Your feedback ensures we stay focused on the facts that matter to you most—take our survey
Patrick Gushue
Patrick Gushue (Republican Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 172. He lost in the Republican primary on April 23, 2024.
Gushue completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Patrick Gushue was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served in the U.S. Army. He earned a high school diploma from Father Judge High School and a bachelor's degree from Gwynedd Mercy University in 2022.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 172
Sean Dougherty defeated Aizaz Gill in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 172 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sean Dougherty (D) | 50.9 | 12,836 |
| Aizaz Gill (R) | 49.0 | 12,340 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 23 | ||
| Total votes: 25,199 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 172
Sean Dougherty defeated incumbent Kevin Boyle in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 172 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sean Dougherty | 72.5 | 3,628 |
 | Kevin Boyle | 26.9 | 1,347 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 31 | ||
| Total votes: 5,006 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 172
Aizaz Gill defeated Patrick Gushue in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 172 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Aizaz Gill | 65.1 | 1,863 | |
 | Patrick Gushue | 34.8 | 996 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 2,861 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gushue in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Patrick Gushue completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gushue's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
- PUBLIC SAFETY - STREAMLINING THE PROCESS, I WILL DIRECT RESOURCES FROM HARRISBURG TO OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT—STRAIGHTFORWARD AND COMMITTED TO A SAFER COMMUNITY.
- HIGH-PAYING JOB CREATION - TAKING A NO-NONSENSE APPROACH, I WILL CUT THROUGH THE RED TAPE TO EMPOWER BUSINESSES, CREATING HIGH-PAYING JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKING FAMILIES.
- TAX REDUCTION - SLASHING TAXES TO PUT MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET FOR YOUR FAMILY. I'LL BE RELENTLESS IN HARRISBURG TO BALANCE THE BUDGET—NO TAX INCREASES UNDER MY WATCH.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
|
Candidate Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 172 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 18, 2024
