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Press Release: SEIU Union Members Congratulate Shapiro, Davis, Fetterman, and Down Ballot Champions

Posted on November 15, 2022

Essential Workers in Pennsylvania turned out to elect leaders who will fight to raise wages, lower costs, and deliver real results for hardworking families

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 15, 2022

Contact: scott.vogel@seiuhcpa.org

 


Philadelphia, PA – After months of running an aggressive electoral program in Pennsylvania to engage, mobilize and turn out working people and infrequent voters in communities of color in the election, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Pennsylvania State Council formally congratulated Josh Shapiro and Austin Davis on their victory for Governor and Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania, and John Fetterman for his victory in the U.S. Senate race. 

“The results of this election show that when working people unite, we win,” said Gabe Morgan, President of the SEIU Pennsylvania State Council and Vice President of 32BJ SEIU.  “Josh Shapiro, Austin Davis and John Fetterman ran an unabashedly pro-Union worker platform, pledging to not just protect union rights but to expand them, ensuring every Pennsylvanian had the opportunity to join or form a union.” 

“Doug Mastriano, meanwhile, pledged to turn back the clock on workers by turning Pennsylvania into a right to work state, ending union rights as we know them,” said Steve Catanese, President of SEIU Local 668.  “That, coupled with a campaign platform of election sabotage, white nationalism, and robbing women of their bodily autonomy proved toxic to Pennsylvania voters.” 

Success at the top of the ticket were coupled with successes down ballot, including the following SEIU endorsed pro-worker champions – scroll below to see the complete list of victors. 

SEIU PA State Council, which is composed of four major SEIU Locals in Pennsylvania, 32BJ SEIU, SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, SEIU Local 668, and the Pennsylvania Joint Board of Workers United, mobilized its member base across the state to support candidates who are fighting to raise wages, lower costs and stand up for hardworking people across the commonwealth. SEIU PA member political organizers knocked on 153,000 doors and made 83,000 phone calls to organize their communities and discuss the issues that were at stake this election. 

In total, SEIU Local Unions, State Council and International Union invested more than $6.5 million into Pennsylvania during the election cycle, with key investments into partners who knocked on 244,000 additional doors statewide, 30 legislative races, communications to SEIU members and early general public communications to define anti-worker candidates to voters. 

“Union healthcare workers understood the threat to our contracts and our rights. That’s why our members got engaged early in this election, mobilized coworkers and communities in unprecedented numbers, and delivered an overwhelming victory by electing #UnionsForAll champions up and down the ballot,” said Matt Yarnell, President of SEIU Healthcare PA.  “As essential caregivers, we maximized the trust we have with the public to frame the stakes of this election and persuaded conservative and irregular voters to vote not along party or ideological lines, but instead on our shared values of strengthening our communities and building an economy that works for everyone.” 

“Essential workers across Pennsylvania have been the backbone of our communities as we fight to build an inclusive future for working families. Our work is essential, our votes are essential, and our rights are essential and we’re proud to congratulate Josh Shapiro, Austin Davis, John Fetterman, and all of the pro-worker leaders down ballot,” said David Melman, President of the Pennsylvania Joint Board of Workers United. “We’re looking forward to working with our newly elected officials on all of their promises as we continue to advocate for the respect, protections, pay, and benefits that we deserve.”

