Rick Saccone

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Rick Saccone
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Candidate, U.S. House Pennsylvania District 18

Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 39
Tenure

2011 - Present

Term ends

2018

Years in position

7

Republican Party

Compensation

Base salary

$86,478/year

Per diem

$179/day

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2016

Next election

March 13, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

Weber State University

Graduate

University of Oklahoma; Naval Postgraduate School

Ph.D

University of Pittsburgh

Personal
Profession
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Contact

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Richard 'Rick' Saccone is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing District 39. He was first elected to the chamber in 2010.

Saccone is a 2018 Republican special election candidate seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 18th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. Saccone previously declared his candidacy for Pennsylvania's 2018 U.S. Senate election. He withdrew from that race to run for the 18th District seat following 18th District incumbent Tim Murphy's (R) October 2017 announcement that he was resigning from office.[1]

Biography

Saccone earned a B.S. from Weber State University in 1981, an M.P.A. from the University of Oklahoma in 1984, an M.A. in National Security Affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1987 and a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 2002. His experience includes work as a political science professor at St. Vincent College and service as a counterintelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force.

Elections

2018

See also: Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District special election, 2018


Campaign themes

“ Lower Taxes

As State Representative, Rick Saccone passed 6 balanced budgets with zero tax increases while still providing the highest education spending in Pennsylvania history.

More Jobs A business leader, Rick Saccone was named a “Guardian of Small Business” by the National Federation of Independent Business for his pro-business legislative record.

Government Reform Rick Saccone championed legislation that cut wasteful spending, reduced the size of the legislature, and banned gifts to elected officials.

Fixing Obamacare Under Obamacare, health insurance has become unaffordable. Rick Saccone will utilize free-market principles to fix our healthcare crisis.

Immigration Reform Rick Saccone will fight for intense vetting of immigrants coming from terror-training countries. He supports Kate’s Law and securing our borders.

Keep Us Safe Rick Saccone took down terrorists in Iraq and successfully negotiated with the North Koreans. He knows what it takes to protect Americans. [2]

”
—Rick Saccone for Congress[3]

Campaign ads

"Proven" - Ending Spending Inc. ad, released January 3, 2018
"Better" - 45Committee ad, released January 17, 2018
"Built American Tough" - National Republican Congressional Committee ad, released January 30, 2018
"Flock" - Congressional Leadership Fund ad, released January 31, 2018
"People ahead of politics. Period" - Rick Saccone campaign ad, released February 1, 2018
"Changing Lives" - National Republican Congressional Committee ad, released February 6, 2018



Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
Pennsylvania Committee Assignments, 2017
• Children & Youth
• Judiciary
• State Government
• Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Saccone served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Saccone served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Saccone served on these committees:

The following table lists bills sponsored by this legislator. Bills are monitored by BillTrack50 and sorted by action history.


Campaign donors

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Why is that? While candidates and parties must file detailed expenditure reports, independent organizations and unions are not required to file reports in every case. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer.

Comprehensive donor information is shown below. Based on available campaign finance records, Rick Saccone raised a total of $682,171 in elections. Ballotpedia updates the information below in the years following a general election.[14]
Rick Saccone Campaign Contribution History
Year Office Result Contributions
2016 Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 39 Won $41,202
2014 Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 39 Won $189,987
2012 Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 39 Won $291,485
2010 Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 39 Won $159,497
Grand Total Raised $682,171
Source: Follow the Money

2016

Saccone won re-election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2016. During that election cycle, Saccone raised a total of $41,202.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives 2016 election - Campaign Contributions
Top contributors to Rick Saccone's campaign in 2016
Pennsylvania Republican Party$7,787
Abbondanza, Christopher$3,000
Erie Indemnity Co$2,000
Pennsylvania Life Pac$1,500
Pennsylvania Bankers Association$1,250
Total Raised in 2016$41,202
Source: Follow the Money

2014

Saccone won re-election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2014. During that election cycle, Saccone raised a total of $189,987.

2012

Rick Saccone won re-election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2012. During that election cycle, Rick Saccone raised a total of $291,485.

2010

In 2010, Saccone raised a total of $159,497 in campaign funds.[15] His top contributors were:

Donor Amount
House Republican Campaign Cmte of Pennsylvania $84,848
Republican Party of Pennsylvania $17,381
Pennsylvania Republican Party $16,382
Joel Jukus (Republican Party of PA) $15,837

Scorecards

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2016

In 2016, the Pennsylvania General Assembly was in session from January 5 through November 30.

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2015


2014


2013


2012


2011

Endorsements

2018

Saccone has received endorsements from the following in 2018:[16]

Recent news

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Rick Saccone News Feed

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ CBS Pittsburgh, "Pa. Rep. Rick Saccone suspends Senate run, bids to replace Murphy," October 8, 2017
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributed to the original source.
  3. ↑ Rick Saccone for Congress, "Home," accessed February 14, 2018
  4. ↑ Pennsylvania Voter Services, "Candidate listing," accessed August 31, 2016
  5. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "November 8, 2016, official election results," accessed May 17, 2017
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pennsylvania Secretary of State, "Election Information," accessed February 18, 2016
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Pennsylvania Department of State, "2016 Presidential Primary," accessed August 2, 2016
  8. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Official primary results for May 20, 2014," accessed July 9, 2014
  9. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 Official Candidate Listing," accessed March 21, 2014
  10. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 General Election," accessed December 5, 2014
  11. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Official Primary Results," accessed April 15, 2014
  12. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2012 Primary Candidate List," April 15, 2014
  13. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2010 General Election Results," accessed May 2, 2014
  14. ↑ The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties, likely representing only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. See this page for more details.
  15. ↑ Follow the Money, "2010 Campaign Contributions," accessed May 8, 2014
  16. ↑ Rick Saccone - US Congress, "Endorsements," accessed January 5, 2018
  17. ↑ Observer-Reporter, "Trump, Pence throw weight behind Saccone in 18th District race," January 24, 2018
  18. ↑ House Freedom Fund, "Endorsements," accessed March 1, 2018
  19. ↑ Twitter, "Donald J. Trump on January 18, 2018," accessed January 18, 2018
  20. ↑ TRIBLive, "Vice President Pence stumps for Rick Saccone in western Pennsylvania," February 2, 2018
  21. ↑ Trib Live, "Former UN Ambassador Bolton endorses Saccone for Congress," January 24, 2018
Political offices
Preceded by
David Levdansky (D) 		Pennsylvania House of Representatives 39
2011 – Present 		Succeeded by
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House Speaker: Mike Turzai (R) • Majority Leader: Dave Reed (R) • Minority Leader: Frank Dermody (D)
   
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