Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman

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

Harrisburg Hilton at noon

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.

 

Harrisburg Hilton at noon

Congressman Dwight Evans

Congressman Dwight Evans represents Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South and Center City Philadelphia. He was first elected in a special election in November 2016. Before that, he served as a state representative for 36 years and made history in 1990 when he became the first African-American chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, a position he held for two decades.

He currently serves on the Ways and Means Committee and as vice chair of the Small Business Committee. He is also an at-large member of the executive committee of the Congressional Black Caucus.

A longtime resident of the West Oak Lane neighborhood, he is a graduate of Germantown High School, the Community College of Philadelphia and LaSalle University.