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Nick McGaw
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Nick McGaw (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 109. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
McGaw completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Nick McGaw was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor's degree from Alfred University in 2005. His career experience includes working as a business owner, town councilman, and elections judge.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 109
Incumbent Robert Leadbeter defeated Nick McGaw in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 109 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Leadbeter (R) | 67.0 | 21,586 |
 | Nick McGaw (D)  | 32.7 | 10,534 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 76 | ||
| Total votes: 32,196 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 109
Nick McGaw advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 109 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nick McGaw | 98.3 | 3,411 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 59 | ||
| Total votes: 3,470 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 109
Incumbent Robert Leadbeter defeated Matt Yoder in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 109 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Leadbeter | 82.3 | 6,385 |
| Matt Yoder | 17.4 | 1,347 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 27 | ||
| Total votes: 7,759 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for McGaw in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Nick McGaw completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by McGaw's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a small business owner, operating Endless Records & Books in downtown Bloomsburg since 2010. I currently serve on Bloomsburg Town Council, and on the boards of Downtown Bloomsburg Inc. and the Municipal Authority. Previously, I served 2 terms as a Columbia County Judge of Elections. I was born at Bloomsburg Hospital, went to public school in Berwick (named most likely to succeed in the class of 2001) and lived the majority of my life in Columbia County. I believe our best politics bridge divides instead of deepening them. I strive to serve the district in a nonpartisan, open, and neighborly way. I think it's important as national politics get increasingly ugly to model our Pennsylvania values of brotherhood, collaboration, patience and respect.
- Pennsylvania was founded on the values of brotherhood, respect and equality, and we need those values centered again today. If elected I will be a friendly, available advocate for our communities and strive to represent all of Columbia County in a non-partisan way. As a Bloomsburg town councilman, I have never asked any constituent about their political beliefs, I've only ever asked them how I can help.
- State Representatives, if effective, can make a big difference in channeling state and federal resources to their home districts to invest in communities and shore up necessary infrastructure. We have many needs in our county, from flood protection for our river communities, to the devastating closure of the Berwick Hospital--leaving our 2nd largest community without access to an emergency room, to properly funding our public schools and plugging the loopholes that allow out of the area cyber schools to suck an unfair share of education dollars out of our communities. I hope to bring the maximum amount of state resources to bear on improving Columbia County, using what I've learned about leveraging grants in Bloomsburg.
- I believe in small town America. I love small business, downtowns, and local retail, and have spent my life making sure our area still has some of the retail resources that meant so much to me as a young man. I've done that successfully, despite a number of national recessions, and a massive global realignment in retailing. I know what it's like to run the kind of mom and pop business that contributes so much to the quality of life in small towns, and I have the knowledge necessary to cut red tape, streamline regulation, and make sure we have the best possible environment to attract sustainable business and jobs.
Infrastructure, education, small business, environmental stewardship, public safety, civil rights, and the arts
My favorite presidents are Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt, and there are great biographies everyone should read about both of them.
I own a bookstore, so believe me, there are a whole lot of books I'd love to recommend, but as far as super-formative things, the character of Atticus Finch from Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," encountered as an 8th grader, did a lot to form my judgment of how to have character in this world. The affection for small town American life in books like Sherwood Anderson's "Winesburg, Ohio," and Sinclair Lewis's "Main Street," does a good job of capturing what I love about Columbia County and our communities. I've read everything (literally, I have a 15-volume set) by George Orwell, nearly everything by John Steinbeck, and not that much current political nonfiction. Most of the latter would be better off as a magazine article.
Integrity, responsiveness, judgment, empathy, and friendliness.
I've worked in a lot of roles in my community, both as a small business owner in the downtown for more than a decade, and on our town council. I've also worked on productions for our local theatre group, the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, freelanced for the local paper, the Press Enterprise, served two terms as a Judge of Elections, won an award playing Chuck Berry riffs on a Christmas parade float, and helped make and distribute hundreds of free face masks during the pandemic, amongst many other adventures. I haven't had the financial success of a lucky crypto investor, but I think I've contributed to making my community a better, more interesting place to live. Successfully keeping a book and record store alive in today's world isn't hugely financially rewarding, but making sure Columbia County still has great bookstore and record store options has meant more to me than money. I've built a life of community relationships and local ties, I've consistently sought to find the best in my neighbors, and I've celebrated the area's wins like they were my own.
