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Scott Wagner

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Pennsylvania Country Senate District 28

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Scott Wagner (Republican Political party) was a member of the Pennsylvania Land Senate, representing District 28. He assumed office on April 2, 2014. He left office on June 4, 2018.

Wagner (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Pennsylvania. He lost in the general election on November six, 2018.

Wagner filed for governor on a joint ticket with lieutenant governor candidate Jeff Bartos (R).

Wagner is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing District 28 from 2014 to 2018. He was start elected to the chamber in a special election on March 18, 2014. He resigned on June 4, 2018, to focus on campaiging for governor.[1] Wagner was the first write-in candidate to ever win election to the Pennsylvania Land Senate.[2]

Biography

Wagner'due south professional experience includes owning Penn Waste matter, Inc. and KBS Trucking.[3]

Elections

2018

See also: Pennsylvania gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018
Meet also: Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2018 (May 15 Republican primary)

Full general election

Democratic principal election

Republican main ballot

2014

Meet besides: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May xx, 2014. The general election was held on Nov 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in that ballot was March 11, 2014. Linda Eastward. Small was unopposed in the Democratic master, while incumbent Scott Wagner defeated Zachary Alexander Rockford Hearn in the Republican main. Ron Miller (R) withdrew from the race on March 26, 2014. Wagner defeated Small-scale in the general election.[iv] [5] [6] [vii]

Pennsylvania Land Senate, District 28 General Ballot, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Scott Wagner Incumbent 64.7% 46,247
Democratic Linda Small 35.three% 25,205
Total Votes 71,452
Pennsylvania Land Senate, Commune 28 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Scott Wagner Incumbent 84.nine% 13,214
Zachary Alexander Rockford Hearn fifteen.1% 2,349
Full Votes 15,563
Encounter besides: Pennsylvania land legislative special elections, 2014

Write-in candidate Scott Wagner (R) defeated party-nominated candidates Linda East. Small-scale (D) and Ron Miller (R) in the special election, which took place on March 18, 2014.[eight] [9] [10]

The seat was vacant following Mike Waugh'south (R) appointment as the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Farm Show on January 12.

A special ballot for the position of Pennsylvania State Senate District 28 was called for March xviii. Candidates were nominated by their political party rather than chosen through a primary[11]

Pennsylvania State Senate, District 28, Special Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Scott Wagner (Write-in) 47.seven% ten,654
Republican Ron Miller 26.6% 5,951
Democratic Linda E. Small 25.7% 5,744
Total Votes 22,349

Campaign themes

2018

Campaign website

Wagner's campaign website stated the following:

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JOBS AND YOUR PAYCHECK

WHAT'S THE Trouble?

In a word, opportunity -- or lack of information technology. The Wolf Administration is chasing good-paying task providers abroad to other states -- and he's blocking Pennsylvania from becoming the economic powerhouse of the Northeast. Under Tom Wolf, PA has 1 of the near punishing revenue enhancement and regulatory burdens in the country -- with more than than 150,000 regulations on the books. Equally a job creator, Scott Wagner knows firsthand how Governor Wolf's failed policies are hurting chore creators, ofttimes forcing them to close shop or move to states with amend business climates -- taking skillful paying jobs (and our kids) with them.

SCOTT'S Programme

Protecting paychecks means plenty of good paying jobs. To brand that happen, Scott intends to treat entrepreneurs like the valuable task creators they are. He will free business owners to from regulations and burdensome processes so they can provide improve paychecks for hard working Pennsylvanians who've waited far as well long for a adventure to get alee. How? Scott is a human being of activity.

TAXES AND YOUR PAYCHECK

WHAT'Due south THE Problem?

In a word, mismanagement. Recent reports institute hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars were wasted, poorly invested, or lost. Our electric current governor, Tom Wolf, doesn't understand the concept of a hard earned dollar, because he's merely ever known privilege and influence. His gross mismanagement takes a bang-up deal of unecessary money out of your wallet. No governor has been more financially reckless, or done more to benefit wealthy special interests -- while treating hard working Pennsylvanians like ATM machines, and denying them the most basic considerations -- like safe, well-maintained roads.

SCOTT'S PLAN

Scott will protect your paycheck by cutting up Harrisburg's credit cards and shutting off the spending valve. He'll make it a place that takes less from you and returns more by forcing every agency to implement zero-based budgeting which volition protect taxpayers from mismanagement. He'll sign legislation to eliminate the school taxes on your abode, and he'll interruption Pennsylvania's 45-year streak of tax increases on everything from personal income and sales, to gas and digital downloads.

Education AND YOUR PAYCHECK

WHAT'S THE Trouble?

In a discussion, politics. An immensely powerful schoolhouse employees' marriage (the PSEA), and the politicians it controls, are diverting more and more money meant for students to an out of control state employee alimony program. They've blocked Harrisburg from solving this crisis for students and overly burdened taxpayers. Politicians have promised, only failed to stop reliance on belongings taxes to fund schools contributing to massive educatee inequality. Taxpayers are handcuffed to a system that drains them while information technology steals away the equal and first-class education our children deserve.

SCOTT'Due south PLAN

Scott will take on the large matrimony bosses who own Tom Wolf -- so he can prepare the pupil-robbing pension crunch and make certain funding goes to our students where it belongs. He'll end property revenue enhancement reliance and make sure that no student is hurt past his or her zero code. He'll sign legislation to finish over-prescribing of opioids and treat it like the lawmaking red crisis it is. He'll retool and reinvent the pedagogy organisation to prepare children to fill STEM jobs and the 200,000 bachelor skilled labor positions.

