Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor: A guide to the 2022 primary and candidates | WITF

April 26, 2022 | 5:19 PM

What’s at stake : The lieutenant governor’s workplace doesn’t have a protracted listing of official duties, however the function’s gravity transcends its traditionally low profile (scandal and star energy however). Along with refereeing the state Senate, the LG chairs the Board of Pardons and the Pennsylvania Emergency Administration Company. The job additionally requires holding tabs on native authorities companies throughout the numerous, huge Keystone State. All these duties have amassed extra import in recent times because the function’s relevance was questioned. And the place’s significance appears poised to develop on the heels of the pandemic and a chaotic 2020 election (and startlingly unaffected redistricting course of) — to not point out the Board of Pardons’ significance in desperately wanted prison justice reforms. And, possibly, this yr’s winner will sometime be wanted to forged the Senate’s tie-breaking vote.

Observe: Marketing campaign finance fundraising totals embrace contributions raised in 2021 and 2022. Knowledge up to date 4/18/22.

Democrats

Austin Davis 

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State Consultant Austin Davis

Davis’s conflict chest dwarfs that of the Republican area, at the least as of the final marketing campaign finance report submitting deadline on April 5. Paired with Legal professional Common and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro, Davis, 32, hails from McKeesport and has spent a lot of his life in politics and the Pittsburgh space. Davis was the primary Black state consultant elected from his district in 2018, and he can be the state’s first Black lieutenant governor if he wins this race.

Get together: Democrat
Expertise:
Pennsylvania Home of Representatives – thirty fifth District (2018 – current);
Earlier aide to Allegheny County Govt Wealthy Fitzgerald
Schooling: College of Pittsburgh (B.S.)
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb | Twitter | Instagram
Candidate surveys: League of Ladies Voters
Main endorsements: Allegheny County Democratic Committee; 14th Ward Impartial Democratic Membership; gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro; Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Fundraising complete: $673,863
Money available: $624,407
Price studying: “Austin Davis proclaims bid for lieutenant governor, backed by Josh Shapiro” (Chris Potter, WESA)

Brian Sims

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FILE PHOTO: State Rep. Brian Sims, D-Philadelphia, accompanied by different officers, speaks at a protest calling on Pennsylvania so as to add sexual orientation to its hate crime regulation at John F. Kennedy Plaza, often known as Love Park in Philadelphia.

Sims made historical past as Pennsylvania’s first overtly homosexual state legislator when he was elected greater than a decade in the past to symbolize Heart Metropolis Philadelphia within the state Home. He’s spent these years within the Home of Representatives, not the Senate —the place he would run voting classes as lieutenant governor. Opponents say Sims’s fast mood makes him ill-suited for that a part of the job, however supporters defend his document. Sims settled in Philly after regulation college in Michigan and a peripatetic upbringing by two dad and mom who’re Military officers.

Get together: Democrat
Expertise: Pennsylvania Home of Representatives – 182nd District (2012 – current)
Schooling: Bloomsburg College of Pennsylvania (B.S.); Michigan State College (J.D.)
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb | Twitter | Instagram
Candidate surveys: League of Ladies Voters
Main endorsements: LGBTQ Victory Fund; Philly Neighborhood Networks; Philadelphia state Reps. Angel Cruz and Chris Rabb
Fundraising complete: $819,582
Money available: $316,859
Price studying: “Philly Democrat Brian Sims sparks firestorm after posting movies of him scolding Deliberate Parenthood protesters” (Andrew Seidman, Philadelphia Inquirer)

Ray Sosa

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Ray Sosa

Sosa has run for lieutenant governor earlier than, and is adamant in regards to the significance of the workplace. Sosa has criticized present Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a fellow Democrat now working for Senate, for his dealing with of the pandemic as head of PEMA. Extra broadly, Sosa critiques the observe of utilizing the place as a launching pad to increased workplace via the years. Sosa, who’d be the first Latino lieutenant governor in Pennsylvania if elected, is a finance and insurance coverage marketing consultant and has lived in suburban Philadelphia for greater than a decade.

Get together: Democrat
Schooling: Interamerican College of Puerto Rico (B.B.A.)
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb
Candidate surveys: League of Ladies Voters
Main endorsements: None at present accessible
Fundraising complete: 4,507
Money available: $-947

Republicans

John Brown

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John Brown

Brown’s tenure in native authorities began in 2009 when he ran for mayor of Bangor, Northampton County, after a profession in banking and prescribed drugs. He says his years within the borough’s highest workplace, as Northampton County Govt, and his time on Northampton County Council have ready him nicely for holding the peace throughout state Senate debates. As Board of Pardons chair, he would equally lean on his experiences overseeing the implementation of Northampton’s re-entry program and enhanced regulation enforcement coaching protocols.

