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Brian Sims
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Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 182
Incumbent
In office
2013-Present
Term ends
December 1, 2014
Years in position 0
PartyDemocratic
Compensation
Base salary$82,026/year
Per diem$159/day
Elections and appointments
Last electionNovember 6, 2012
First electedNovember 6, 2012
Next electionNovember 4, 2014
Term limitsN/A
Education
Bachelor'sBloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
J.D.Michigan State University
Personal
ProfessionAttorney
Websites
Campaign website
Brian Sims campaign logo
www.CandidateVerification.org

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Brian Sims is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing District 182 since 2013.

Sims is an attorney and civil rights activist. He earned his bachelor's degree from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from Michigan State University. Sims has worked as Staff Counsel for Policy and Planning for the Philadelphia Bar, President of the Board of Directors for Equality Pennsylvania, and Chairman of GALLOP. He has also worked as a disability attorney and as a clerk for the EPA. He currently serves on the GLSEN Sports Advisory Council and contributes to The Advocate Magazine. Sims is the only former NCAA football captain to have come out.[1]

PoliticsPA named the District 182 Democratic primary one of Pennsylvania's top ten most interesting legislative primaries in 2012.[2]

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Sims served on the following committees:

Pennsylvania Committee Assignments, 2013
• Commerce, Democratic Secretary
• Professional Licensure
• State Government

Issues

Campaign themes

Sims' website highlights the following campaign themes:[3]

Education

  • "Protect children’s right to a good education and teachers’ right to collectively bargain"
  • "Ensure the School Reform Commission is open, accessible and effective"
  • "Fight against vouchers and attempts to privatize the school district"

Constituent Service

  • "Connecting constituents to vital public services"
  • "Notarizing forms and helping with government paperwork "
  • "Providing assistance to help navigate unemployment, veteran’s assistance, and other services"

Environment

  • "Pass a fair severance tax on natural gas drilling"
  • "Ban drilling state forests"
  • "Increase regulation of fracking and monitoring of drilling impacts on water, air and land"

Equality

  • "Provide equal protection for all Pennsylvanians"
  • "Expand existing civil rights protections and enforce those that already exist"
  • "Protect our immigrants from intimidation and discriminatory laws"

Elections

2012

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2012

Sims ran in the 2012 election for Pennsylvania House District 182. Sims defeated incumbent Babette Josephs in the April 24 Democratic primary. He was unchallenged in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.[4][5]

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 182, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark.jpgBrian Sims 100% 28,537
Total Votes 28,537

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

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References

  1. ↑ Brian Sims, Campaign site, "About," accessed April 23, 2012
  2. ↑ PoliticsPA, "Top 10 Most Interesting Pa. House & Senate Primaries," April 3, 2012
  3. ↑ sims4pa.com - Issues
  4. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2012 Primary Candidate List In Ballot Order," March 9, 2012
  5. ↑ Pennsylvania Independent "Incumbents fall in PA House, congressional races," April 24, 2012
Political offices
Preceded by
Babette Josephs (D) 		Pennsylvania House Of Representatives District 182
2013–present 		Succeeded by
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v • d • e
Republican majority Current members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
House Speaker: Samuel Smith (R) • House Majority Leader: Mike Turzai (R) • House Minority Leader: Frank Dermody (D)
   
  1. Nicholas Micozzie (R)
  2. Margo Davidson (D)
  3. William Adolph, Jr. (R)
  4. Gregory Vitali (D)
  5. Duane Milne (R)
  6. Thomas Killion (R)
  7. Edward Neilson (D)
  8. Brendan Boyle (D)
  9. Kerry Benninghoff (R)
  10. Kevin Boyle (D)
  11. Michael McGeehan (D)
  12. John Sabatina, Jr. (D)
  13. Michael O'Brien (D)
  14. Mario Scavello (R)
  15. John Taylor (R)
  16. Scott Petri (R)
  17. James Clay (D)
  18. Angel Cruz (D)
  19. W. Curtis Thomas (D)
  20. Brian Sims (D)
  21. Julie Harhart (R)
  22. William Keller (D)
  23. Maria Donatucci (D)
  24. Jordan Harris (D)
  25. Gary Day (R)
  26. James Roebuck, Jr. (D)
  27. Rosemary Brown (R)
  28. Vanessa Brown (D)
  29. Ronald Waters (D)
  30. Louise Williams Bishop (D)
  31. Will Tallman (R)
  32. Pamela Delissio (D)
  33. Michelle Brownlee (D)
  34. Seth Grove (R)
  35. J.P. Miranda (R)
  36. Rosita Youngblood (D)
  37. Stephen Bloom (R)
  38. Cherelle Parker (D)
  39. Stephen Kinsey (D)
  40. Mark Cohen (D)
  41. Dwight Evans (D)


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