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General And Special Election

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Polling Location Hours: 7:00AM to 8:00PM
Election Day Hotline: (215)686-1590

Office

Democratic Ticket

1

United States Senator

Bob Casey Jr

101

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

(Vote for the candidates of one party for Governor and Lieutenant Governor)

Tom Wolf

Governor

John Fetterman

Lieutenant Governor

102

Representative in Congress

3rd District

Dwight Evans

103

Representative in The General Assembly

182nd District

Brian Sims

105

City Bond Question (Bill No. 180552)

“Should the City of Philadelphia borrow ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY- ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($181,000,000.00) to be spent for and toward capital purposes as follows: Transit; Streets and Sanitation; Municipal Buildings; Parks, Recreation and Museums; and Economic and Community Development?”

YES

Divisions: 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Candidate Information

Governor: Tom Wolf

We support Tom Wolf because he has served as an effective veto power over a number of extreme conservative measures that the State House and Senate have passed, including a law restricting abortions and a law that severely impacted access to Medicaid by imposing strict work and job search requirements. Just in April, he vetoed a law that drastically altered workers’ compensation rights and allowed businesses to withhold treatment until it was proven necessary, rather than allowing professional doctors to treat patients immediately. His veto power has also given him some leverage over the state budget, which he has used to restore millions of dollars of Republican cuts to our public schools. If Wagner were elected, he would almost certainly cut school funding for Philadelphia’s children again, not only hurting our kids but also causing the city to have to raise Philadelphia’s taxes to attempt to make up the state shortfall.

U.S. Senator: Bob Casey

In the Senate, Bob Casey has been an advocate for Pennsylvania small business owners, veterans, and people with disabilities. We need to make sure Senator Casey can continue to fight against the far-right agenda of the Trump administration. He is a “no” vote on the far-right Supreme Court nominee who will destroy unions; allow huge corporations to have even more unchecked dominance over our lives; let elections be completely bought by the rich; revoke civil rights of immigrants, African Americans, and people of color; make abortion illegal or practically unattainable; and possibly outlaw gay marriage.

U.S. Representative: Dwight Evans

Dwight Evans grew up in North Philadelphia and graduated from Germantown High School, the Community College of Philadelphia, and LaSalle University. His first job out of college was as a teacher in the School District of Philadelphia. He spent over 35 years as a State Representative, advocating for small businesses, job training programs, and spending on infrastructure. His Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative helped bring nearly 100 grocery stores to food deserts (neighborhoods with limited access to fresh fruits and vegetables) and helped create over 5,000 jobs. In Congress, he has recently joined the Medicare-for-All Caucus, and is a consistent vote on most workers’ rights, environmental, women’s rights, and economic issues.

General Assembly: Brian Sims

Since his election to office in 2012, Representative Brian Sims has been a strong advocate for gun control, fully funding public education, and civil rights. He supports increased regulation of fracking and a severance tax on oil and gas drilling. He is opposed to school vouchers and other attempts to privatize public education. Re-electing Sims is critical to the progressive wing of the Pennsylvania legislature.