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Ed Pawlowski
Ed Pawlowski was the 41st mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Pawlowski ran for election to the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania in 2016.[1] He dropped out of the race prior to the primary.[2]
Pawlowski was briefly a 2014 Democratic candidate for governor of Pennsylvania in the 2014 elections.[3][4][5]
Biography
Pawlowski became the 41st Mayor of Allentown in 2006. Prior to serving as mayor, he was Allentown’s director of community and economic development. He first moved to Allentown in the 1990s to become President/CEO of the nonprofit Alliance for Building Communities.[6]
Education
- Bachelor's degree, Moody Bible Institute
- Master's degree, urban planning and public policy, University Of Illinois
Elections
2016
The race for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat was one of nine competitive battleground races in 2016 that helped Republicans keep control of the upper chamber after the November 8 general election. Incumbent Pat Toomey (R), who began serving in the Senate in 2011, defeated Katie McGinty (D), Edward Clifford III (L), and write-in candidate Everett Stern (I) in the general election.
Toomey ran his campaign separately from Donald Trump, and he did not tell people who he would vote for on Election Day. Toomey said, “You know, I’m not campaigning with Donald Trump. He’s running his campaign. I’m running mine.”[7][8][9]
Hillary Clinton, who campaigned with McGinty in October, criticized Toomey for not rejecting Trump as his party’s nominee. She said, “How much does he have to hear or to see? If he doesn’t have the courage to stand up against Donald Trump after all of this, then how will he stand up to special interests and powerful forces that are going to be trying to have their way in Washington?”[9]
Speaking about his campaign strategy, Toomey said, “I am convinced that Pennsylvania voters are going to make a complete separation in their minds. … There’s a presidential race going on, quite obviously, lots of attention, lots of focus, everybody’s got their opinion about it, and then there’s a totally separate thing happening in the Senate race — an incumbent senator most people know and an opponent. Totally separate campaign and totally separate judgment.”[9] Toomey stated on Election Day that he voted for Trump.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Pat Toomey Incumbent |
48.8% | 2,951,702 | |
| Democratic | Katie McGinty | 47.3% | 2,865,012 | |
| Libertarian | Edward Clifford | 3.9% | 235,142 | |
| Total Votes | 6,051,856 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Katie McGinty |
42.5% | 669,774 | ||
| Joe Sestak | 32.6% | 513,221 | ||
| John Fetterman | 19.5% | 307,090 | ||
| Joseph Vodvarka | 5.4% | 85,837 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,575,922 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State |
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Pawlowski withdrew from the race before the primary.[2]
2014
Pawlowski briefly ran for election to the office of Governor of Pennsylvania. Pawlowski was seeking the Democratic nomination in the primary but withdrew before the filing deadline. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. Republican incumbent Tom Corbett is running for re-election.[11][5]
Endorsements
- Iron Workers Local 420
- IBEW Local 375
- Lehigh Valley Building Trades (LVBT)[12]
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Pawlowski and his wife, Lisa, have been married for over 25 years and have two children, Mercy and Alex.[13]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Roll Call, "Democrat Announces Senate Bid in Pennsylvania," April 17, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pennsylvania Department of State, "Candidate Database," accessed April 25, 2016
- ↑ The Morning Call, "Qpoll: Pawlowski, Sestak top potential Dem challengers against Corbett," March 13, 2013
- ↑ PoliticsPA, "Exclusive: McGinty to Launch Guv Exploratory Committee," March 18, 2013
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lehigh Valley Live, "Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski officially pulls out of governor's race, citing lack of money," February 4, 2014
- ↑ Facebook, "Ed Pawlowski - About," accessed April 24, 2013
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Pennsylvania: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Pennsylvania Senate - Toomey vs. McGinty," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 The Los Angeles Times, "A Republican Senator's strategy to save his seat in one of the country's tightest races: Avoid Trump," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "Patrick Toomey Wins Re-election in Pennsylvania Senate Race," accessed November 11, 2016
- ↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Allentown mayor runs for governor in 2014," September 8, 2013
- ↑ Politics PA, "Pawlowski Endorsed by Lehigh Valley Building Trades," December 12, 2013
- ↑ Allentown Mayor, " About," accessed April 24, 2013
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