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Ginny Kerslake

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Ginny Kerslake
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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

June 2, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of Guelph, 1988

Graduate

University of Guelph, 1990

Personal
Birthplace
Los Angeles, Calif.
Profession
Analytical services laboratory manager
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Ginny Kerslake (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 167. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.

Kerslake completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Ginny Kerslake was born in Los Angeles, California. She earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Guelph in 1988 and she earned a graduate degree from the University of Guelph in 1990. Kerslake's career experience includes working as an analytical services laboratory manager, as a small business owner, and as a campaign manager.[1]

Elections

2020

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 167

Incumbent Kristine Howard defeated Wendy Graham Leland in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 167 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kristine Howard
Kristine Howard (D)
 
55.8
 
24,261
Image of Wendy Graham Leland
Wendy Graham Leland (R) Candidate Connection
 
44.2
 
19,211

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

Total votes: 43,472
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 167

Incumbent Kristine Howard defeated Ginny Kerslake in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 167 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Kristine Howard
 
59.2
 
6,286
Image of Ginny Kerslake
Ginny Kerslake Candidate Connection
 
40.8
 
4,336

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

Total votes: 10,622
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 167

Wendy Graham Leland advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 167 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Image of Wendy Graham Leland
Wendy Graham Leland Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
5,439

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,439
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Candidate Connection

Ginny Kerslake completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kerslake's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Ginny Kerslake is an earth scientist, mother, small business owner and community leader. After completing a Bachelors in Earth Science and a Masters in Soil Chemistry from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, Ginny managed an analytical services laboratory, specializing in environmental and agricultural testing for fifteen years. In 2004 a career opportunity for her husband brought Ginny, Brian and their two young sons to Chester County. Ginny focused on raising their sons, restoring their historic home in West Whiteland Township and turning a passion for sewing into a small business. For the past three years Ginny has been leading her community in the fight for public safety against the Mariner East pipeline project. Last year Ginny ran for Chester County Commissioner in the Democratic Primary, on the heels of managing the successful 2018 campaign to elect State Representative Danielle Friel Otten in District 155. After winning the endorsement and support of groups like Food & Water Action and Conservation Voters of Pa, Ginny worked to earn an impressive number of votes from across the county as a first-time candidate.
  • We need strong leaders to move our state government in the direction of our shared values- putting people and planet over profits.
  • Ginny Kerslake understands how deeply the fossil fuel industry and other special interests are embedded in our state government. She will stand up for her constituents and all Pennsylvanians.
  • Democrats need the strongest possible candidate to emerge from the Primary to hold this seat against a well-backed Republican challenger. Ginny Kerslake is that Democrat.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: Ginny is a proven environmental champion who will protect our communities by fighting for a halt to Mariner East until a credible emergency plan is developed; elimination of fossil fuel subsidies; renewable energy incentives; alternatives to single use petrochemical plastics; clean energy jobs.

HEALTH AND SAFETY: Ginny believes that building healthy, safe communities is essential to preserving our Constitutional rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Ginny will fight for opioid addiction and substance use disorder solutions;
universal access to comprehensive affordable healthcare; common-sense gun safety reforms

EDUCATION: Ginny believes in full and fairly funded quality public education. Pennsylvania is 47th nationally in funding its public schools and students graduate with the second highest college debt. Ginny will fight for increased state funding to reduce reliance on local property tax; affordable college solutions; reduced standardized testing; increased mental health support, social-emotional learning, and trauma-informed education

ECONOMIC JUSTICE; Ginny believes in fairness and equality in the community and workplace. Ginny will fight for protection from discrimination on the basis of age, gender, religion, sexual orientation and race; unions' and workers' right to organize; fair pay including raising the minimum hourly wage to $15; paid family and parental leave

Intelligence, analytical background as a scientist, empathy, compassion, honesty, courageous, good sense of humor, detail oriented, good communicator and listener
State Representatives are elected to represent their constituents when they are in Harrisburg and at home in their district. People have differing points of view period. As State Representative I will always show up to meet with and list en to all my constituents, understand their concerns and work with others to bring real solutions to the issues that impact our families and communities..

Just as I have done as a community leader, I will proactively work with legislators on both sides of the aisle and build coalitions to fight for the change we need. I will not be afraid to speak truth to power when necessary. We need strong leadership to move Harrisburg in the direction of our shared values. That is the kind of State Representative I will be for the people of the 167th District and all Pennsylvanians.

Protecting our planet, ensuring a safe and healthy future for our children, and building a Pennsylvania that works for all.
My first job was waiting tables when I was sixteen years old and I continued that job throughout my high school and university education. When I was in university, I relied on this income to help pay my rent and buy food and other necessities. It gave me valuable life experience in multitasking and delivering customer service and an understanding of some of the challenges that tipped employees face.
Leonard Cohen's Halleujah, For me it speaks to the beauty and power of life and love, whether perfect or broken.
It may be beneficial in certain ways but not necessary. Any new legislator will need to learn new skills, like learning how to read or craft new legislation. But in many ways, not having prior experience frees up a new legislator to think outside the box and ask pertinent questions that might otherwise not be asked.
Climate change is now widely accepted as an existential threat and that our time to act is running out. But in Pennsylvania, the nation's second largest producer of natural gas and home to the expansive Marcellus Shale formation, there is resistance to moving away from fossil fuels even within the Democratic party. There is a push to tie Pennsylvania to twenty more years of fracking, further invest in pipelines and downstream infrastructure and turn Pennsylvania into a petrochemical plastics hub. My opponent in the Democratic Primary supports this plan.

By contrast, I believe we must divest from this boom and bust industry that endangers the health and safety of our families, communities and workers, pollutes our land, air and water,and contributes to climate change. Instead, we must invest in clean, renewable energy and alternatives to single use petrochemical plastics, creating sustainable good-paying jobs in the process.

Standing in the way of progress is the fossil fuel industry and other special interests that corrupt our state government. These lobbyists and donors influence the action that our state legislators take (and do not take) on issues such as common sense gun safety reform, education, healthcare, fracking and pipelines. Pennsylvania has no limit on campaign contributions, no limit on gifts to elected officials and a lack of transparency in government spending. We need to reform this and elect legislators who will put their constituents first, not corporate lobbyists and donors. We need strong leaders who will stand up to these forces that try to silence the voices of voters.
I would say the relationship should be more cooperative - more give and take. It needs to be more transparent and representative of constituents. The legislature was elected by districts of constituents whereas the Governor by the entire state. Each may have different priorities and different views on how to achieve the goals, but must work toward finding common ground. At the end of the day, a state representative works for her constituents and not the governor.

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