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Deb Ciamacca
Deb Ciamacca (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 168. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Ciamacca completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Deb Ciamacca was born in Winchester, Massachusetts. She served in the United States Marine Corps from 1980 to 1985. Ciamacca earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and history from Pennsylvania State University in 1980. She also earned an MBA from New Hampshire College and a master’s degree in political science from Villanova University. Ciamacca’s career experience includes working as a teacher for Conestoga High School and as Director of Manufacturing for Neutronics Incorporated. She served as President of the Tredyffrin Easttown Education Association, which describes itself as “the voice of education professionals in T/E School District.”[1][2]
Elections
2020
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 168
Incumbent Christopher Quinn defeated Deb Ciamacca in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 168 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Christopher Quinn (R) | 51.0 | 22,399 |
 | Deb Ciamacca (D)  | 49.0 | 21,526 | |
| Total votes: 43,925 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 168
Deb Ciamacca defeated Brittany Forman in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 168 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Deb Ciamacca | 59.0 | 6,017 |
 | Brittany Forman | 41.0 | 4,189 | |
| Total votes: 10,206 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 168
Incumbent Christopher Quinn advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 168 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christopher Quinn | 100.0 | 7,685 |
| Total votes: 7,685 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Deb Ciamacca completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ciamacca's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Deb lives in Media, Pennsylvania with her husband Rich, a former Navy nuclear submarine officer. She has one son, Christopher, a Senior IT auditor who lives in Phoenixville. Deb believes that education is the mechanism that allowed her to succeed and she is a strong proponent of schools as a vehicle for upward mobility. As a graduate of Phoenixville High School, she won an NROTC Scholarship to Penn State. She subsequently attended New Hampshire University, where she obtained her MBA and Villanova University, where she received an MA in Political Science.
- I am a proud graduate of Phoenixville High School and I firmly believe in public education. As a 19 year teacher at Conestoga High School, one of the finest public high schools in America, I believe that public education is the pathway to a better life for all of our citizens. I will work tirelessly to increase education funding, free our students from restrictive standardized tests, support our teachers' independence, and adapt our schools to meet the needs of the 21st Century. I also believe we should increase funding and access to vocational training.
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the trustee of the people's resources. We have a duty to preserve these resources for future generations of Pennsylvanians. To that end, I believe that we need to immediately review the permitting of the Mariner pipelines and shut down the pipeline when it endangers our citizens. I support a moratorium on fracking in the Delaware River Basin, increased funding for the Department of Environmental Protection, a fair severance tax, and stricter laws to protect our air, land, water, and natural environment. I have also taken the #NoFuelMoneyPledge
- As a teacher and as a former Marine Corps officer, I am angered by the scourge of gun violence in our schools and country. I am tired of waking up to news of another school shooting. I am also tired of the quick and seemingly easy solutions such as arming teachers with guns. I believe in common sense measure that will make our schools and communities safer: -A bump stock ban -Universal background checks on all gun sales -An assault weapons ban -A limit on the types of ammunition that can be purchased -Gun buyback programs -Increased funding for mental health I will fight tirelessly to work with my fellow legislators to achieve these reforms
I want to be the voice of students who want to go to school each day without the fear of a shooter coming into their classroom.
I want to be the voice of women who want the right to control their own bodies without the fear of the government ordering them what to do.
I want to be the voice of voters who want to choose their own legislators rather than have their legislators rig the districts to choose their voters.
I want to be the voice of workers who believe that the economy doesn't work for them, it works for the people at the top.
Last year, I used my voice after the Parkland High School shooting:
I wrote an editorial for Time Magazine and appeared on many television shows (BBC, CBS, Comedy Central) advocating for common sense gun safety reform.
I gave speeches and talked to everyday people.
1. Fair education funding - we can never ask our kids to lift themselves up when the state is 47th in funding our schools in the US.
2. Minimum wage - we consistently fail to help the poorest amongst us by neglecting to reward hard work and effort.
3. Environment - we need to find a balance between the economic needs of the state and the environment which is being degraded and destroyed every day.
4. Budget - unsustainable budget that barely is in the black. At the first signs of economic downturn our budget will collapse. Where will new revenue come from.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Tredyffrin/Easttown Education Association, accessed March 10, 2020
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 3, 2020
