Announcement of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. September 22, 2023. Photo Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.
Electing Gun Safety Candidates at Both the Federal & State Levels is Key to Ending Gun Violence
Philadelphia, PA—CeaseFirePA Action, Pennsylvania’s leading gun violence prevention organization, has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President along with 89 gun safety champions for PA State Representative.
Vice President Harris has been an integral part of the strongest gun safety Presidential Administration in U.S. History. Notably, she has led the newly-created Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which has helped cut violence across the country through strategic investments in violence prevention programs, crafted an emergency response program to mass shootings, and led a whole-of-government approach to save lives from this public health crisis.
“Pennsylvanians want to live free from gun violence. And Vice President Kamala Harris will continue the historic work of the Biden-Harris Administration to make that a reality,” said Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action’s Executive Director. “In Philadelphia, gun homicides are down 50% in the last two-years. In Pittsburgh they’ve dropped 36%. That’s the work that Vice President Kamala Harris will continue as President.”
But we are aware that even Vice President Harris cannot do this work alone. That’s why we must expand our gun safety majority in the PA House, and build a federal-state partnership to end gun violence.
Therefore, CeaseFirePA Action is also endorsing 89 gun safety champions to represent nearly half of the PA House districts. CeaseFirePA Action’s Executive Director Adam Garber said, “Our children, friends and neighbors’ lives are on the ballot this fall. We will vote like it.”
PA HOUSE ENDORSEMENTS
- District 19 Rep. Aerion Abney
- District 20: Rep. Emily Kinkead
- District 22 Rep. Josh Siegel
- District 23 Rep. Dan Frankel
- District 24 Rep. Latasha Mayes
- District 26: Rep. Paul Friel
- District 29 Rep. Tim Brennan
- District 30 Rep. Arvind Venkat
- District 31 Rep. Perry Warren
- District 32 Rep. MCandrew
- District 33: Rep. Mandy Steele
- District 34 Rep. Abigail Salisbury
- District 36 Rep. Jessica Benham
- District 38 John Inglis
- District 39 Angela Girol
- District 41 Bradford Terrell Chambers
- District 42 Rep. Dan Miller
- District 44 Hadley Haas
- District 46 Alex Taylor
- District 49 Rep. Ismail Smith-Wade-El
- District 53 Rep. Steven Malagari
- District 54 Rep. Gregory Scott
- District 61 Rep. Liz Hanbidge
- District 70 Rep. Matt Bradford
- District 74 Rep. Dan Williams
- District 82 Rep. Paul Takac
- District 88 Sara Agerton
- District 95 Rep. Carol Hill-Evans
- District 96 Rep. Michael Sturla
- District 103 Nathan Davidson
- District 105 Rep. Justin Fleming
- District 112 Rep. Kyle Mullins
- District 113 Rep. Kyle Donahue
- District 114 Rep. Bridget Kosierowski
- District 115: Rep. Maureen Madden
- District 118 Rep. Jim Haddock
- District 119 Megan Kocher
- District 121 Rep. Ed Pashinski
- District 129 Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz
- District 132 Rep. Mike Schlossberg
- District 133 Rep. Jeanne Mcneill
- District 134 Rep. Peter Schweyer
- District 135 Rep. Stephen Samuelson
- District 136 Rep. Bob Freeman
- District 137 Anna R Thomas
- District 140 Rep. Jim Prokopiak
- District 141 Rep. Tina Davis
- District 142 Anna Payne
- District 143 Eleanor Breslin
- District 144 Rep. Brian Munroe
- District 146 Rep. Joseph Ciresi
- District 148 Rep. Mary Jo Daley
- District 149 Rep. Timothy Briggs
- District 150 Rep. Joseph Webster
- District 151 Rep. Melissa Cerrato
- District 152 Rep. Nancy Guenst
- District 153 Rep. Ben Sanchez
- District 154 Rep. Napoleon Nelson
- District 155 Rep. Danielle Friel Otten
- District 156 Rep. Chris Pielli
- District 157 Rep. Melissa Shusterman
- District 158 Rep. Christina Sappey
- District 159 Rep. Carol Kazeem
- District 160 Elizabeth Moro
- District 161 Rep. Leanne Krueger
- District 162 Rep. David Delloso
- District 163 Rep. Heather Boyd
- District 164 Rep. Gina Curry
- District 165 Rep. Jennifer O’Mara
- District 167 Rep. Kristine Howard
- District 168 Rep. Lisa Borowski
- District 172 Sean Michael Dougherty
- District 173 Rep. Pat Gallagher
- District 174 Rep. Ed Neilson
- District 177: Joe Hohenstein
- District 180 Rep. Jose Giral
- District 182 Rep. Ben Waxman
- District 184 Rep. Liz Fiedler
- District 186 Rep. Jordan Harris
- District 187 Stefanie Rafes
- District 189 Rep. Tarah Probst
- District 191 Rep. Joanna McClinton
- District 192 Rep. Morgan Cephas
- District 194 Rep. Tarik Khan
- District 197 Rep. Danilo Burgos
- District 198 Rep. Darisha Parker
- District 200 Rep. Chris Rabb
- District 202 Rep. Jared Solomon
- District 203 Rep. Anthony Bellmon
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As the Commonwealth’s leading gun violence prevention organization, CeaseFirePA works to ensure everyone can live a life free from gun violence. We organize with communities closest to the issue, hold those in power accountable, and maximize the strengths of every member in our broad coalition.