Get together: Republican 
Expertise: Northampton County Council member (2022 – current)
SEDA – COG Govt Director (2020)
Northampton County Govt (2014 – 2017)
Mayor of Bangor (2010 – 2014)
Schooling: Notre Dame College (B.S.)
Candidate surveys: League of Ladies Voters
Main endorsements: None at present accessible
Fundraising complete: $395.55
Money available: $395.55

Jeff Coleman

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Jeff Coleman

Coleman beforehand served almost two phrases as a state rep out of Western Pennsylvania, after ousting a 12-year incumbent to win workplace at age 25 in 2000 after which leaving workplace early to host a political radio present. The political marketing consultant says he’s working to assist restore civility and substantive (vs. performative) debate on the Senate flooring. Of the Republican candidates, he’s reported probably the most marketing campaign money available as of this writing.

Get together: Republican 
Expertise: Pennsylvania Home of Representatives – sixtieth District (2001 – 2004)
Schooling: Liberty College (B.S.)
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
Candidate surveys: League of Ladies Voters
Main endorsements: Former Board of Pardons Secretary and former opponent/candidate Brandon Flood
Fundraising complete: $139,642
Money available: $21,865

Teddy Daniels

Daniels lower his political enamel supporting former President Donald Trump, together with organizing throughout Trump’s re-election marketing campaign and the riot on Jan. 6. Daniels, who just lately filed an unsuccessful redistricting lawsuit, hasn’t submitted marketing campaign finance disclosures for this race but. However he’d raised greater than half one million {dollars} for his Congressional run in 2020 and one other he’d began earlier than deciding to hunt state workplace as an alternative. The 47-year-old U.S. Military veteran had a controversial regulation enforcement profession and extra just lately began his personal safety consultancy focusing on the hashish business. Daniels, who performed soccer at West Virginia College, is from Montgomery County and lives in Wayne County.

Get together: Republican 
Schooling: Valley Forge Navy Academy
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb | Twitter | YouTube | Gab
Candidate surveys: League of Ladies Voters
Main endorsements: State Sen. Doug Mastriano
Fundraising complete: $139,962
Money available: $92,606
Price studying: “Home-abuse allegation haunts law-and-order MAGA candidate” (Hunter Walker, Rolling Stone)
“Pennsylvania GOP lieutenant governor candidate calls out opponent over Fb put up” (Mark Scolforo, AP)

Carrie Lewis DelRosso

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Carrie DelRosso

DelRosso remains to be in her first time period in Harrisburg representing Pittsburgh’s northeast suburbs after defeating longtime incumbent Home Minority Chief Frank Dermody. (DelRosso, a Republican, was drawn out of that district by a brand new map of Home political boundaries.) She was likewise in her first time period on Oakmont Borough Council when she launched her statehouse bid. The 46-year-old Scranton native beforehand ran her personal public relations agency, counting Pittsburgh-area college districts, native governments, nonprofit organizations, and small companies amongst her shoppers. DelRosso, who has two kids, has mentioned motherhood has ready her for holding the peace throughout state Senate classes.

Get together: Republican 
Expertise: 
Pennsylvania Home of Representatives – thirty third District (2021 – current)
Schooling: College of Pittsburgh
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb | Twitter | YouTube
Candidate surveys: League of Ladies Voters
Main endorsements: Commonwealth Companions Chamber of Entrepreneurs; full listing right here.
Fundraising complete: $141,150
Money available: $115,684
Price studying: “First-term state Rep. Delrosso jumps into GOP race for Pa. lieutenant governor” (Julian Routh, Pittsburgh Submit-Gazette)

Russ Diamond

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State Rep. Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon) speaks at a gathering of the Home State Authorities committee on Jan. 10, 2022.

Diamond’s political profession went mainstream in 2014, when he weathered home violence accusations and the native GOP’s demand to stop to win a statehouse seat on the Republican ticket after dropping as a Libertarian for almost a decade. Spurred by the state’s midnight pay-raise scandal of 2005, Diamond bought into politics after years of working his Raintree Multimedia in Annville, Lebanon County. In recent times, Diamond staunchly opposed masks mandates throughout the pandemic, and professed ignorance in regards to the riot when questioned days later relating to election disinformation he and different Pennsylvania Republicans had amplified.

