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Tim Brennan
Tim Brennan (Democratic Party) is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing District 29. He assumed office on December 1, 2022. His current term ends on November 30, 2026.
Brennan (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 29. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Tim Brennan was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Brennan graduated from Nativity B.V.M. High School. He earned an associate degree from Ursinus College in 2000 and a law degree from the Widener University 2003.[1][2]
Brennan's career experience includes working as an attorney. Brennan has served as the state president of the Pennsylvania Young Democrats, on the boards of Doylestown Pride Taskforce and the Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center, on the panel of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, on the Pennsylvania Bar Association Civility in the Profession Committee, and on the president's circle of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. He has been affiliated with the Bradbury Sullivan LGBT Community Center, Friends of the Bethlehem Mounted Police, Friends of St. Kieran’s, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the New Jersey Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice Operation Doylestown, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Thoreau Sauntering Society, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians.[1][2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Brennan was assigned to the following committees:
- House Appropriations Committee
- Committee On Ethics, Secretary
- Insurance Committee
- House State Government Committee
- Tourism & Recreational Development Committee
Elections
2024
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29
Incumbent Tim Brennan defeated Steve Mekanik and Rob Ronky in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tim Brennan (D) | 55.6 | 25,176 |
Steve Mekanik (R) | 42.2 | 19,118 | ||
![]() | Rob Ronky (L) ![]() | 2.1 | 963 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 55 |
Total votes: 45,312 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29
Incumbent Tim Brennan advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tim Brennan | 99.6 | 8,588 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 37 |
Total votes: 8,625 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29
Steve Mekanik advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Steve Mekanik | 99.1 | 6,387 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 57 |
Total votes: 6,444 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29
Tim Brennan defeated Diane Smith and Rob Ronky in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tim Brennan (D) ![]() | 55.9 | 21,345 |
![]() | Diane Smith (R) ![]() | 40.9 | 15,601 | |
![]() | Rob Ronky (Independent) ![]() | 3.3 | 1,243 |
Total votes: 38,189 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29
Tim Brennan advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tim Brennan ![]() | 100.0 | 9,664 |
Total votes: 9,664 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Connor O'Hanlon (D)
- Neale Dougherty (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29
Diane Smith advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Diane Smith ![]() | 100.0 | 7,845 |
Total votes: 7,845 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 143
Wendy Ullman defeated Joseph Flood in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 143 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Wendy Ullman (D) | 50.8 | 17,339 |
Joseph Flood (R) | 49.2 | 16,763 |
Total votes: 34,102 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 143
Wendy Ullman defeated Tim Brennan in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 143 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Wendy Ullman | 50.5 | 2,723 |
![]() | Tim Brennan | 49.5 | 2,668 |
Total votes: 5,391 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 143
Joseph Flood advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 143 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Joseph Flood | 100.0 | 4,784 |
Total votes: 4,784 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Tim Brennan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Brennan's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|In law school, I was certified in law and government and drafted and lobbied for an amendment to the PA Constitution to stop partisan Gerrymandering. I also studied international law focusing on the European Convention on Human Rights and the return of the rule of law to Eastern Europe.
In my law practice, I represent injured workers as one of only about two hundred attorneys certified as specialists in workers’ compensation law. For nearly two decades, I have represented municipal governments. I worked for the Governor’s Office of General Counsel, representing the Department of Transportation. I provided pro bono representation to the LGBTQ community, struggling homeowners, first responders, and historical groups. In 2020, I helped beat Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani in court, helping to protect the right to vote and have that vote counted.
I have also served as community college professor and an instructor on animal law and the right-to-know law. I also served on Doylestown Borough Council since 2015.- I would prioritize supporting middle class families, by providing better education opportunities and healthcare, by protecting the right for women to make decisions about starting a family, by fighting for a fair economy that supports main street priorities and by creating more supports for working people.
- I would prioritize protecting our democracy by creating more access to voting, by ensuring each vote is counted and by making it easier for local election boards to do their work. We also need to take steps to protect and improve our democracy, by supporting the arts and non-profit news sources, investing in school civics and fight for government reform.
- I would prioritize improving the quality of Justice for all residents because a truly Just society requires the fair and equal participation of all people. I would do it by fighting to level the playing field for all of our residents regardless of their nation of original, gender, disability, sexual orientation, race or religion.
I am interested in improving education opportunities, investing in infrastructure and improving the dialogue in Harrisburg.
Our legislature has failed to fund public education or address structural deficits, while subsidizing shale and big business at the expense of our kids, targeted tax relief and early childhood education. These are not Main Street priorities. As a former community college professor, I know futures are at stake due to the priorities in Harrisburg. Sound policies there will also mean less dependence on property taxes at home.
Also, our roads, bridges and infrastructure have not been a priority for years. We must invest in our infrastructure and green energy; it will create good paying jobs now and reduce dependence on foreign oil. We rank near last nationally in many infrastructure categories. However, after receiving billions in federal COVID aid, our legislature placed funds in a rainy-day fund. We need to invest now in job creating infrastructure, smart-energy and a 21st century economy.
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2024
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In 2024, the Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session from January 2 to November 14.
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2023
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In 2023, the Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session from January 3 to December 13.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Candidate Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29 |
Officeholder Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 8, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 PA House of Representatives, "Tim Brennan," accessed February 3, 2023
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Preceded by Meghan Schroeder (R) |
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 29 2022-Present |
Succeeded by - |