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Pennslyvania state senate/Upper chamber election
endorsement & candidate information
To see candidate information and endorsements for PA State Senate:
First: Determine your PA State Senate District (also called ‘Upper Chamber’) by clicking here . Remember your district number and return to this page to scroll down to your Congressional District Number to view candidates information and endorsements.
*Note: Only ODD number State Senate districts are running this year.
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Urge your candidates to return their Keystone Equality Questionnaires on LGBTQ+ Issues!
Click to read about key LGBTQ+ issues in Pennsylvania! And here for the survey questions we’ve asked candidates.
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% indicates the percent of pro-LGBTQ+ issues this candidate supports * indicates incumbent
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✅ *NIKIL SAVAL- D
Endorsed by Keystone Equality, 100% positive on LGBTQ+ issues and legislation. Member of the bicameral Pennsylvania LGBT Equality Caucus. Click here for questions and legislation information.
"Since 2021, I have been a prime sponsor of the Fairness Act in the Senate and will continue to do all I can to ensure its passage."
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SHARIF STREET- D
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JIMMY DILLON- D
JOE PICOZZI- R
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VINCENT HUGHES- D
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JOHN I KANE- D
MIKE WOODIN- R
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✅*JUDY SCHWANK- D
Endorsed by Keystone Equality, 100% positive on LGBTQ+ issues and legislation. Will vote for the Fairness Act (SB 150) if elected to the State Senate. Is a member of the bicameral LGBTQ+ Caucus. Click here for questions and legislation information.
"I am and have always been committed to protecting the rights of the LGBTQ+ (population)."
LISHA L ROWE- R
Has not returned the questionnaire.
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✅TREX PROFITT- D
Endorsed by Keystone Equality, 100% positive on LGBTQ+ issues and legislation. Click here for questions and legislation information.
"I'm very much in favor of the Fairness Act and have led groups to lobby Senators to vote in favor of it for the last two years. It is an obvious first step to protecting our LGBTQ+ community from discrimination."
"Trans athletes deserve a chance to participate fully in all school activities, in the gender with which they identify. Full stop."
"As a career educator in a Quaker school, I teach the banned book list. Banning books takes us back. Professionals do a great job curating collections by age in school settings: teachers, librarians, and administrators. There is no role for the state government except to approve the full and fair education funding that the schools will use to buy the books in the first place and hire the professional staff to do their work. While there have been book challenges in the past, this is a contrived issue over the last 5 years that is meant to divide us."
On LGBTQ+ rights, "this is an area of special importance in my personal life and in my candidacy, and I will be a tireless and unapologetic advocate. My eldest son was trans, my daughter is gay, and the continued persecution of our local youth here in Lancaster is something I want to end at the state level. In addition, as a middle school teacher, my classroom and school are a safe space for LGBTQ+ youth. We advocate in Harrisburg and Washington DC every year, and we also hold a youth advocacy conference for middle and high school GSAs. in other words, I can back up my slogan that PA can do better, and we deserve better."
SCOTT MARTIN- R
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PATTY KIM- D
NICK DIFRANCESCO- R
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AMANDA M CAPPELLETTI- D
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CAROLYN COMITTA- D
DUANE MILNE- R
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SCOTT E HUTCHINSON- R
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GENE YAW- R
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CRIS DUSH- R
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✅PATRICIA LAWTON- D
Endorsed by Keystone Equality, 100% positive on LGBTQ+ issues and legislation. Click here for questions and legislation information.
LYNDA J SCHLEGEL CULVER- R
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✅JOHN ZUGAREK- D
Endorsed by Keystone Equality, 100% positive on LGBTQ+ issues and legislation. Would vote for the Fairness Act (SB 150) if elected. Would join the bicameral LGBTQ+ Caucus if elected. Click here for questions and legislation information.
"I am not a member of the bicameral PA LGBT Equity Caucus because I am not an incumbent, but I would like to be."
*DAVE ARGALL- R
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✅MARK TEMONS- D
Endorsed by Keystone Equality, 100% positive on LGBTQ+ issues and legislation. Supports the Fairness Act (HB 300) Click here for questions and legislation information.
"I oppose discrimination against any vulnerable group for any reason. I am a long-time advocate for equality, and our campaign is honored to be endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign."
"I am not a member of the LGBTQ+ community, but I have been an advocate for a long time, attending my first Pride while living in New York in 2002 and living and working in mostly queer communities in the city. Later, I supported same-sex marriage while living in San Francisco during California's Proposition 8 fight in 2008. A colleague recently described me to another organizer as "not queer himself, but unabashedly pro-queer," and I was very proud of the compliment. I have been an advocate for equality, equity, and justice, and I will continue to support and protect the LGBTQ+ community in the PA Senate."
DAWN KEEFER- R
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✅CAMERON SCHROY- D
Endorsed by Keystone Equality, 100% positive on LGBTQ+ issues and legislation. Would vote for the Fairness Act (SB 150) if elected. Would join the bicameral LGBTQ+ Caucus if elected. Click here for questions and legislation information.
"LGBTQ+ rights are human rights. Period. The Fairness Act must be a priority in the next session"
*DOUG MASTRIANO- R
Has not returned questionnaire.
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WAYNE LANGERHOLC JR- R
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NICOLE RUSCITTO- D
DEVLIN ROBINSON- R
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KIM WARD- R
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JOE PITTMAN- R
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JAY COSTA JR- D
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✅NICK PISCIOTTANO- D
Endorsed by Keystone Equality, 100% positive on LGBTQ+ issues and legislation. Co-sponsor of the Fairness Act (HB 300) as a State Representative. Is a member of the bicameral LGBTQ+ Caucus. Click here for questions and legislation information.
JEN DINTINI- R
Has not returned her questionnaire.
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ELDER VOGEL JR- R
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JIM WERTZ- D
DAN LAUGHLIN- R
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