Get together: Republican
Expertise: Pennsylvania Home of Representatives (2015 – current)
Schooling: Northern Lebanon Excessive Faculty; Lebanon County VoTech
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb | Twitter
Candidate surveys: League of Ladies Voters
Main endorsements: None at present accessible
Fundraising complete: $24,930
Money available: $16,343
Price studying: “COVID-19 vaccine mandates give rise to name for safeguarding medical freedom in Pa. structure” (Jan Murphy, PennLive)
“Pennsylvania GOP lieutenant governor candidate calls out opponent over Fb put up” (Mark Scolforo, AP)

Chris Frye

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Chris Frye

Frye is the first Black mayor of New Citadel, Lawrence County (pop. 22,000). Earlier than successful election in 2020, the profession social employee was overseeing a number of grants and collaborations for the county’s Neighborhood Motion Partnership. Frye additionally did a post-grad college stint with U.S. Pretrial and Probation Companies as a workforce growth specialist, which he’s mentioned fits him significantly nicely to guide the Board of Pardons. The lifelong Republican, 33, additionally pointed to his expertise in native authorities as a powerful qualification. If elected, Frye can be the state’s first Black lieutenant governor.

Get together: Republican 
Expertise: Mayor of New Citadel (2020 – current)
Schooling: Gannon College (B.A.), College of Pittsburgh (MSW)
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb | Instagram
Candidate surveys: League of Ladies Voters
Main endorsements: Butler County Republican Committee, Frederick Douglass Basis
Fundraising complete: $19,988
Money available: $6,006

James Jones

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James Jones

Jones has run twice for Congress — in 2010 and 2016 — in Pennsylvania, the place he’s lived for greater than twenty years. His oil and petroleum merchandise buying and selling enterprise, Silverback Commodities, is headquartered in Philadelphia; Jones lives in Montgomery County. He grew up in Arkansas, joined the U.S. Navy and served for almost 20 years. Like Democrat Austin Davis and fellow Republican Chris Frye, Jones can be the state’s first Black lieutenant governor if elected.

Get together: Republican 
Expertise: CEO, Silverback Commodities (2003 – current)
Schooling: Southern Illinois College (B.S.)
Hyperlinks: Web site | LinkedIn | Fb | Twitter
Candidate surveys: League of Ladies Voters
Main endorsements: BlakPAC, Calvary Chapel of Philadelphia
Fundraising complete: Not but introduced
Money available: Not but introduced

Rick Saccone

Republican Rick Saccone, talks with supporters at a marketing campaign rally on Monday, March 5, 2018 in Waynesburg, Pa. Saccone is working in opposition to Democrat Conor Lamb in a particular election being held on March 13 for the PA 18th Congressional District vacated by Republican Tim Murphy. (AP Photograph/Keith Srakocic)

Following careers in broadcasting and the army as an officer and civilian/marketing consultant, Saccone represented southwestern Pennsylvania for eight years within the state Home of Representatives. Saccone misplaced two bids for Congress in 2018, a possibility created by a lawsuit-prompted, off-schedule redistricting in Pennsylvania. He re-emerged within the public sq. on Jan. 6, 2021, when he posted Fb movies of himself on the riot. Whereas it was decided he hadn’t really entered the U.S. Capitol constructing, Saccone resigned his professorship at Saint Vincent School after the varsity opened an investigation into the incident.

Get together: Republican
Expertise: Pennsylvania Home of Representatives – thirty ninth district (2011 – 2018)
Schooling: Weber State School (B.S.); College of Oklahoma (M.P.A.); Naval Postgraduate Faculty (M.A.); College of Pittsburgh (Ph.D.)
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb
Candidate surveys: League of Ladies Voters
Main endorsements: Gun Homeowners of America Pennsylvania
Fundraising complete: $40,440
Money available: $12,149
Price studying: “Former Pittsburgh-area lawmaker to run for Lieutenant Governor” (Marc Levy, Related Press)

Clarice Schillinger

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Clarice Schillinger

Schillinger left her job as a state legislative aide in August 2020 to enter the political fray in her personal proper, advocating for reopening faculties throughout the COVID-19 pandemic via fundraising, litigation, and supporting college board candidates. Backed by enterprise capital and buoyed by nationwide media protection, most of these candidates gained their races. Schooling stays a precedence for Schillinger, together with the financial system — each of that are tangential to the lieutenant governor’s official function. However based mostly on her statements to this point, voters ought to anticipate her to be a tricky promote on approving purposes thought of by the state Board of Pardons.

Get together: Republican
Expertise: Founder, Holding Children in Faculty Political Motion Committee/Govt Director, Again to Faculty PA (2020 – 2021)
Govt Assistant to the Pennsylvania Home of Representatives (2017 – 2020)
Schooling: Penn State College (B.A.)
Hyperlinks: Web site | Fb | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
Candidate surveys: League of Ladies Voters
Main endorsements: Pennsylvania Management Convention
Fundraising Complete: $489,586
Money available: $276,484
Price studying: “How political organizers are channeling dad and mom’ schooling frustrations” (Gabe Cohen, CNN)