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Larry Padora
| Larry Padora | ||
| Candidate for | ||
| Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 124 | ||
| Party | Republican | |
| Personal | ||
| Profession | Small business owner | |
| Websites | ||
| Campaign website | ||
Contents |
Padora's professional experience includes owning and operating an Italian bakery.
Issues
Campaign themes
Padora's website highlights the following campaign themes:[1]
Padora's priorities
- "Fighting for the elimination of all property taxes and replacing them with a fairer system, instead of continuing with small, band-aid fixes that leave most taxpayers in jeopardy of losing their homes or businesses."
- "Cutting wasteful spending to adequately fund vital services while easing the tax burden."
- "Comprehensively reforming the state pension system to be more like private sector retirement benefits."
- "Attracting good-paying jobs to the District through reforming the business tax structure."
- "Ending Harrisburg's infamous system of pay raises, per deims, and lavish benefits for lawmakers."
Elections
2012
Padora ran in the 2012 election for Pennsylvania House District 124. Padora was defeated by incumbent Jerry Knowles in the April 24 Republican primary.[2]
| Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 124 Republican Primary, 2012 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|
|
57% | 4,478 |
| Larry Podora | 43% | 3,378 |
| Total Votes | 7,856 | |
Personal
Padora and his wife, Sonja, have two children; Cheyenne and Trinity.
Recent news
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Larry Padora News Feed
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