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Vito Malacari
Vito Malacari (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 119. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Malacari completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Vito Malacari was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Malacari earned a bachelor's degree from King's College in 2009 and a graduate degree from Wilkes University in 2013. His career experience includes working as a teacher, laborer, coach, and referee for high school sports. Malacari has been affiliated with PSEA, the NEPA Health Trust Consortium, and the NAACP.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 119
Alec Ryncavage defeated Vito Malacari in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 119 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alec Ryncavage (R) | 55.5 | 12,183 |
 | Vito Malacari (D)  | 44.5 | 9,772 | |
| Total votes: 21,955 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 119
Vito Malacari advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 119 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vito Malacari | 100.0 | 5,218 |
| Total votes: 5,218 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 119
Alec Ryncavage defeated Thomas Williams in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 119 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alec Ryncavage | 54.5 | 3,378 |
| Thomas Williams | 45.5 | 2,816 | ||
| Total votes: 6,194 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- George Thomas (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
To view Malacari's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Vito Malacari completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Malacari's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Pennsylvanians are being crushed under a mountain of rising prices. The cost of everything from food to gas has risen, weighing on people all across the Commonwealth. We need to support the families of Pennsylvania and offset the rising costs of goods. I will work with our federal partners to secure funding to end the unfunded mandate known as The Rain Tax On Day 1 I will fight to help families by issuing gas tax refunds of $250 to every registered vehicle owner in Pennsylvania, up to 4 per household ($1000) - Signing onto the Shapiro Plan for relief Vito will fight to eliminate the state’s burdensome cell phone tax of 11%. This will save people money monthly on their cell phone bills Vito will work in a bipartisan manner to find
- Vito believes that high-quality education for every child in Pennsylvania leads to high-quality jobs. On top of fighting for equitable funding for all schools, Vito will fight for: Access to high-quality pre-K for all 4 years olds Expansion of the free and reduced lunch program Enabling more career readiness programs through vo-tech and traditional school partnerships A newfound respect for teachers and their profession through loan forgiveness The continuation of reduction of standardized tests in the classroom to allow for more instruction time I want to fight to continue to reduce the standardized tests our kids take each year and give more time to teachers to teach. Enhance school safety by meeting the needs of local district
- Vito believes that every person is entitled to access high-quality, affordable healthcare. No person living in Pennsylvania should fear the costs of healthcare when seeking to better their health. We must ensure that all people of the 119th have the right to live a sustainable and gratifying life. That begins with access to affordable and quality healthcare If elected, Vito will fight for: Lower prescription drug costs Supporting our frontline healthcare workers and fair contracts Expanded access to mental health services Increased access to prevention and treatment programs for those families struggling with addiction. This especially includes opioids which disproportionately impacts our region Limiting out-of-pocket costs for seni
I am a pro-labor candidate as well. I will fight to ensure that people have the right to organize themselves into Unions to better their wages and working environments.
I want to support small and medium-sized businesses. For far too long these businesses have not had the same opportunities to grow and prosper. We must do better.
Working families need to be put back at the forefront of our politics. Working families deserve to have more good days than bad by driving family sustaining jobs to our area
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 119 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 14, 2022
