Who Will You Vote For?
The Pennsylvania primary election is just around the corner on May 17th. If you’re still considering who you may cast your vote for, Equality Pennsylvania, an organization dedicated to securing equal rights for the state’s LGBT community, recently announced its endorsements.
“This was a terrific process with a strong pool of interested candidates from which to select,” says Board President Brian Sims from Philadelphia. “We used questionnaires and interviews to come to our decisions, and I think our endorsements provide a unique mix of candidates from across the political spectrum and state. The goal of Equality Pennsylvania is to help elect LGBT people and allies to office everywhere. This is just the beginning.”
Endorsed candidates include:
• Det Ansinn – Bucks County Commissioner, Democrat
• Geoffrey Brace – Lehigh County Commissioner, Democrat
• Kathryn Boockvar – Judge, Commonwealth Court, Democrat
• John C. Campbell – Harrisburg City Treasurer, Democrat
• Dan Clifford – Judge – 38th Judicial District, Republican
• Sherrie Cohen – Philadelphia City Council, At Large, Democrat
• Geraldine Delevich – New Hope Borough Council, Democrat
• Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia – Bucks County Commissioner, Democrat
• Jeanette Eichenwald – Allentown City Council, Democrat
• Casey Evans – Luzerne County Council, Democrat
• Michael Fedor – Cumberland County Commissioner, Democrat
• Joe Grace – Philadelphia City Council – First District, Democrat
• Gloria L. Hamm – Lehigh County Commissioner, At Large, Democrat
• Brad Koplinski – Harrisburg City Council, Democrat
• Malcolm Lazin – Philadelphia City Council, At Large, Republican
• Hugh F. McGough – Magisterial District Judge for Magisterial District 05-2-35
(Pittsburgh), Democrat
• Lucille Prater-Holliday – Pittsburgh City Council – District 9, Democrat
• Marlene Pray – Doylestown Borough Council -Ward 1, Democrat
• Blondell Reynolds Brown – Philadelphia City Council, At Large, Democrat
• Peter G. Schweyer – Allentown City Council, Democrat
• Elinor Warner – Easton City Council, At Large
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