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September 1, 2004                                        

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Endorsements for Nov. 2 General Election

The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, the largest labor organization in the State, representing 900,000 workers, unanimously endorsed Senator John Kerry for President and Senator John Edwards for Vice President. Along with the Kerry/Edwards endorsement, the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Executive Council also endorsed Republican Senator Arlen Specter for U.S. Senate and Democrats Jim Eisenhower for Attorney General, State Senator Jack Wagner for Auditor General and Auditor General Bob Casey for State Treasurer. Endorsements were also made for Congress and State Legislature.

The following candidates are endorsed by the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO for election on November 2, 2004:

President

Senator John Kerry (D)

Vice President

Senator John Edwards (D)

U. S. Senate

Senator Arlen Specter (R)

PA Attorney General

Jim Eisenhower (D)

                  PA Auditor General

                                                                     Jack Wagner                                                 (D)

                  State Treasurer

                                                                     Bob Casey, Jr.                                             (D)

                  U. S. Congress

                  *1                                               Robert Brady                                               (D)

                  *2                                               Chaka Fattah                                                (D)

                    3                                               Steven Porter                                               (D)

                    4                                               Stevan Drobac, Jr.(D)

                    5                                               No Endorsement

       6                                               Lois Murphy(D)

       7                                               No Endorsement

                    8                                               No Endorsement

                    9                                               No Endorsement

                    10                                             No Endorsement

      *11                                             Paul Kanjorski(D)

      *12                                             John Murtha    (D)

        13                                             Allyson Schwartz   (D)

      *14                                             Mike Doyle                                               (D)

        15                                             Joe Driscoll     (D)

        16                                             Lois Herr                                                  (D)

      *17                                             Tim Holden                                             (D)

                    18                                             No Endorsement

                    19                                             No Endorsement

PA Senate

     *1                                               Vincent Fumo                                               (D)

     *3                                               Shirley Kitchen   (D)

     *5                                               Mike Stack                                               (D)

     *7                                               Vincent Hughes   (D)

     *9                                               Dominic Pileggi                                              (R)

     *11                                             Michael O’Pake   (D)                                                 

       13                                             John Gouveia  (D)

       15                                             Eric Epstein   (D)

                    17                                             No Endorsement

       19                                             No Endorsement

       21                                             Kevan Yenerall   (D)

                    23                                             No Endorsement

      25                                             No Endorsement

                    27                                             No Endorsement

      *29                                             James Rhoades    (R)

                    31                                             No Endorsement

        33                                             No Endorsement

      *35                                             John Wozniak                                              (R/D)

      *37                                             John Pippy                                                  (R)

      *39                                             Allen Kukovich  (D)

      *41                                             Don White                  (R/D)

      *43                                             Jay Costa  (D)

      *45                                             Sean Logan                                                   (D)

      *47                                             Gerald LaValle                                             (R/D)

        49                                             No Endorsement

      PA House

      *1                                               Linda Bebko-Jones         (D)

      *2                                               Florindo J. Flo Fabrizio     (D)

      *3                                               Matthew Good                  (R/D)

      *4                                               Thomas Scrimenti   (D)

      *5                                               John Evans                                                   (R)

        6                                               Keith Abbott                                               (D)

      *7                                               Michael Gruitza      (D)

                    8                                               No Endorsement

      *9                                               Christopher Sainato                                             (D)

      *10                                             Frank LaGrotta   (D)

        11                                             Fred Vero                                                 (D)

       12                                             No Endorsement

                    13                                             Nancy Cox                                                   (D)

                  *14                                             Mike Veon                                                   (D)

                  *15                                             Vince Biancucci   (D)

                    16                                             Sean Ramaley                                               (D)

                    17                                             No Endorsement

      *18                                             Gene DiGirolamo                                                  (R)

      *19                                             Jake Wheatley  (D)

      *20                                             Don Walko                                               (D)

      *21                                             Frank Pistella                                             (D)

      *22                                             Michael Diven                                             (D)

      *23                                             Dan Frankel                                             (D)

      *24                                             Joseph Preston, Jr.                                                 (D)

      *25                                             Joseph Markosek(D)

        26                                             No Endorsement

      *27                                             Thomas Petrone    (D)

        28                                             Bradley Cline                                             (D)

                    29                                             No Endorsement

                  *30                                             Jeffrey Habay                                              (R)

                    31                                             Judith Gordon                                              (D)

      *32                                             Anthony DeLuca      (D)

      *33                                             Frank Dermody   (D)

      *34                                             Paul Costa, Jr.                                              (D)

      *35                                             Marc Gergely                                               (D)

     *36                                             Harry Readshaw                                                 (D)

                    37                                             No Endorsement

      *38                                             Kenneth Ruffing                                             (D)

      *39                                             David Levdansky                                                   (D)

                    40                                             No Endorsement

                    41                                             Cheryl Desmond   (D)

                    42                                             No Endorsement

                    43                                             Ben Donahower                                                  (D)

                    44                                             No Endorsement

      *45                                             Nick Kotik                                                   (D)

                  *46                                             Victor John Lescovitz  (D)

                    47                                             No Endorsement

      *48                                             Tim Solobay    (D)

      *49                                             Peter Daley                                               (D)

      *50                                             H. William DeWeese   (D)

                    51                                             No Endorsement

      *52                                             James Shaner                                              (D)

                    53                                             No Endorsement

                  *54                                             John Pallone                                                 (D)

                  *55                                             Joseph Petrarca     (D)

                  *56                                             James Casorio, Jr.              (D)

                  *57                                             Thomas Tangretti   (D)

                  *58                                             R. Ted Harhai                                              (D)

                  *59                                             Jess Stairs(R)

