Vincent Hughes

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Vincent Hughes
Democratic Party
Pennsylvania State Senate District 7
Tenure
1994 - Present
Term ends
2028
Years in position
31
Prior offices:
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Years in office: 1987 - 1994
Compensation
Base salary
$110,015.54/year
Per diem
$198/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
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Religion
Christian: Baptist
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Vincent Hughes (Democratic Party) is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing District 7. He assumed office on November 21, 1994. His current term ends on November 30, 2028.

Hughes (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 7. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Hughes attended Temple University.[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Hughes was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Hughes was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Hughes was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Hughes was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Pennsylvania committee assignments, 2017
• Appropriations, Minority chair

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Hughes served on these committees:

Issues

Budget

Despite a 30 to 19 disadvantage in votes, Hughes made it clear he would not be rolling over on the state budget.

"While we are ready to work cooperatively to achieve results, we will not succumb to political expediency or waver in defending our own principles and core beliefs in jobs, investment and progress for all," Hughes wrote in an opinion piece in the Harrisburg Patriot-News.

In that opinion column, Hughes was referring to the approaching struggle over the next state operating budget and the $4 billion to $5 billion shortfall that will have to dealt with by the General Assembly and Republican governor Tom Corbett.[2]

Severance tax

In April 2014, Hughes supported a severance tax on Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry. He argued that there was interest among both parties to further tax natural gas. “Many of us believe, collectively, that a lion’s share, if not all of those dollars, should go to our education system,” said Hughes.[3]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 7

Incumbent Vincent Hughes won election in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 7 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Vincent Hughes
Vincent Hughes (D)
 
98.7
 
113,010
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
1,443

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 114,453
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 7

Incumbent Vincent Hughes advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 7 on April 23, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Vincent Hughes
Vincent Hughes
 
99.4
 
32,285
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
180

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 32,465
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2020

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 7

Incumbent Vincent Hughes won election in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 7 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Vincent Hughes
Vincent Hughes (D)
 
100.0
 
115,760

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 115,760
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 7

Incumbent Vincent Hughes advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 7 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Vincent Hughes
Vincent Hughes
 
100.0
 
51,032

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 51,032
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign finance

2016

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on April 26, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 16, 2016.

Incumbent Vincent Hughes ran unopposed in the Pennsylvania State Senate District 7 general election.[4][5]

Pennsylvania State Senate District 7, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Vincent Hughes Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State


Incumbent Vincent Hughes ran unopposed in the Pennsylvania State Senate District 7 Democratic primary.[6][7]

Pennsylvania State Senate District 7, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Vincent Hughes Incumbent (unopposed)



2012

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2012

Hughes ran in the 2012 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 7. Hughes ran unchallenged in the April 24 primary and was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012. [8][9]

Pennsylvania State Senate, District 7, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngVincent Hughes Incumbent 100% 105,146
Total Votes 105,146

2008

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Hughes was re-elected to Pennsylvania State Senate District 7.[10] Hughes raised $560,965 for this campaign.[11]

Pennsylvania State Senate District 7
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png HUGHES, VINCENT J. (D) 101,996
PERRY, MARC (R) 17,344

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Vincent Hughes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Vincent Hughes campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Pennsylvania State Senate District 7Won general$5,351,296 $5,315,601
2020Pennsylvania State Senate District 7Won general$3,429,183 N/A**
2016Pennsylvania State Senate, District 7Won $3,301,210 N/A**
2012Pennsylvania State Senate, District 7Won $743,859 N/A**
2008Pennsylvania State Senate, District 7Won $560,965 N/A**
2004Pennsylvania State Senate, District 7Won $210,174 N/A**
2000Pennsylvania State Senate, District 7Won $87,128 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Vincent is married to Sheryl Lee Ralph. They have four children and reside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Project Vote Smart, "Rep. Vincent Hughes," accessed March 11, 2014
    2. ↑ Pennsylvania Independent, "Sen. Hughes: Across The Board Budget Cuts Won't Work," accessed January 4, 2011
    3. ↑ WatchDog.org, "Lawmakers still pushing for severance tax in Pennsylvania," April 10, 2014
    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. ↑ Pennsylvania Secretary of State, "Election Information," accessed February 18, 2016
    7. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2016 Presidential Primary," accessed August 2, 2016
    8. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2012 General Primary," accessed March 11, 2014
    9. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2012 General Election," accessed March 11, 2014
    10. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2008 General Election," accessed March 11, 2014
    11. ↑ Follow the Money, "Report on 2008 campaign contributions," accessed March 11, 2014

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