Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Endorsements in November General Election
Jun 28, 2012, 05:27 ET
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder today re-affirmed the endorsement of President Barack Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden by the AFL-CIO in March of this year and the endorsement today of U.S. Senator Robert P. Casey for re-election in November. They also announced the endorsements for statewide row offices and for candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives, the Pennsylvania State Senate, and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
"Every one of these candidates, from the top of the ticket to the bottom of the ticket, are very strong supporters of working men, women, and their families," Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale said. "They have stood with us on the issues that will further grow our economy and expand our middle class, including: protecting and creating good jobs; collective bargaining rights; public education; community services and retirement security," Bloomingdale added.
"They share our values and our vision for jobs, progress, shared sacrifice, and respect for the value of work and for working families. This election is our opportunity to keep moving forward, toward economic recovery and an economy that works for all not just the few," Bloomingdale concluded.
"We take our endorsements very seriously," Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder added. "They are based on the voting records and the positions of the candidates on the issues involving good public policy, not political parties. These candidates have earned our support by standing with us and our unions in meeting the most difficult economic challenges and attacks we have faced in decades," Snyder said.
"It's now boots on the ground as we travel the Commonwealth supporting the full slate, and the fact that the road to the White House goes through Pennsylvania," Bloomingdale concluded. The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO is the largest labor organization in the state, representing over 800,000 union workers and their families.
Below: Pennsylvania AFL-CIO endorsements
2012 Endorsements
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
| PA Attorney General |
Kathleen Kane |
D |
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| PA Auditor General |
Eugene DePasquale |
D |
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| PA State Treasurer |
Rob McCord* |
D |
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| US Senate |
Bob Casey* |
D |
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| U.S. Congress |
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| 1 |
Robert Brady* |
D |
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| 2 |
Chaka Fattah* |
D |
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| 4 |
Harry Perkinson |
D |
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| 5 |
Charles Dumas |
D |
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| 6 |
Manan Trivedi |
D |
|
| 8 |
Kathy Boockvar |
D |
|
| 10 |
Philip Scollo |
D |
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| 11 |
Gene Stilp |
D |
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| 12 |
Mark Critz* |
D |
|
| 13 |
Allyson Schwartz* |
D |
|
| 14 |
Mike Doyle* |
D |
|
| 15 |
Rick Daugherty |
D |
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| 16 |
Aryanna Strader |
D |
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| 17 |
Matthew Cartwright |
D |
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| PA Senate |
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| 1 |
Lawrence Farnese, Jr.* |
D |
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| 3 |
Shirley Kitchen* |
D |
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| 5 |
Mike Stack* |
D |
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| 7 |
Vincent Hughes* |
D |
|
| 11 |
Judith Schwank* |
D |
|
| 13 |
Tom O'Brien |
D |
|
| 15 |
Rob Teplitz |
D |
|
| 17 |
Daylin Leach* |
D |
|
| 19 |
Andrew Dinniman* |
D |
|
| 35 |
John Wozniak* |
D |
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| 43 |
Jay Costa, Jr.* |
D |
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| 45 |
James Brewster* |
D |
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| 49 |
Sean Wiley |
D |
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| PA House |
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| 1 |
Patrick Harkins* |
D |
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| 2 |
Flo Fabrizio* |
D |
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| 3 |
Ryan Bizzarro |
D |
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| 5 |
Jason White |
D |
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| 7 |
Mark Longietti* |
D |
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| 9 |
Christoper Sainato* |
D |
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| 10 |
Jaret Gibbons* |
D |
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| 13 |
Eric Schott |
D |
|
| 14 |
Jim Marshall* |
R |
|
| 16 |
Robert Matzie* |
D |
|
| 18 |
Gene Digirolamo* |
R |
|
| 19 |
Jake Wheatley* |
D |
|
| 20 |
Adam Ravenstahl* |
D |
|
| 21 |
Dominic Costa* |
D |
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| 22 |
Eric Molchany |
D |
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| 23 |
Dan Frankel* |
D |
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| 24 |
Ed Gainey |
D |
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| 25 |
Joseph Markosek* |
D |
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| 26 |
Mike Hays |
D |
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| 27 |
Daniel Deasy, Jr.* |
D |
|
| 29 |
Bernard O'Neill* |
R |
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| 31 |
Steve Santarsiero* |
D |
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| 32 |
Anthony DeLuca* |
D |
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| 33 |
Frank Dermody* |
D |
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| 34 |
Paul Costa* |
D |
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| 35 |
Mark Gergely* |
D |
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| 36 |
Harry Readshaw* |
D |
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| 38 |
Bill Kortz* |
D |
