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Support Your Pro-Single Payer Candidates - Educate The Rest
If your elected representative or candidate for state office is not on our list (below), the chances are good they do not support single payer health care for Pennsylvania. They might support health care reform in the abstract, but don't come down on either side of the issue: allegedly "practical" insurance-driven schemes versus true single-payer legislation. Some are afraid of getting behind "socialized medicine," which only shows a profound lack of understanding. Regardless of why they equivocate, these people need an education, and you can help deliver it.
The officeholders and challengers on this list have come out explicitly in support of single payer health care, the only fair and affordable way out of our present health care mess. They support the Family and Business Health Security Act. Some, like Cindy Purvis, have made it the centerpiece of their campaigns. They need your support and they need your votes. If the representative or candidate in your district is on this list, let them know how much you appreciate what they stand for. Make your support count by helping them get elected. We can't get single payer legislation passed in Harrisburg unless we elect enough supportive officeholders. Click for our list by name.
Senate Challengers
1st - Anne Dicker (D) (Philadelphia)
49th - Cindy Purvis (D) (Erie)*
25th - Don Hilliard (D) (Brookville)
*Cindy is a Hc4AllPA board member, and our personal favorite candidate
House Challengers (by district)
4th - Rick Mitchell (D)
41st - Connie M. Guy (D) (Lancaster County)
124th - William J. (Bill) Mackey, Jr. (D) (Berks and Schuylkill Counties)
163rd - Kevin Lee (D) (Delaware County)
171st - Joanne Tosti-Vasey (D) (Centre and Mifflin Counties)
182nd - Peggy Banaszek (D) (Philadelphia)
Senate Incumbents (by district)
3rd - Shirley M. Kitchen
4th - Leanna M. Washington
7th - Vincent J. Hughes
11th - Michael A. O'Pake
38th - Jim Ferlo, Jr.
42nd - Wayne D. Fontana
House Incumbents (by district)
1st - Patrick J. Harkins
10th - Jaret Gibbons
20th - Don Walko
24th - Joseph Preston, Jr.
27th - Thomas C. Petrone
31st - David J. Steil
46th - Jesse White
51st - Tim Mahoney
57th - Thomas A. Tangretti
71st - Edward P. Wojnaroski Sr.
76th - Michael K. Hanna
107th - Robert E. Belfanti, Jr.
123rd - Neal Goodman
126th - Dante Santoni, Jr.
127th - Thomas R. Caltagirone
133rd - Joseph F. Brennan
136th - Robert Freeman
140th - John T. Galloway
154th - Lawrence H. Curry
156th - Barbara McIlvaine Smith
173rd - Michael P. McGeehan
175th - Michael H. O'Brien
180th - Angel Cruz
181st - W. Curtis Thomas
182nd - Babette Josephs
184th - Deborah D. Kula
186th - Harold James
188th - James R. Roebuck, Jr.
189th - John J. Siptroth
190th - Thomas Blackwell
192nd - Louise Williams Bishop
194th - Kathy Manderino
195th - Frank Louis Oliver
198th - Rosita C. Youngblood
200th - Cherelle L. Parker
201st - John Myers