Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Endorsements in November General Election

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
PA Auditor General	Eugene DePasquale	D
PA State Treasurer	Rob McCord*	D
US Senate	Bob Casey*	D
U.S. Congress
1	Robert Brady*	D
2	Chaka Fattah*	D
4	Harry Perkinson	D
5	Charles Dumas	D
6	Manan Trivedi	D
8	Kathy Boockvar	D
10	Philip Scollo	D
11	Gene Stilp	D
12	Mark Critz*	D
13	Allyson Schwartz*	D
14	Mike Doyle*	D
15	Rick Daugherty	D
16	Aryanna Strader	D
17	Matthew Cartwright	D
PA Senate
1	Lawrence Farnese, Jr.*	D
3	Shirley Kitchen*	D
5	Mike Stack*	D
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
43	Jay Costa, Jr.*	D
45	James Brewster*	D
49	Sean Wiley	D
PA House
1	Patrick Harkins*	D
2	Flo Fabrizio*	D
3	Ryan Bizzarro	D
5	Jason White	D
7	Mark Longietti*	D
9	Christoper Sainato*	D
10	Jaret Gibbons*	D
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
22	Eric Molchany	D
23	Dan Frankel*	D
24	Ed Gainey	D
25	Joseph Markosek*	D
26	Mike Hays	D
27	Daniel Deasy, Jr.*	D
29	Bernard O'Neill*	R
31	Steve Santarsiero*	D
32	Anthony DeLuca*	D
33	Frank Dermody*	D
34	Paul Costa*	D
35	Mark Gergely*	D
36	Harry Readshaw*	D
38	Bill Kortz*	D
39	David Levdansky	D
41	Marcy Dubroff	D
42	Matt Smith*	D
43	John Weigel	D
44	Mark Scappe	D
45	Nick Kotik*	D
46	Jesse White*	D
47	Sarah Speed	D
48	Brandon Neuman*	D
49	Peter Daley, II*	D
51	Tim Mahoney*	D
52	Deberah Kula*	D
55	John Petrarca*	D
56	Raymond Geissler, Jr.	D
57	Andrew J. Gales	D
58	R. Ted Harhai*	D
59	Harriet Ellenberger	D
60	Jo Ellen Bowman	D
70	Matthew Bradford*	D
71	Bryan Barbin*	D
72	Frank Burns*	D
73	Gary Haluska*	D
76	Mike Hanna*	D
77	Scott Conklin*	D
79	Richard Flarend	D
80	Jerry Stern*	R
83	Rick Mirabito*	D
89	Susan Spicka	D
92	Charles Comrey	D
93	Linda Small	D
95	Eugene DePasquale*	D
96	Mike Sturla*	D
103	Patty Kim	D
104	Christopher Dietz	D
105	Kelly Jean McEntee	D
107	Ted Yeager	D
112	Kevin Haggerty	D
113	Marty Flynn	D
114	Sid Michaels Kavulich*	D
115	Frank Farina	D
116	Ransom Young	D
118	Mike Carroll*	D
119	Gerald Mullery*	D
120	Phyllis Mundy*	D
121	Eddie Day Pashinksi*	D
122	Ronald Rabenold	D
123	Neal Goodman*	D
125	Vicki Harman	D
126	Mark Rozzi	D
127	Thomas Caltagirone*	D
129	Eric Saar	D
130	Russell James Diesinger	D
131	Kevin Deely, Jr.	D
132	Mike Schlossberg	D
133	Joseph F. Brennan*	D
134	Patrick Slattery	D
135	Steve Samuelson*	D
136	Robert Freeman*	D
138	Leslie Altieri	D
140	John Galloway*	D
141	Tina Davis*	D
142	Frank Farry*	R
146	Mark Painter	D
148	Mike Gerber*	D
149	Tim Briggs*	D
150	Mike Vereb*	R
152	Thomas Murt*	R
153	Madeleine Dean	D
154	Steve McCarter	D
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

*denotes incumbent

SOURCE Pennsylvania AFL-CIO