Planned Parenthood PA PAC Announces First Wave of Campaign Endorsements for General Assembly, Statewide Offices

HARRISBURG, Pa. (April 9, 2020) --- Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania PAC today endorsed two statewide officeholders who are running for re-election and 53 candidates for state House and Senate seats for their work to protect access to basic health-care and reproductive rights for all Pennsylvania residents.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Treasurer Joseph Torsella, along with 45 incumbent House members, five incumbent Senators, and three challengers, are included in this first wave of the organization’s endorsements for the 2020 election cycle.

“With the unprecedented and coordinated attacks we have seen on reproductive rights over the last few years, it is more important than ever for us to have champions in the state General Assembly who will stand up and fight for the basic health care services our residents need and deserve,” said Emily Callen, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania PAC. “All of these leaders will do exactly that, and we are proud to stand with them just as they have stood with Planned Parenthood.”

Those receiving endorsements in the House include:

HD 19: Jake Wheatley
HD 20: Adam Ravenstahl
HD 20: Emily Kinkead
HD 21: Sara Innamorato
HD 22: Peter Schweyer
HD 23: Dan Frankel
HD 24: Edward Gainey
HD 31: Perry Warren
HD 33: Frank Dermody
HD 34: Summer Lee
HD 35: Austin Davis
HD 53: Steve Malagari
HD 61: Liz Hanbidge
HD 70: Matthew Bradford
HD 74: Dan Williams
HD 95: Carol Hill-Evans
HD 115: Maureen Madden
HD 132: Michael Schlossberg
HD 133: Jeanne McNeill
HD 141: Tina Davis
HD 143: Wendy Ullman
HD 146: Joe Ciresi
HD 148: Mary Jo Daley
HD 149: Tim Briggs
HD 150: Joe Webster
HD 153: Ben Sanchez
HD 155: Danielle Friel Otten
HD 157: Melissa Shusterman
HD 158: Chris Sappey
HD 161: Leanne Krueger
HD 162: David Delloso
HD 163: Mike Zabel
HD 165: Jenn O'Mara
HD 166: Greg Vitali
HD 167: Kristine Howard
HD 175: Mary Isaacson
HD 177: Joe Hohenstein
HD 181: Malcolm Kenyatta
HD 182: Brian Sims
HD 184: Elizabeth Fiedler
HD 186: Jordan Harris
HD 191: Joanna McClinton
HD 192: Morgan Cephas
HD 194: Pam DeLissio
HD 197: Danilo Burgos
HD 200: Chris Rabb

Those receiving endorsements in the Senate include:

SD 1: Lawrence Farnese
SD 3: Sharif Street
SD 7: Vincent Hughes
SD 17: Amanda Cappelletti
SD 19: Carolyn Comitta
SD 37: Pam Iovino
SD 43: Jay Costa

All of the endorsed candidates are incumbents except for Kinkead in the House and Cappelletti in the Senate, both of whom are challenging for contested seats. Comitta, currently a House member, is running for an open Senate seat.

Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania PAC has a proven track record of propelling champions for reproductive health care to victories up and down the ballot. In the 2020 election cycle, the organization is working nonstop to elect candidates who are committed to defending and expanding access to care in Pennsylvania.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania moved its primary from April 28 to June 2.

At the national level, Planned Parenthood advocacy and political organizations previously announced a historic investment of at least $45 million in key battleground states, including Pennsylvania, to fund large-scale grassroots organizing programs and targeted canvass, digital, television, radio and mail programs.

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The Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania PAC has been the electoral arm of Planned Parenthood in Pennsylvania for the last two decades and is the leading advocate for women’s health and rights with a proven track record in winning elections in the Commonwealth. Polls consistently show voters trust us when we speak about issues important to their health and economic well-being.