PLYV PAC Youth Slate

Pittsburgh, PA

November 4, 2008

PLYV PAC is committed to supporting candidates who advocate progressive action on issues impacting young Pennsylvanians.

Attorney General

Statewide office

Marakay Rogers (L)

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Quote From Candidate Web site: "Rogers is the only candidate to ask why Pennsylvania's rate of incarceration is third in the nation and rose 15% in five years. She is the only candidate to demand revisiting prison sentences against non-violent offenders and parole violators."

Auditor General

Statewide office

Jack Wagner (D)

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Quote From Response to PLYV Questionnaire: "Our audit of the Gaming Control Board has examined whether families and communities are benefiting from the expansion of legalized gaming. It is essential that the board and licensees place a priority on hiring local residents representing the diversity of the areas where casinos are built."

Congressional District 4

Counties: Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Westmoreland

Jason Altmire (D)

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Quote From Response to PLYV Questionnaire: "As a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, I have helped create laws that will help Americans pursue higher education by providing the largest expansion in federal student aid since the G.I. Bill. I also voted to strengthen Head Start programs to provide our children with the educational foundation they need to succeed in school."

Congressional District 18

Counties: Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland

Steve O'Donnell (D)

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Quote From Response to PLYV Questionnaire: "I would reinvest in our infrastructure, spur the creation of new forms of mass transit, and invest in our colleges and universities so that they can continue to develop emerging technologies."

State Senate District 47

Counties: Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence

Jason Petrella (D)

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Quote From Response to PLYV Questionnaire: "I am running on a platform of developing clean and renewable energy in our region and across the state."

State House District 44

County: Allegheny

Ayanna Lee (D)

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Quote From Response to PLYV Questionnaire: "We must invest in our children's futures. Education was my roadmap out of poverty and the only means to achieving a future of opportunity. The role of my level of government is to advocate investments in our schools, in early learning, to ensure that our children are equipped with the skills and experiences that they are going to need to compete in the workforce, and to make sure that college education is affordable to our children."

State House District 57

County: Westmoreland

John Boyle (D)

Endorsed Vote: Yes

Quote From Response to PLYV Questionnaire: "We must deliver economic security to young professionals and entrepreneurs, including solutions to our health care crisis."

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