Jim Massey (Pennsylvania)
Jim Massey (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 34. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
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Biography
Jim Massey earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 1971.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 34
Greg Rothman defeated Jim Massey in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 34 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Greg Rothman (R) | 63.5 | 74,238 |
 | Jim Massey (D)  | 36.5 | 42,598 | |
| Total votes: 116,836 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 34
Jim Massey advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 34 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jim Massey | 99.4 | 18,494 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 117 | ||
| Total votes: 18,611 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rick Coplen (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 34
Greg Rothman defeated Mike Gossert in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 34 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Greg Rothman | 67.8 | 27,666 |
| Mike Gossert | 31.7 | 12,933 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 218 | ||
| Total votes: 40,817 | |||
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Campaign finance
2016
Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on April 26, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 16, 2016.
Incumbent Greg Rothman defeated Jim Massey in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 87 general election.[2][3]
| Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 87, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Greg Rothman Incumbent |
62.68% | 22,991 | |
| Democratic | Jim Massey | 37.32% | 13,687 | |
| Total Votes | 36,678 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State | ||||
Incumbent Greg Rothman defeated Michael Travis in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 87 Republican primary.[4][5]
| Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 87 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Greg Rothman Incumbent |
67.39% | 9,093 | |
| Republican | Michael Travis | 32.61% | 4,401 | |
| Total Votes | 13,494 | |||
Jim Massey (D) received enough votes as a write-in candidate to appear on the general election ballot.[6]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jim Massey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Massey's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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While living in Cumberland County, Jim also worked for over 20 years at the Pennsylvania Department of Education, where he helped underprivileged families by serving as the state administrator for the Summer Food Program and Childcare Food Program, ensuring that low-income children across the state did not go unfed when schools were not in-session.
Throughout his career and during his retirement, Jim has spent his free time volunteering at his church, helping at local food banks, coaching youth sports, ushering for local theaters, and working to help previously incarcerated individuals to get back on their feet. He was married for 45 years to his late wife Madelyn, is the proud father of two sons (one a Pennsylvania teacher and the other an engineer), and loves spending time with his two granddaughters.
- Having a son who has taught in Pennsylvania for 14 years, I understand the challenges facing Pennsylvania schools first-hand. From overcrowded classrooms to a focus on useless standardized testing, I plan to help move PA in a direction that focuses more on student growth, while allowing schools to not focus on teaching students to take tests, but instead instilling a love of learning and exploration into a generation of young people who will lead our Commonwealth forward.
- Our current leaders in Harrisburg have allowed Pennsylvania's roads and bridges to crumble. I will make it a priority to make improvements and to not allow such neglect to continue. With the number of trucks on our roads, it is important to expand and improve our highway systems and bridges. I will also push for funding for projects to improve buildings by making them more energy efficient, to plug the abandoned wells across our state, and to invest in sewer and storm water projects. All of these efforts will create more jobs for Pennsylvania!
- I will fight for rural communities, women’s rights to choose, lgbtq+ rights, minority rights, etc.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 12, 2022
- ↑ Pennsylvania Voter Services, "Candidate listing," accessed August 31, 2016
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "November 8, 2016, official election results," accessed May 17, 2017
- ↑ Pennsylvania Secretary of State, "Election Information," accessed February 18, 2016
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2016 Presidential Primary," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Write in winners from April 26, 2016, primary election," accessed June 9, 2016
