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Mark Aurand
Mark Aurand was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 40 of the Pennsylvania State Senate.
This candidate ran in a "race to watch" in one of the 20 chambers identified by Ballotpedia as a battleground chamber.
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. In 2012, when the 25 odd-numbered districts were up for election, a total of three districts were competitive, with a margin of victory of 5 percent or less.
Campaign themes
2014
Aurand's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]
- "Invest in our public education system."
- "Create jobs and build our economy for the future by investing in our infrastructure (roads, bridges, water and sewer facilities) and in job training."
- "Acknowledge the contributions of our lowest paid workers by raising the minimum wage, enabling them to contribute more fully to our economy."
- "Protect the rights of organized labor."
- "Protect our public lands, wells, rivers and streams – I support the protection of our public lands from natural gas development and a moratorium on additional natural gas wells until we can get a better understanding of the risks to our people from this activity."
- "Expand Medicaid as provided in the Affordable Care Act to all of our eligible citizens, saving lives and growing our economy."
- "Protect the lottery, a primary source of funding for our senior citizen programs, from privatization."
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.[2][3]
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.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Mario Scavello |
59.9% | 38,417 | |
| Democratic | Mark Aurand | 40.1% | 25,739 | |
| Total Votes | 64,156 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Mark Aurand |
41% | 4,157 |
| Leonard Scott Parsons | 36.4% | 3,688 |
| Joseph Capozzolo | 22.6% | 2,289 |
| Total Votes | 10,134 | |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Mark + Aurand + Pennsylvania + Senate"
See also
- Pennsylvania State Senate
- Pennsylvania State Legislature
- Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2014
- Pennsylvania State Senate District 40
External links
- Official campaign website
- Mark Aurand on Facebook
- Mark Aurand on LinkedIn
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
Footnotes
- ↑ markaurandforsenate.com, "Mark Aurand for Senate" accessed April 29, 2014
- ↑ 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