State Representatives have the opportunity to advocate for their communities, and bring resources back to their home districts to
I hope people think I was a guy who always did his best to help them out. That I did my best, and it wasn't inconsiderable. That I was honest, open, and friendly. And that I always kept my sense of humor.
Yes, I believe my work on Bloomsburg's Town Council, where I helped administer Columbia County's biggest municipality, will be a great help in working at the state level to benefit our area. Many prospective legislators talk about things like positions and views, but when you have experience writing ordinances, passing them, budgeting, negotiating union contracts on behalf of the taxpayer, hiring police, paving roads, etc., you obviously have a head-start in building the networks and relationships that will help get things done in Harrisburg.
Of course, politics is at heart about working together as a political body to best serve the interests of your constituents. Majorities get things done, and nobody who can't work well with others has ever built a majority.
One of my first priorities if elected would be to complete the work of former Rep. Millard and former Sen. Gordner in securing funding for a floodwall to protect Bloomsburg's west end.
Bloomsburg Mayor Justin Hummel
Bloomsburg Councilwoman Toni Bell
Bloomsburg Councilman Jim Garman
Bloomsburg Councilwoman Jaclyn Kressler
Bloomsburg Councilwoman Bonnie Crawford
I believe the partnership governments ask for from their constituents requires absolute financial transparency and any and all reasonable accountability tools. The trust you ask for when you take people's tax money and direct it to public causes can't allow anything less.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 19, 2024
Current members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Joanna McClinton
Majority Leader:Kerry Benninghoff
Minority Leader:Jesse Topper
Representatives
District 1
Patrick Harkins (D)
District 2
Robert Merski (D)
District 3
Ryan Bizzarro (D)
District 4
Jake Banta (R)
District 5
Eric Weaknecht (R)
District 6
Bradley Roae (R)
District 7
Parke Wentling (R)
District 8
Aaron Bernstine (R)
District 9
Marla Brown (R)
District 10
Amen Brown (D)
District 11
Marci Mustello (R)
District 12
District 13
John Lawrence (R)
District 14
Roman Kozak (R)
District 15
Joshua Kail (R)
District 16
Robert Matzie (D)
District 17
Tim Bonner (R)
District 18
K.C. Tomlinson (R)
District 19
Aerion Abney (D)
District 20
Emily Kinkead (D)
District 21
Lindsay Powell (D)
District 22
Joshua Siegel (D)
District 23
Dan Frankel (D)
District 24
La'Tasha Mayes (D)
District 25
Brandon Markosek (D)
District 26
Paul Friel (D)
District 27
Daniel Deasy (D)
District 28
Jeremy Shaffer (R)
District 29
Tim Brennan (D)
District 30
Arvind Venkat (D)
District 31
Perry Warren (D)
District 32
Joe McAndrew (D)
District 33
Mandy Steele (D)
District 34
District 35
Dan Goughnour (D)
District 36
Jessica Benham (D)
District 37
Mindy Fee (R)
District 38
John Inglis (D)
District 39
Andrew Kuzma (R)
District 40
Natalie Mihalek (R)
District 41
Brett Miller (R)
District 42
Dan Miller (D)
District 43
Keith Greiner (R)
District 44
Valerie Gaydos (R)
District 45
Anita Kulik (D)
District 46
Jason Ortitay (R)
District 47
Joe D'Orsie (R)
District 48
Timothy O'Neal (R)
District 49
District 50
Bud Cook (R)
District 51
District 52
Ryan Warner (R)
District 53
Steven Malagari (D)
District 54
Greg Scott (D)
District 55
Jill Cooper (R)
District 56
Brian Rasel (R)
District 57
Eric Nelson (R)
District 58
Eric Davanzo (R)
District 59
Leslie Rossi (R)
District 60
Abby Major (R)
District 61
Liz Hanbidge (D)
District 62
James Struzzi (R)
District 63
Josh Bashline (R)
District 64
R. James (R)
District 65
Kathy Rapp (R)
District 66
Brian Smith (R)
District 67
Martin Causer (R)
District 68
Clint Owlett (R)
District 69
Carl Metzgar (R)
District 70
