Joseph Capozzolo
Joseph Capozzolo was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 40 of the Pennsylvania State Senate.
He was a 2012 candidate for District 137 of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, but was defeated by incumbent Joe Emrick (R) in the general election.
Elections
2014
Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in that election was March 11, 2014. Mario Scavello was unopposed in the Republican primary, while Mark Aurand defeated Joseph Capozzolo and Leonard Scott Parsons in the Democratic primary. Scavello defeated Aurand in the general election.[1][2]
The Pennsylvania State Senate was a battleground chamber that Ballotpedia identified as having the opportunity to switch partisan control in 2014. The Pennsylvania Senate had a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of four seats, which amounts to 16 percent of the seats up for election in 2014. District 40 in the Senate was identified by Ballotpedia and the Philadelphia City Paper as a battleground district that could determine control of the Pennsylvania State Senate. Republican Mario Scavello won the district and defeated Mark Aurand (D) in the general election. The district favored Democrats by 1 point.[3]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
59.9% | 38,417 | |
Democratic | Mark Aurand | 40.1% | 25,739 | |
Total Votes | 64,156 |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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41% | 4,157 |
Leonard Scott Parsons | 36.4% | 3,688 |
Joseph Capozzolo | 22.6% | 2,289 |
Total Votes | 10,134 |
2012
Capozzolo ran in the 2012 election for Pennsylvania House District 137. Capozzolo ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on April 24 and was defeated by incumbent Joe Emrick (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[4]
Recent news
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See also
- Pennsylvania State Senate
- Pennsylvania State Legislature
- Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2014
- Pennsylvania State Senate District 40
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Official primary results for May 20, 2014," accessed July 9, 2014
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 Official Candidate Listing," accessed March 19, 2014
- ↑ City Paper, "If Dems flip state Senate, it will be with these five seats," March 27, 2014
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2012 Primary Candidate List In Ballot Order," March 9, 2012