Elected Officials

Pennsylvania born and raised, John was born to teenage parents who were just starting out on their own. At the time, his father worked nights to put himself through college. John grew up in York, and later followed in his father’s footsteps to Albright College, where he played offensive tackle for the Lions. At 23, John joined up with Big Brothers/Big Sisters and threw himself into the program, mentoring his ‘little’ – an 8-year-old boy… [Continue Reading]

Josh Shapiro is the Attorney General.

Eugene A. DePasquale became Pennsylvania’s 51st Auditor General January 15, 2013. As the state’s chief fiscal watchdog, Eugene is committed to seeing that taxpayer dollars are spent properly and effectively. Eugene is focusing audits on areas that will improve the lives of all Pennsylvanians and prepare our state for a brighter future. His audits have found fraud, errors and other financial issues in school districts and charter schools to the tune of well over $20… [Continue Reading]

Rich Fitzgerald took office on January 3, 2012. Rich grew up in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield-Garfield neighborhood. He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a business minor from Carnegie Mellon University. Rich started a small business, Aquenef, which provides water treatment equipment and services for industry in the Western Pennsylvania region. Rich worked on the campaign to change the form of government in Allegheny County. In 1999, he ran for one of the district council seats… [Continue Reading]

Judge Ellen Ceisler has served on the Court of Common Pleas since 2007. Ellen’s background is a little different from the other Democrats running for the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. Ellen grew up as the daughter of a single mother who worked several minimum wage jobs to keep the family afloat. As too many Pennsylvanian’s know – minimum is not a real living wage; and the family lived on the bring of homelessness for most of… [Continue Reading]

As Solicitor for the City of Pittsburgh, Dan Regan was asked to improve communities in the City. And he did, house by house, block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood. Partnering with District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala, Jr., they created the City’s Nuisance Property Task Force (NPTF). In its first few years, the NPTF took action against more than 100 problem properties throughout the City, putting an end to criminal and nuisance activity at locations including… [Continue Reading]