                    60                                             Barry Crytzer                                              (D)

                    61                                             No Endorsement

                    62                                             Owen Dougherty(D)

                    63                                             No Endorsement

                    64                                             No Endorsement

                    65                                             Steven Sigmund    (D)

                    66                                             No Endorsement

                    67                                             No Endorsement

                    68                                             No Endorsement

                    69                                             Charles Stuby                                              (D)

                    70                                             No Endorsement

      *71                                             Edward Wojnaroski, Sr.  (D)

      *72                                             Thomas Yewcic                                             (D)

      *73                                             Gary Haluska    (D)

      *74                                             Camille “Bud” George                                              (D)

      *75                                             Dan Surra                                                 (D)

                    76                                             No Endorsement

                    77                                             No Endorsement

                    78                                             No Endorsement

      *79                                             Richard Geist                                             (R)

        80                                             No Endorsement

                    81                                             No Endorsement

                    82                                             No Endorsement

                    83                                             No Endorsement

                    84                                             No Endorsement

                    85                                             No Endorsement

                    86                                             No Endorsement

                    87                                             Marilyn Zilli                                                (D)

                    88                                             No Endorsement

                    89                                             No Endorsement

                    90                                             No Endorsement

                    91                                             No Endorsement

                    92                                             No Endorsement

                    93                                             No Endorsement

                    94                                             No Endorsement

      *95                                             Stephen Stetler                                               (D)

      *96                                             P. Michael Sturla                                              (D)

                    97                                             No Endorsement

                    98                                             No Endorsement

                    99                                             No Endorsement

                    100            No Endorsement

                    101            No Endorsement

                    102            No Endorsement

      *103      Ronald Buxton                                             (D)

                    104            No Endorsement

                    105            No Endorsement

        106                                                   Dan Holt                                                  (D)

      *107      Robert Belfanti, Jr.                                                  (D)

                    108            No Endorsement

      109                                                 Paul Reichart                                                   (D)

      110                                                 No Endorsement

                    111            No Endorsement

      *112      Fred Belardi                                              (D)

      *113      Gaynor Cawley    (D)

      *114    Jim Wansacz  (D)

      *115      Edward Staback    (D)

      *116      Todd Eachus                                              (D)

      *117      George Hasay                                               (R)

      *118      Thomas Tigue                                                (D)

      *119      John Yudichak  (D)

      *120      Phyllis Mundy    (D)

      *121      Kevin Blaum                                               (D)

      *122      Keith McCall                                             (D)

      *123      Neal Goodman  (D)

      *124      David Argall                                               (R)

      *125      Bob Allen                                             (R)

      *126      Dante Santoni, Jr.                                                   (D)

      *127      Thomas Caltagirone                                                  (D)

                    128            No Endorsement

                    129            No Endorsement

                    130            No Endorsement

                    131            No Endorsement

      *132      Jennifer Mann                                               (D)

      *133    T. J. Rooney    (D)

                    134            No Endorsement

      *135      Steve Samuelson(D)

      *136      Robert Freeman    (D)

      *137      Richard Grucela    (D)

                    138            No Endorsement

                    139            No Endorsement

      *140      Thomas Corrigan, Sr.                                                 (D)

      *141      Anthony Melio                                               (D)

                    142            No Endorsement

                    143            No Endorsement

                    144            No Endorsement

        145                                                   John Norvaisas(D)

        146                                                   Dan Weand                                              (D)

                    147            No Endorsement

                    148                  Mike Gerber  (D)

      *149      Daylin Leach                                                (D)

        150                                                   Rebecca Wall                                               (D)

                    151            No Endorsement

                    152            No Endorsement

                    153                  Josh Shapiro   (D)

      *154      Lawrence Curry                                               (D)

                    155            No Endorsement

                    156                  Barbara McIlvaine Smith         (D)

                    157            No Endorsement

                    158                  Mario Calvarese                                                (D)

      *159      Thaddeus Kirkland    (D)

        160                                                   Mike McGann  (D)

      *161      Thomas Gannon    (R)

      *162      Ron Raymond  (R)

      *163      Nicholas Micozzie(R)

      *164      Mario Civera, Jr.  (R)

                    165            No Endorsement

      *166      Gregory Vitali                                                (D)

        167                                                   No Endorsement

                    168            No Endorsement

      *169      Dennis O’ Brien                                                (R)

      *170      George Kenney, Jr.                                                 (R)

                    171            No Endorsement

      *172      John Perzel                                               (R)

      *173      Michael McGeehan(D)

      *174      Alan Butkovitz  (D)

      *175      Marie Lederer                                             (D)

                    176            No Endorsement

      *177      John Taylor                                              (R)

        178                                                   No Endorsement

      *179      William Rieger                                               (D)

      *180      Angel Cruz                                                 (D)

      *181    W. Curtis Thomas    (D)

      *182      Babette Josephs    (D)

                    183            No Endorsement

      *184      William Keller                                               (D)

      *185      Robert Donatucci  (D)

      *186      Harold James                                               (D)

                    187            No Endorsement

      *188      James Roebuck, Jr.                                                 (D)

        189                                                   No Endorsement

        190                                                   Thomas Blackwell  (D)

      *191      Ronald Waters                                              (D)

      *192      Louise Williams Bishop                                             (D)

                    193            No Endorsement

      *194      Kathy Manderino                                                   (D)

      *195      Frank Oliver                                               (D)

                    196            No Endorsement

      *197      Jewell Williams(D)

      *198      Rosita Youngblood                                                (D)

        199                                                   Christian Muniz                                              (D)

      *200      LeAnna Washington                                                  (D)

      *201      John Myers                                              (D)

      *202      Mark Cohen                                               (D)

      *203 - Limited Endorsement                                               Dwight Evans                                               (D)

      * Incumbent