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John Fetterman grew up in York, PA, and attended Albright College, where he played offensive tackle for the Lions. He spent two years with AmeriCorps, where he served in Pittsburgh’s historic Hill District, helping to set up the first computer labs in the neighborhood and teaching GED classes to young mothers and fathers.
He went on to earn a Masters Degree in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where he focused on finding solutions in social work, business, and public policy to confront urban challenges and economic inequality.
In 2005 he ran for mayor of Braddock, PA and won the crowded primary by a single vote. He served 14 years in that role.
In 2016 he ran for U.S. Senate, losing in the Democratic primary, and in 2018 was elected Pennsylvania’s 34th Lieutenant Governor, after defeating the incumbent Lieutenant Governor in the Democratic primary.
When back home in Braddock, John, his wife Gisele, and their three children live in a restored car dealership.
John Fetterman grew up in York, PA, and attended Albright College, where he played offensive tackle for the Lions. He spent two years with AmeriCorps, where he served in Pittsburgh’s historic Hill District, helping to set up the first computer labs in the neighborhood and teaching GED classes to young mothers and fathers.
Harrisburg Hilton at noon, Monday, November 25
Lawrence Tabas
Chairman
Republican Party of Pennsylvania
Lawrence Tabas was elected Chairman of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania on July 13, 2019.
As longtime general counsel to the party, Tabas has argued cases for Republican candidates at the local, state and federal level.
With more than four decades representing his party and its candidates, Tabas became party chairman at a time the party faced fundraising challenges and attacks from opposition party institutions and activists.
His representation places special emphasis on campaign finance law (federal and state), ballot referendum matters, nomination petitions and ballot access, recounts and election contests, regulatory matters, corporate and association-sponsored political action committees, voting equipment and systems, conduct of elections, and much more.
Tabas is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and earned his law degree at Georgetown University. He lives with his wife, Libby, in Philadelphia.
State Senator Katie Muth
(D-Montgomery, Chester, Berks)
Senator Katie Muth was elected in November 2018 to the state Senate’s 44th District, representing Montgomery, Chester and Berks Counties.
Born and raised in western Pennsylvania, Senator Muth was educated at Penn State where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Athletic Trainers, and obtained her master’s degree at A.T. Still University of Health Sciences in Mesa, Arizona.
While completing her master’s thesis, she promoted health care for student athletes and studied concussion-related injuries at high schools in the Phoenix area. Senator Muth most recently served as an adjunct professor of kinesiology at a local university, while also practicing sports medicine.
Senator Muth got her start in politics as a volunteer in political campaigns before moving on to form and chair Indivisible Mid Montco.
With a proven record of activism, Senator Muth is focused on helping those struggling to find affordable health care, ensuring equal pay for equal work, promoting a livable wage and paid family medical leave. In addition, the senator is focused on aiding students who are overburdened by heavy student loans.
Senator Muth’s father Scott worked for 44 years in the industrial machine industry. Her mother, Jennifer, was a nutritionist. Both grandfathers were World War II veterans.
Senator Muth and her husband, Trevor, reside in Royersford, Montgomery County.