THE Civilisation AND YOUR PAYCHECK

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

In a word, cocky-interest. Harrisburg is notorious for a culture which has allowed politicians and wealthy special interests to prosper at the expense of hard working Pennsylvanians. Information technology has get known as a place where bribery, fraud and corruption of power are casually accepted -- where public service has become profitable. PA is dwelling house to the most expensive, wasteful and lavish legislature in the country -- 1 that has left honest citizens backside, and forgotten their interests. Instead of a arrangement that encourages service to those hard workers, we take a organization that has bred a generation of career politicians who look out for themselves.

SCOTT'S Plan

Scott knows that to protect paychecks, nosotros have to ensure elected officials are working for taxpayers, not themselves. He'll push button to reduce the size of the legislature, cancel lawmaker per diems, pensions and lifetime health insurance plans. To break the civilisation of political careerism, Scott volition work toward limiting terms in the legislature. He'll motility to ban one-time lawmakers from lobbying and to prohibit lobbying firms from engaging in campaign work on behalf of politicians.[12]

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—Wagner for Governor[xiii]

Campaign ads

The post-obit is an example of an advertizement from Wagner's 2018 election entrada.

"Self-Made" - Wagner campaign advertizement, released July 11, 2018

2014

Wagner's website highlighted the following entrada themes:[14]

Bring Financial Responsibility to State Government

  • Excerpt: "Promote the spending of taxpayer'southward dollars in a off-white and reasonable mode. Heighten and increase government efficiency. Harrisburg has a spending problem, not a revenue problem."

Restore Prosperity to Pennsylvania

  • Excerpt: "Spur economic growth at a greater rate than government growth. Remainder private and public task growth in line with advisable social service needs. Pennsylvania needs new individual sector jobs created, not more than government jobs."

Control Property Taxes

  • Excerpt: "It is unfair for Pennsylvanians to spend most of their developed life paying off their mortgages only to be burdened by excessive holding taxes in retirement."

Reform Harrisburg'southward Political Organization

  • Extract: "High salaries, lavish pensions, automatic pay raises and excessive per diems are only a few examples of why we have the near expensive legislature in the state."

Protect and Defend our Constitutional Freedoms

  • Extract: "Preserving our constitutional freedoms, including the 2d Amendment and protecting life, will always exist ane of my guiding principles."

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the get-go of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Pennsylvania committee assignments, 2017
• Appropriations
• Intergovernmental Operations
• Labor & Industry, Vice chair
• Local Government, Chair
• Transportation

2015 legislative session

At the starting time of the 2015 legislative session, Wagner served on the post-obit committees:

2014-2015

At the kickoff of the 2014 legislative session, Wagner served on the post-obit committees:

Campaign donors

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Scott Wagner entrada contribution history
Year Office Result Contributions
2014 Pennsylvania Land Senate, District 28  ✔ $351,932
1000 total raised $351,932

Source: Follow the Money

2014

Wagner won re-election to the Pennsylvania Country Senate in 2014. During that election cycle, Wagner raised a full of $351,932.

The following table lists bills sponsored by this legislator. Bills are monitored by BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. The following listing may non exist comprehensive. To see all bills sponsored by this person, click on the legislator's name in the title of the tabular array.

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2018

In 2018, the Pennsylvania General Assembly was in session from Jan 2 through November 30.

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Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to animals.
  • National Federation of Independent Business
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to small business issues.
  • The American Conservative Matrimony
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

See also

  • Pennsylvania State Senate
  • Senate Committees
  • Pennsylvania General Assembly
  • Joint Committees
  • Pennsylvania state legislative districts
  • Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2014
  • Pennsylvania State Senate District 28

External links

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  • Entrada website
  • Campaign Facebook folio
  • Entrada Twitter page
  • State senate campaign website
  • State senate campaign Facebook page
  • Profile from Open States

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Pa. Sen. Scott Wagner resigning his seat to focus on governor'southward race," May 31, 2018
  2. ↑ yorkdispatch.com, "Scott Wagner's presumed win a historic first," March 19, 2014
  3. ↑ scottwagnerforsenate.com, "Scott's Story," accessed March xix, 2014
  4. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Official primary results for May 20, 2014," accessed July 9, 2014
  5. ↑ Pennsylvania Secretary of State, "2014 Chief Withdrawals," accessed April 29, 2014
  6. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 Official Candidate List," accessed March 19, 2014
  7. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 Full general Ballot," accessed December v, 2014
  8. ↑ Pennsylvania Secretarial assistant of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 3, 2014
  9. ↑ ydr.com, "Wagner apparent winner in special land Senate ballot," March 19, 2014
  10. ↑ Pennsylvania Secretary of Country, "Official special election results," accessed Baronial 29, 2014
  11. ↑ philly.com, "Lt. Gov calls special election to fill up vacant Senate seat," Jan 13, 2014
  12. ↑ Annotation: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  13. ↑ Wagner for Governor, "Scott's Plan," accessed September 27, 2018
  14. ↑ scottwagnerforsenate.com, "The Issues," accessed March 19, 2014
Political offices
Preceded by
Mike Waugh (R) 		Pennsylvania State Senate District 28
Apr 2, 2014-2018 		Succeeded past
Kristin Hill (R)

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