Joe Sestak – Democrat for U.S. Senate:
• Currently: Represents Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District
Small Business Committee (Vice Chairman), Education Committee, Labor and the Armed Services Committee
• Previously: Distinguished 31-year record as a 3-star Navy Admiral (highest-ranking military officer in Congress)
Served as President William J. Clinton’s Director for Defense Policy in the White House
• Education: U.S. Naval Academy; Ph.D. from Harvard University
• Home: Delaware County, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Susan, and daughter, Alex
Find out more about Joe Sestak:
http://joesestak.com/Home/Home.html
Re-Elect Tim Holden - Democrat for U.S. House
• Currently: Represents Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District
Agriculture Committee’s Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee and Ranking Member on the Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research Subcommittee
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Highways and Transit and Aviation Subcommittees
Resources Committee
• Previously: Sergeant-at-arms for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Sheriff of Schuylkill County
Licensed insurance broker
Licensed real estate agent
Probation officer
• Education: Bloomsburg University, Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
• Home: St. Clair, PA, with his wife Gwen
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Dan Onorato – Democrat for Governor (slated with Scott Conklin)
• Currently: Executive of Allegheny County, governing Pennsylvania’s second largest county (1.2 million residents)
Led Allegheny County and City of Pittsburgh to combine services to consolidate 10 political offices
Held the line on property taxes in each of the past seven years
Promoted women and minority-owned businesses
• Previously: Certified Public Accountant
Pittsburg City Council, two terms
Allegheny County Controller
• Education: Penn State, Accounting & University of Pittsburgh School of Law
• Home: Brighton Heights in Pittsburgh with wife, Shelly and children Kate, Emily and Danny
Find out more about Dan Onorato:
Scott Conklin – Democrat for Lt. Governor (slated with Dan Onorato)
• Currently: Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Supported legislation to cut the size and cost of the legislature
Supported legislation to eliminate partisan redistricting
Supported legislation to improve access for independent voters
Elks member
Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County
• Previously: Centre County Commissioner
Chair Centre County Terrorism Task Force following the horrific acts of September 11, 2001
Chair State-wide Board of Corrections
Carpenter, built own construction business
• Home: Wife, Terri and son, Spencer
Find out more about Scott Conklin:
http://www.voteonorato.com/meet_dan/Scott_Conklin
Phyllis Bennett – Democrat for 106th PA District – State Representative
• Currently: CEO/President of PIB Associates Consulting
• Previously: Harrisburg manager, Speakers Access International Speaker’s Bureau
Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary, PA Department of Public Welfare Office of Income Maintenance
Chief Administrative Law Judge
Director Office of Hearing and Appeals
Addressed the United Nations 3 times
Distinguished Woman of Color in the Judiciary, American Bar Association
Pennsylvania National Guard’s Outstanding Woman of the Year
Author of “Social Services Delivery System to the Elderly.”
• Education: Masters in Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh
• Home: Harrisburg, son, Charles, three grandchildren
Find out more about Phyllis Bennett
http://www.phyllisbennett.net/home-Phyllis-Bennett-for-State-Representative.html
Gene Stilp - Democrat for 104th PA District State Representative
• Currently: Government Activist
• Certified firefighter
• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
• Nationally certified wildland firefighter
• Previously: Designer: Flight 93 Hero Memorial Flag that flies over the Memorial in Shanksville, PA
• Search and recovery operations at the World Trade Center attack site
• Filed original complaint in Bonusgate Scandal
• Education: Juris Doctor – George Mason School of Law
• Home: Fishing Creek Valley in Middle Paxton Township, with wife, Judy
Find out more about Gene Stilp:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gene-Stilp/154309407913944
http://GeneStilp.com
Re-Elect Ron Buxton - Democrat for 103rd PA District State Representative
• Currently: PA House of Representatives 103rd Legislative District since 1992
House Leadership: Majority Caucus Administrator
House Rules Committee
Rarely misses a vote, perfect record in 2009
Model of bipartisan cooperation
Enacted landmark anti-child pornography law
Strengthened building codes and cracked down on slum lords
Major sponsor of gun buy-back programs
• Previously: Deputy Director of Community Development
Harrisburg’s Code’s Administrator for seven years
Vice-Chairman of the Harrisburg Authority
Secretary of the Redevelopment Authority
Susquehanna Township Commissioner for eight years, two years as President
• Home: Steelton, with his wife Judy, who have raised three children and have four grandchildren
Find out more about Ron Buxton:
