Charles McIlhinney

Charles McIlhinney
Pennsylvania State Senate District 10
Incumbent
In office
2007-Present
Term ends
November 30, 2014
Years in position	6
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$82,026/year
Per diem	$159/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 2, 2010
First elected	2006
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Prior offices
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
1998-2006
Education
Bachelor's	Bryant College, 1989
Personal
Birthday	May 19, 1967
Religion	Roman Catholic
Websites
Office website

Charles McIlhinney Jr. has been a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate since 2007 with his term expiring in 2014. Before becoming a Senator, McIlhinney served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. McIlhinney won a special election on February 17, 1998 and served in the House until his election ito the Senate in 2006. McIlhinney also was a member of the Doylestown Borough Council from 1994 to 1996.

McIlhinney graduated from Bryant College with his Bachelor's Degree in Finance and is currently working on his Master's in Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix. Before becoming an elected official, McIlhinney was the Director of the Bucks County Office of Employment and Training.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, McIlhinney served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, McIlhinney served on these committees:

Elections

2010

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2010

McIlhinney won re-election in District 10. He was unopposed in the May 18 Republican primary and defeated Democrat Cynthia M. Philo in the November 2 general election.

Pennsylvania State Senate District 10
Candidates		Votes
Charles McIlhinney (R)		59,763
Cynthia M. Philo (D)		40,282

2006

On November 7, 2006, McIlhinney was elected to Pennsylvania State Senate District 10.

McIlhinney raised $824,637 for this campaign.

Pennsylvania State Senate District 10
Candidates		Votes
MCILHINNEY, CHUCK (R)		52,060
SERPICO, CHRIS (D)		48,951

Campaign themes

McIlhinney's campaign website lists four main campaign issues:

• Spending Excerpt: McIlhinney "successfully fought for a budget that held the line on spending except providing needed increases to our schools" and "has never voted for a tax increase on the families and seniors of Bucks and Montgomery Counties."

• Taxes Excerpt: McIlhinney "has worked to gradually eliminate the state’s onerous Capital Stock and Franchise Tax, as well as called for cuts to the state corportate income tax, to make us more competitive with other states."

• Jobs & Economy Excerpt: McIlhinney "has worked with both the business and labor community to roll-back the state’s onerous business taxes, push for reforms to the workers’ compensation system, change the tort system to make it more fair and less costly" and "also supports the working training and re-training that prepares Pennsylvanians to do the jobs that today’s employers need done."

• Reform Excerpt: "He helped passed 9 government reforms bills (many of them passed through the Senate State Government Committee, of which he is Chairman) with strong bipartisan support."

• Environment Excerpt: McIlhenney "has worked with environmental groups and local residents to sponsor or support numerous pieces of legislation protecting our environment."

• Education Excerpt: McIlhenney "has worked to ensure that state funding is focused on priorities like * Education, and has worked to ensure that any state spending increases go to education first – to provide schools with needed resources and help reduce the need for local property taxpayers to pay for them."

Campaign donors

2010

McIlhinney raised $562,562 during the 2010 election cycle.

His top contributors are listed below.

Donor	Amount
Pennsylvania Republican Party	$100,082
Friends of Joe Scarnati	$70,000
Senate Republican Campaign Cmte of Pennsylvania	$50,000
Lower Bucks Leadership PAC	$25,000
Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters & Joiners	$11,000

2006

McIlhinney raised $824,637 during the 2006 election cycle.

His top contributors are listed below.

Donor	Amount
Pennsylvania Republican Party	$237,221
Senate Republican Campaign Committee of Pennsylvania	$164,525
Republican Senate Campaign Committee	$36,368
Pennsylvania Medical Society	$19,076
Pennsylvania Future Fund	$15,000
Committee to Elect Joe Conti	$15,000
Friends of Joe Scarnati	$12,500
Fund for Pennsylvania Priorities PAC	$10,000
Pennsylvanians for Effective Government	$10,000
John Templeton, Jr.	$5,100

District 10

McIlhinney represents Pennsylvania Senate District 10. District 10 includes the Northeast Philadelphia suburbs of Falls Township and Doylestown in Bucks and Montogmery Counties.

Personal

Charles is married to Jennifer McIlhinney. They have one child and resides in Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania.

External links

Suggest a link

• Charles McIlhinney's official campaign website
• Charles McIlhinney's personal website
• Profile from the Pennsylvania Senate website
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign Contributions: 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998

References

Political offices
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