.
We should be able to work across the aisles, but it just, it's become so divisive.
I agree with you.
I mean, look, the, the democratic party platform has everything that you wanted it.
I know you, I know you've read it 91 pages online.
It has all the ideals where the big 10 party, we want to like all the things we talked about, legalized marijuana, maternity leave, you know, raise a minimum wage.
But you know, unfortunately the Republican party is like being in a dysfunctional relationship.
You know
Yeah.
You would like to be able to come to the table and work with people, but Republican politicians have been shown that they don't want government to work, not just at the federal level, but unfortunately at the state level.
So yeah, I'm glad that we share those ideals.
And I agree with you.
I long for a day that we have a healthy, healthy two-party system.
But until that day comes, we have to choose a side in this binary system we live in.
And I'm glad that we share those
Jeremy, you came from a family that struggled to put food on the table and had little in the way of disposable income.
For families in a similar situation today, what would you tell them you would do as their state rep to help?
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