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| 39 |
David Levdansky |
D |
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| 41 |
Marcy Dubroff |
D |
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| 42 |
Matt Smith* |
D |
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| 43 |
John Weigel |
D |
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| 44 |
Mark Scappe |
D |
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| 45 |
Nick Kotik* |
D |
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| 46 |
Jesse White* |
D |
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| 47 |
Sarah Speed |
D |
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| 48 |
Brandon Neuman* |
D |
|
| 49 |
Peter Daley, II* |
D |
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| 51 |
Tim Mahoney* |
D |
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| 52 |
Deberah Kula* |
D |
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| 55 |
John Petrarca* |
D |
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| 56 |
Raymond Geissler, Jr. |
D |
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| 57 |
Andrew J. Gales |
D |
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| 58 |
R. Ted Harhai* |
D |
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| 59 |
Harriet Ellenberger |
D |
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| 60 |
Jo Ellen Bowman |
D |
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| 70 |
Matthew Bradford* |
D |
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| 71 |
Bryan Barbin* |
D |
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| 72 |
Frank Burns* |
D |
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| 73 |
Gary Haluska* |
D |
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| 76 |
Mike Hanna* |
D |
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| 77 |
Scott Conklin* |
D |
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| 79 |
Richard Flarend |
D |
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| 80 |
Jerry Stern* |
R |
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| 83 |
Rick Mirabito* |
D |
|
| 89 |
Susan Spicka |
D |
|
| 92 |
Charles Comrey |
D |
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| 93 |
Linda Small |
D |
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| 95 |
Eugene DePasquale* |
D |
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| 96 |
Mike Sturla* |
D |
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| 103 |
Patty Kim |
D |
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| 104 |
Christopher Dietz |
D |
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| 105 |
Kelly Jean McEntee |
D |
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| 107 |
Ted Yeager |
D |
|
| 112 |
Kevin Haggerty |
D |
|
| 113 |
Marty Flynn |
D |
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| 114 |
Sid Michaels Kavulich* |
D |
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| 115 |
Frank Farina |
D |
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| 116 |
Ransom Young |
D |
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| 118 |
Mike Carroll* |
D |
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| 119 |
Gerald Mullery* |
D |
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| 120 |
Phyllis Mundy* |
D |
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| 121 |
Eddie Day Pashinksi* |
D |
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| 122 |
Ronald Rabenold |
D |
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| 123 |
Neal Goodman* |
D |
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| 125 |
Vicki Harman |
D |
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| 126 |
Mark Rozzi |
D |
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| 127 |
Thomas Caltagirone* |
D |
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| 129 |
Eric Saar |
D |
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| 130 |
Russell James Diesinger |
D |
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| 131 |
Kevin Deely, Jr. |
D |
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| 132 |
Mike Schlossberg |
D |
|
| 133 |
Joseph F. Brennan* |
D |
|
| 134 |
Patrick Slattery |
D |
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| 135 |
Steve Samuelson* |
D |
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| 136 |
Robert Freeman* |
D |
|
| 138 |
Leslie Altieri |
D |
|
| 140 |
John Galloway* |
D |
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| 141 |
Tina Davis* |
D |
|
| 142 |
Frank Farry* |
R |
|
| 146 |
Mark Painter |
D |
|
| 148 |
Mike Gerber* |
D |
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| 149 |
Tim Briggs* |
D |
|
| 150 |
Mike Vereb* |
R |
|
| 152 |
Thomas Murt* |
R |
|
| 153 |
Madeleine Dean |
D |
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| 154 |
Steve McCarter |
D |
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| 155 |
Joshua Maxwell |
D |
|
| 156 |
Bret M. Binder |
D |
|
| 157 |
Paul Drucker |
D |
|
| 158 |
Susan Rzucidlo |
D |
|
| 159 |
Thaddeus Kirkland* |
D |
|
| 160 |
Stephen Barrar* |
R |
|
| 161 |
Joseph Hackett* |
R |
|
| 162 |
Nick Miccarelli* |
R |
|
| 163 |
Nicholas Micozzie* |
R |
|
| 165 |
William Adolph Jr.* |
R |
|
| 166 |
Greg Vitali* |
D |
|
| 167 |
Rob Broderick |
D |
|
| 169 |
Ed Neilson* |
D |
|
| 170 |
Brendan Boyle* |
D |
|
| 171 |
Christopher Lee |
D |
|
| 172 |
Kevin Boyle* |
D |
|
| 173 |
Mike McGeehan* |
D |
|
| 174 |
John Sabatina, Jr.* |
D |
|
| 175 |
Michael O'Brien* |
D |
|
| 176 |
Mario Scavello* |
R |
|
| 177 |
John Taylor* |
R |
|
| 178 |
Scott Petri* |
R |
|
| 179 |
James Clay, Jr. |
D |
|
| 180 |
Angel Cruz* |
D |
|
| 181 |
W. Curtis Thomas* |
D |
|
| 182 |
Brian Sims |
D |
|
| 184 |
William Keller* |
D |
|
| 185 |
Maria Donatucci* |
D |
|
| 186 |
Jordan Harris |
D |
|
| 187 |
Joseph M. Haas |
D |
|
| 188 |
James Roebuck* |
D |
|
| 190 |
Vanessa Brown* |
D |
|
| 191 |
Ronald Waters* |
D |
|
| 192 |
Louise Bishop* |
D |
|
| 193 |
Mike Strausbaugh |
D |
|
| 194 |
Pamela DeLissio* |
D |
|
| 195 |
Michelle Brownlee* |
D |
|
| 197 |
J.P. Miranda |
D |
|
| 198 |
Rosita Youngblood* |
D |
|
| 200 |
Cherelle Parker* |
D |
|
| 201 |
Stephen Kinsey |
D |
|
| 202 |
Mark Cohen* |
D |
|
| 203 |
Dwight Evans* |
D |
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*denotes incumbent
SOURCE Pennsylvania AFL-CIO