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Linda Fields (Pennsylvania)
Linda Fields (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 24. She lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 24
Incumbent Bob Mensch defeated Linda Fields in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 24 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bob Mensch (R) | 52.4 | 54,586 |
 | Linda Fields (D) | 47.6 | 49,558 | |
| Total votes: 104,144 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 24
Linda Fields advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 24 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Fields | 100.0 | 11,502 |
| Total votes: 11,502 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 24
Incumbent Bob Mensch advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 24 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bob Mensch | 100.0 | 12,968 |
| Total votes: 12,968 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| “ | What is your political philosophy?
Ensuring affordable, quality healthcare for all Linda believes that healthcare is a right and not a privilege. Every Pennsylvanian has a right to be able to access affordable, quality healthcare. She supports protecting the Affordable Care Act and the pre-existing conditions mandate. Linda supports legislation that guarantees access to healthcare for all Pennsylvanians. She also supports expanding supplemental programs that provide crucial healthcare to children --like CHIP, and to seniors and veterans. Our people are our greatest resource and we must have a healthcare system that provides appropriate medical care without bankrupting them. Pennsylvanians should not have to make the difficult choice between providing healthcare for their families or paying for food and shelter. Access to healthcare for all Pennsylvanians will help close income disparity across our state. Improving Public Education Linda believes education is the bedrock of opportunity for our children. A student’s social or economic background or zip code should not be the determining factor for a quality education in Pennsylvania. Linda will work to ensure all students and teachers receive adequate funding for Pre-K thru 12th grade, college, and vocational training. Linda supports Fair Funding PA, which is a coalition working to ensure all school funding across Pennsylvania is fair, adequate and sustainable. Pennsylvania needs new revenue streams to fund education such as a severance tax on natural gas extraction. Linda supports initiatives for more affordable college tuition and free college tuition for qualifying Pennsylvanians at state colleges and universities. Linda also supports increased focus on early education programs and vocational programs. Fighting the opioid epidemic Linda believes we must fight the opioid epidemic with compassion and adequate resources. Our family members and neighbors are dying from these highly dangerous, addictive drugs: we must act now. In 2017, over 5,000 Pennsylvanians overdosed from opioids including heroin, fentanyl and oxycontin. The opioid crisis has affected every county and every community across Pennsylvania. This deadly disease does not discriminate and should not be a partisan issue. Linda believes we must fight together against the opioid crisis with increased funding for treatment and education programs. We need tougher punishment for the criminals and industries that profit from the sale and exploitation of opioids. Linda also supports increased funding for understaffed state and local police departments that are tasked with patrolling our counties to keep communities safe from crimes connected to the opioid crisis. Fixing our ailing Infrastructure Linda supports fixing our region’s ailing infrastructure. Our many ailing narrow roads, historic bridges and dated transportation systems need to be fixed, updated and modernized for the safety of our travelers. Infrastructure problems have existed for decades and we must act now with urgency to prevent potential future tragedies. Such large infrastructure projects including extending regional rail service to Pottstown and beyond will also boost our local organized labor force. Modern roadways, airports, railroads and ports will help attract new and existing businesses to our district that will create jobs. Safe and modern infrastructure will help fuel our local economy. Advancing women’s rights Linda remains committed to protecting women’s rights in Pennsylvania. She supports women’s access to safe, quality reproductive healthcare for women as a fundamental right. As a career labor union organizer, Linda staunchly supports equal pay for equal work and raising the minimum wage in Pennsylvania; she will also fight against workplace discrimination based on gender and work to close the gender pay gap. Linda supports tougher laws to combat sexual harassment and sexual assault as well as more resources to make it easier for women to report these criminal acts in the workplace or at home. She will ensure that students in our schools and colleges are protected from sexual harassment and have a safe and effective way to report incidents. Preserving our environment for future generations Linda supports protecting our environment, expanding green spaces, and preserving the rights of hunters and fishermen. This includes enforcement of strategic preservation of woods and farmland, and more public trails, parks, and wildlife sanctuaries and not uncontrolled development. Linda believes access to clean air and clean drinking water is a right and not a privilege. The Commonwealth must prevent fracking and gas pipelines from polluting our surface and groundwater. Our district has many rivers, streams and waterways that need to be protected from pollution. It’s our collective responsibility to “Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful.” Linda supports initiatives that will keep our air and drinking water clean and free from harmful pollutants. She opposes the exploitation of our natural resources to the detriment of Pennsylvanians.[1] |
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| —Linda Fields[2] | ||
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2018
- Pennsylvania State Senate
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