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1. I acknowledge that this questionnaire is due by February 8th, 2026, for consideration by the AFSCME District Council 47 PEOPLE Committee.

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2. Full Name

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3. Registration Address

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4. Email

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5. Cell Phone

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6. HQ Phone

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7. Campaign HQ Address

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8. Campaign Manager's Name

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9. Campaign Manager's Phone

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10. Campaign Manager's Email

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11. What office are you seeking?

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12. In what district are you running?

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13. Are you the incumbent?

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14. If yes, year first elected.

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15. With which party are you registered?

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16. Who are your opponents?

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17. What is your strategy to win office?

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18. Please explain why you seek Labor's endorsement.

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19. Please list union leaders you seek input from when developing your agenda.

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20. Have you sought endorsement from any other AFSCME Affiliates?

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21. Beyond our public endorsement, what specific support are you seeking from AFSCME DC 47?

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22. What significant endorsements have you received from organizations and individuals?

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23. Briefly describe what will be your top priorities and issue areas of focus if elected.

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24. What public services do you think are underfunded, and what is your plan to build funding for those services?

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25. What measures would you support to reduce the cost of living in Pennsylvania such as housing and utilities?

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26. What is your position on providing resources or funding to address homelessness in Pennsylvania?

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27. Would you require that evictions be carried out by a public entity which could not be contracted to a private party? Would you support additional requirements for carrying out evictions?

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28. What is your position on increasing the state minimum wage to a living wage? What hourly rate do you think is a fair number?

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29. Would you support an increase to the tipped minimum wage and if so, what hourly rate do you think is a fair number? Why or why not?

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30. What measures would you support to provide guaranteed capital funding for reliable public transportation systems in Pennsylvania? What efforts would you make to build support for public transit with legislators from other regions?

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31. What steps would you take to reduce or eliminate traffic fatalities?

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32. How would you increase Pennsylvanians’ access to health care?

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33. What is your position on women's access to contraception and abortion?

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34. What tactics would you use to combat the Opioid Epidemic? 

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35. How would you improve the defined benefit pension plans in the public sector?

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36. Do you support the current system of defined benefit pensions for state and local public employees?

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37. (SENATE ONLY) If appointed to either of the two main pension boards (i.e., SERS and PSERS), how would you assure that the funds were run on sound fiscal footing?

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38. How would you work to support, strengthen and diversify unions in PA?

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39. Do you support creating an agency that extends OSHA protections to public employees in Pennsylvania?

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40. Would you change the way Judges are selected in Pennsylvania and if so how?

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41. What is your position on DEI initiatives that promote inclusivity, protect freedom of expression, remove barriers, and provide opportunities for all Pennsylvanians?

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42. What are your positions on regulation of generative artificial intelligence in political campaigns?

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43. How would you make taxation in Pennsylvania fairer and more equitable? 

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44. Would you support a constitutional amendment to eliminate the Uniformity Clause? Why or why not?

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45. Would you support repealing the law that municipalities cannot mandate PILOTS? Why or why not?

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46. Pennsylvania, like most states, provides a host of tax incentive programs to businesses and developers such as the Keystone Opportunity Zone (KOZ) and Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP). Do you think the current incentive structure is effective or should it be modified? Please explain.

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47. What are your plans to address the 2023 court decision highlighting constitutional deficiencies of public funding for public education?

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48. What is your view on charter schools? What reforms would you support for oversight and regulation of charter schools?

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49. What are your views on public tax money to be used for private schools? What are your views on educational tax credits?

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50. Are there areas where you oppose state preemption of local legislation, such as gun regulation and minimum wage?

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51. How would you reform PA gun laws? Would you engage members of the legislative body to give counties more control over gun laws?

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52. What changes would you support to the state and county correctional systems?

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53. Would you support banning private operation of prisons? Why or why not?

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54. What is your position on funding for diversion programs for various issues, including drug offenders, and access to mental health treatment?

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55. Do you support publicly funded reentry programs for previously incarcerated individuals? What additional incentives for employers to hire previously incarcerated individuals would you propose?

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56. What is your position on the state's current drug laws? Would you support legalizing Marijuana for recreational use? Please explain your position.

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57. Do you support capital punishment? Do you support maintaining the moratorium on executions in Pennsylvania?

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58. Would you support including LGBTQIA people as a protected class under hate crime laws?

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59. Should Pennsylvania adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism? Why or why not?

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60. Do you support current anti-BDS laws in Pennsylvania and would you support ongoing efforts by the legislature to expand such laws by prohibiting the State Treasurer and state retirement systems from boycotting or divesting from Israeli companies or companies that support the Israeli occupation of Palestine?

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61. Since Pennsylvania withdrew from RGGI this year, what measures would you support to shift away from fossil fuels and expand the use of clean and renewable energy sources, to combat climate change and to promote environmental justice?

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62. In addition to climate change, water pollution is a big concern in the commonwealth. What steps would you take to clean up the 27,886 miles of polluted waterways?

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