Friday, October 15,2004
2004 Pennsylvania Elections
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Duties of and candidates
for a state officers
Attorney General
The Attorney General’s duty is to uphold the laws
and rights of the citizens of the state.
Auditor General
The Auditor General ensures that all taxes go to the
treasury and that the treasury’s money is handled
legally. The Auditor General’s department also au
dits all organizations the recieve state funding.
Republican Candidate: Joe Peters
Democratic Candidate. Jack Warner
Green Party Candidate: Ben Price
Libertarian Candidate: Berlie Etzel
State Treasurer
The State Treasurer manages the state’s money and
makes sure the bills are paid. The treasury depart
ment also runs programs that help small businesses,
provide affordable education, local governments,
non-profit organizations and also manages
uncliamed property.
Democratic Candidate: Bob Casey Jr.
Repubican Candidate: J. Craig Pepper
Green Party Cnadidate: Paul Teese
Libertarian Candidate: Darryl Perry
Constitution Candidate: Max Lempenfield
State Representative
candidates for Erie
District #49 City of Erie and Western Erie
County.
Republican Candidate: Jane Earll (incumbent)
Democratic Candidate: Tony Logue
District #2l Eastern Erie County, Warren County,
Forrest County, Venango County, Clarion County
and Butler County.
Republican Candidate: Mary Jo White (incumbent)
Democratic Candidate: Kevan M. Yenerall
U.S Representative can
didates for Pittsburgh
District #4 Northern Allegheny County, Beaver
County, Mercer County.
Republican Candidate: Melissa Hart (incumbent)
Democratic Candidate: Stevan Drobac Jr.
District 14: City of Pittsburgh and parts of
eastern, southern and northwestern suburbs.
Democratic Candidate: Mike Doyle (incumbent)
District 18: Monroeville, Greensburg, Jeanette,
Brentwood, Bethel Park, Mount Lebanon
southern Allegheny Co, Westmoreland Co
Republican Candidate: Tim Murphy (incumbent)
Democratic Candidate: Mark Boles
Pennsylvania Political Parties
Pennsylvania Republican Party
Pennsylvania Democratic Party
Green Party of Pennsylvania
Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania
Constitution Party of Pennsylvania
Reform Party of Pennsylvania
America First Party of Pennsylvania
Socialist Party of Pennsylvania
Communist Party of Pennsylvania
State Offices and Candidates
Democratic Candidate
Jim Eisenhower
Plans to work with local law enforcement authori
ties to prevent crime, create a Consumer’s Bill of
Rights, prosecute polluters and protect the elderly
from exploitation.
www.jimeisenhower.com
Erie candidates
Republican candidate Phil English
Phil English Supports: campaign finance reform, elimination of the
special automatic pay raise for Members of Congress, repealment of
special tax break for members of Congress, elimination of automatic
payraises for members of Congress, congressional pension reform,
protection of Medicare, the prevention of Medicare savings from be
ing spent on tax cuts, protection of retirement funds, preservation and
strengthening of social security benefits, making pensions portable,
ending the marriage penalty, ending the tax on unemployment, ex
empting the interest of the first $4OO of interest from income taxes,
expansion of the income ceiling for the 15% tax bracket, establish a
$lOOO eldercare tax credit for seniors who care for a senior family
member at home, getting rid of all retroactive tax increases, the re
quirement of a congressional supermajority to raise taxes, bi-partisan
collaboration for social security reform, establishment of a national
commission to restore fiscal soundness to social security, Protect the
independence of the Social Security Trust Fund by removing it from
the unified federal budget to allow the program to build real assets,
encouragement of the promotion of higher education, lowering pre
scription drug costs, universal access to affordable prescription drugs,
the CHINA Act imposing tariffs on Chinese goods if China refuses to
float it’s currency, market oriented incremental health care reform, pres
ervation of the quality of the health care system, universal access to
universal health care, full deductibility of health insurance for the self
employed,, improvement of the Department of Agriculture’s enforce
ment of food safety standards for meat and poultry, fundamental tax
reforms, fair trade and updating federal trade laws.
- information from www.philenglish.org
Attorney General Candidates
Republican Candidate
Tom Corbett
Promises to help create safer communities, fight
drugs and organized crime, fight insurance fraud,
prevent child and elder abuse and to protect the
environment
www.tomcorbett2oo4.com
for U.S. Senate
Opposes the death penalty, manditory
incarceration.believes in "education not incarcera
tion” and is against the patriot act.
www.geocities.coni/mjr9l/RogerslorAG.html
Democratic candidate Steven Porter
Steven Porter Supports: abortion, taxpayer funding for federal can
didates, civil unions, the elimination of the death penalty, “truth in
sentencing” for violent criminals, the rehabilitation of criminals,
stricter penalties for white collar criminals, the expansion of feder
ally sponsored drug education and treatment programs, the usage of
marijuana for medicinal purposes, affirmative action in public col
lege admissions, increase educational funding programs such as
Stafford loans, tax incentives to help families pay for college, in
crease funding for national job training programs, provide tax cred
its to businesses that provide child care, encourage employers to of
fer flex-time, increase federal minimum wage, support worker's right
to strike, affirmative action for federal employees, sexual orienta
tion in federal discrimination laws, strengthening of the Clean Water
and Clean Air acts, strengthening of emissions and fuel efficiency
standards, supports the Kyoto treaty, renewal of the assault weapons
ban, increase federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of
firearms, background checks at gun shows, the requirement of a li
cense of firearm possession, implementation of national health care,
expansion of prescription drug coverage under Medicare, tax credits
to small businesses to offset the cost of health care, the automatic
enrollment of children into federal health care, decreasing the num
ber of immigrants permitted to enter the country, the establishment
of English as a national language, , increase funding for child care
programs, housing assistance for low income families, and increase
federal funding for the arts, education, the environment, medical and
scientific research, public health, and veteran’s care.
- information from www.vote-smart.org
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Green Party Candidate
Marakay Rogers