 Nothstein unsuccessfully ran as the Republican Party nominee for the 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district and Pennsylvania's 15th district special election.Nothstein was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, one of five children to Gail Benner Nothstein and Wayne Nothstein, owner of a local automotive business, Nothstein Motors.Nothstein's paternal great grandfather was an accomplished bicycle racer at the turn of the 20th century, and bare-knuckle prizefighter.