Statewide

Governor – Josh Shapiro 

LT Governor – Austin T

U.S. Senator – John Fetterman 


Congress

CD 2 – Brendan Boyle 

CD 3 – Dwight Evans 

CD 4 – Madeleine Dean 

CD 5 – Mary Gay Scanlon 

CD 6 – Chrissy Houlihan 

CD 7 – Susan Wild 

CD 8 – Matt Cartwright 

CD 12 – Summer Lee 

CD 17 – Christopher Deluzio 


PA State Senate 

SD 2 – Christine Tartaglione 

SD 4 – Art Haywood 

SD 6 – Frank Farry 

SD 10 – Steve Santarsiero 

SD 12 – Maria Collett

SD 14 – Nick Miller 

SD 16 – Mark Pinsley 

SD 18 – Lisa Boscola 

SD 22 – Marty Flynn 

SD 26 – Timothy Kearney 

SD 38 – Lindsey Williams 

SD 44 – Katie Muth


PA House 

HD 1 – Patrick Harkins 

HD 2 – Robert Merski 

HD 3 – Ryan Bizzarro 

HD 16 – Robert Matzie 

HD 18 – KC Tomlinson 

HD 19 – Aerion Abney 

HD 20 – Emily Kinkead 

HD 21 – Sara Innamorato 

HD 22 – Joshua Siegel 

HD 23 – Dan Frankel 

HD 24 – Latasha Mayes 

HD 25 – Brandon Markosek 

HD 26 – Paul Friel 

HD 27 – Daniel Deasy, Jr. 

HD 29 – Tim Brennan 

HD 30 – Arvind Venkat 

HD 31 – Perry Warren 

HD 32 – Anthony Deluca 

HD 33 – Mandy Steele 

HD 34 – Summer Lee 

HD 35 – Austin Davis 

HD 36 – Jessica Benham 

HD 38 – Nick Pisciottano 

HD 42 – Dan Miller 

HD 45 – Anita Kulik 

HD 49 – Ismail Smith-Wade-El 

HD 53 – Steven Malagari 

HD 61 – Liz Hanbridge 

HD 70 – Matthew Bradford 

HD 74 – Dan Williams 

HD 77 – H. Scott Conklin 

HD 82 – Paul Takac 

HD 95 – Carol Hill-Evans 

HD 96 – P. Michael Sturla 

HD 103 – Patty Kim 

HD 104 – Dave Madsen 

HD 105 – Justin Fleming 

HD 106 – Thomas Mehaffie 

HD 112 – Kyle Mullins 

HD 113 – Kyle Donahue 

HD 114 – Bridget Malloy Kosierowski 

HD 115 – Maureen Madden 

HD 118 – James Haddock 

HD 120 — Aaron Kaufer 

HD 121 – Eddie Day Pashinski

HD 126 – Mark Rozzi 

HD 127 – Manuel Guzman 

HD 133 – Jeanne McNeil 

HD 135 – Steve Samuelson

HD 136 – Robert Freeman 

HD 141 – Tina Davis 

HD 146 – Joseph Ciresi 

HD 148 – Mary Jo Daley 

HD 149 – Tim Briggs 

HD 150 – Joseph Webster 

HD 152 – Nancy Guenst 

HD 153 – Ben Sanchez 

HD 154 – Napoleon Nelson 

HD 155 – Danielle Friel Otten 

HD 156 – Christopher Pielli 

HD 157 – Melissa Shusterman 

HD 158 – Christina Sappey 

HD 159 – Carol Kazeem 

HD 161 – Leanne Krueger 

HD 164 – Gina Curry 

HD 165 – Jennifer O’Mara 

HD 166 – Gregory Vitali 

HD 167 – Kristine Howard 

HD 168 – Lisa Borowski 

HD 174 – Ed Nielson 

HD 175 – Mary Isaacson 

HD 177 – Joseph Hohenstein

HD 179 – Jason Dawkins

HD 181 – Malcolm Kenyatta 

HD 184 – Elizabeth Fiedler 

HD 185 – Regina Young 

HD 186 – Jordan Harris 

HD 188 – Rick Krajewski 

HD 189 – Tarah Probst 

HD 190 – Roni Green

HD 191 – Joanna McClinton

HD 192 – Morgan Cephas 

HD 194 – Tarik Khan 

HD 195 – Donna Bullock 

HD 197 – Danilo Burgos 

HD 198 – Darisha Parker 

HD 200 – Christopher Rabb 

HD 201 – Stephen Kinsey 

HD 202 – Jared Solomon 

HD 203 – Anthony Bellmon  

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