Matthew Bradford (D)
District 71
Jim Rigby (R)
District 72
Frank Burns (D)
District 73
Dallas Kephart (R)
District 74
Dan Williams (D)
District 75
Mike Armanini (R)
District 76
District 77
Scott Conklin (D)
District 78
Jesse Topper (R)
District 79
Louis Schmitt (R)
District 80
Scott Barger (R)
District 81
Richard Irvin (R)
District 82
Paul Takac (D)
District 83
Jamie Flick (R)
District 84
Joe Hamm (R)
District 85
David Rowe (R)
District 86
Perry Stambaugh (R)
District 87
Thomas Kutz (R)
District 88
Sheryl Delozier (R)
District 89
Rob Kauffman (R)
District 90
Chad Reichard (R)
District 91
Dan Moul (R)
District 92
Marc Anderson (R)
District 93
Mike Jones (R)
District 94
Wendy Fink (R)
District 95
Carol Hill-Evans (D)
District 96
Nikki Rivera (D)
District 97
Steven Mentzer (R)
District 98
Tom Jones (R)
District 99
David Zimmerman (R)
District 100
Bryan Cutler (R)
District 101
John Schlegel (R)
District 102
Russell Diamond (R)
District 103
Nate Davidson (D)
District 104
Dave Madsen (D)
District 105
Justin Fleming (D)
District 106
Thomas Mehaffie (R)
District 107
Joanne Stehr (R)
District 108
Michael Stender (R)
District 109
Robert Leadbeter (R)
District 110
Tina Pickett (R)
District 111
Jonathan Fritz (R)
District 112
Kyle Mullins (D)
District 113
Kyle Donahue (D)
District 114
District 115
Maureen Madden (D)
District 116
Dane Watro (R)
District 117
Jamie Walsh (R)
District 118
James Haddock (D)
District 119
Alec Ryncavage (R)
District 120
Brenda Pugh (R)
District 121
Eddie Pashinski (D)
District 122
Doyle Heffley (R)
District 123
Tim Twardzik (R)
District 124
Jamie Barton (R)
District 125
Joe Kerwin (R)
District 126
Jacklyn Rusnock (D)
District 127
Manuel Guzman (D)
District 128
Mark Gillen (R)
District 129
District 130
David Maloney (R)
District 131
Milou Mackenzie (R)
District 132
District 133
Jeanne McNeill (D)
District 134
Peter Schweyer (D)
District 135
Steve Samuelson (D)
District 136
Robert Freeman (D)
District 137
Joe Emrick (R)
District 138
Ann Flood (R)
District 139
Jeff Olsommer (R)
District 140
Jim Prokopiak (D)
District 141
Tina Davis (D)
District 142
Joseph Hogan (R)
District 143
Shelby Labs (R)
District 144
Brian Munroe (D)
District 145
Craig Staats (R)
District 146
Joseph Ciresi (D)
District 147
Donna Scheuren (R)
District 148
Mary Daley (D)
District 149
Tim Briggs (D)
District 150
Joseph Webster (D)
District 151
Melissa Cerrato (D)
District 152
Nancy Guenst (D)
District 153
Ben Sanchez (D)
District 154
Napoleon Nelson (D)
District 155
District 156
District 157
District 158
Christina Sappey (D)
District 159
Carol Kazeem (D)
District 160
Craig Williams (R)
District 161
Leanne Krueger (D)
District 162
David Delloso (D)
District 163
Heather Boyd (D)
District 164
Gina Curry (D)
District 165
Jennifer O'Mara (D)
District 166
Gregory Vitali (D)
District 167
Kristine Howard (D)
District 168
Lisa Borowski (D)
District 169
Kate Klunk (R)
District 170
Martina White (R)
District 171
District 172
Sean Dougherty (D)
District 173
District 174
Ed Neilson (D)
District 175
Mary Isaacson (D)
District 176
Jack Rader (R)
District 177
District 178
Kristin Marcell (R)
District 179
Jason Dawkins (D)
District 180
Jose Giral (D)
District 181
Malcolm Kenyatta (D)
District 182
Benjamin Waxman (D)
District 183
Zachary Mako (R)
District 184
District 185
Regina Young (D)
District 186
Jordan Harris (D)
District 187
Gary Day (R)
District 188
Rick Krajewski (D)
District 189
Tarah Probst (D)
District 190
Roni Green (D)
District 191
Joanna McClinton (D)
District 192
Morgan Cephas (D)
District 193
Torren Ecker (R)
District 194
Tarik Khan (D)
District 195
Keith Harris (D)
District 196
Seth Grove (R)
District 197
Danilo Burgos (D)
District 198
Darisha Parker (D)
District 199
Barbara Gleim (R)
District 200
Christopher Rabb (D)
District 201
Andre Carroll (D)
District 202
Jared Solomon (D)
District 203
Anthony Bellmon (D)
Democratic Party (102)
Republican Party (101)
