Voters Guide: What to know about PA races including attorney general, treasurer and more
Pennsylvania US Senator
Description of office: The U.S. Constitution prescribes that the Senate be composed of 100 members (two Senators from each state). One third of the total membership of the Senate is elected every two years. A Senator must be at least 30 years of age, a citizen of the United States for at least nine years and be a resident of the State from which s/he is chosen at the time of the election. Senators write and vote in favor of or against final bills and serve on various policy committees. The Senate has several exclusive powers not granted to the House including advice/consent on presidential nominations and treaties and conducting the trial of federal officials impeached by the House.
Term: 6 years
Salary: $174,000
Vote for ONE.
Democratic:
Robert P. Casey, Jr.
County: Lackawanna
Occupation: U.S. Senator
Education: B.A. College of the Holy Cross and J.D. Catholic University of America
Qualifications: Senator Bob Casey is one of Pennsylvania’s two sitting senators and has a record of delivering for Pennsylvanians. He has helped create thousands of good-paying jobs in the Commonwealth, lowered costs for families and seniors, secured our rights, and fought for Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable.
Campaign website: bobcasey.com
Facebook: facebook.com/BobCaseyJr
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bobcaseyjr
Q: What do you see as the most pressing issues facing the country, and how would you address them?
A: I’m fighting for our rights, lower costs for working families, economic freedom for workers, and our country’s children, seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities. I see each of these fights as critical for our country. I’ve supported legislation to defend democracy, protect a woman’s right to choose, and a worker’s right to organize. I’m holding big corporations accountable for greedflation and raising prices on working people while they rake in record profits. I’ve helped pass legislation that will create tens of thousands of new jobs in Pennsylvania and saved pensions for tens of thousands of workers. I also helped pass the PACT to provide care to veterans who have suffered after being exposed to toxic burn pits.
Q: What changes, if any, would you support that would help Congress function more efficiently and effectively?
A: I support increasing ethical standards in Washington and reducing conflicts of interest to hold government officials to the high standards that Americans expect of them. I’m an original co-sponsor of the For The People Act, which would increase restrictions on coordination between Super PACs and candidates. I also co-sponsored and helped pass the Stock Act, which banned members of Congress from trading stocks based on non-public information and I back efforts to stop members from trading stocks entirely. I believe all of these steps aimed at increasing transparency and accountability will help make our Congress work better for Americans. I will continue to fight for greater transparency in politics.
Q: What legislation would you support to protect voting rights and safeguard access to free and fair elections?
A: I am working hard to protect the fundamental right to vote from extreme MAGA Republicans across the country who are trying to erect new barriers to voting. I co-sponsored the Freedom to Vote Act to ensure every American can access the ballot box on an equal basis, including by setting minimum standards for early and mail voting, modernizing voter registration, and ending partisan gerrymandering. I am also an original co-sponsor of the John Lewis Votings Rights Advancement Act, which would ensure that voters in states with a history of voting rights violations have equal access to voting as all other Americans. In addition, I sponsored the Accessible Voting Act of 2021 to make it easier for seniors and those living with a disability to vote.
Q: How do you view the role of the US in responding to challenges facing the international community?
A: I believe we must protect our interests abroad with diplomatic engagement, working with allies, and foreign assistance, coupled with our national security apparatus. Our nation is currently facing immense national security challenges, including competing with China, combating climate change alongside global allies, fighting terrorism, countering Russia’s aggression, supporting our ally in Israel and providing humanitarian aid in Gaza, and combating the threat of nuclear terrorism. I have worked to address these challenges as a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence, where I have pursued a national security strategy that protects our interests, promotes human rights throughout the world, and supports those who serve our country.
Republican:
Dave McCormick
County: Allegheny
Campaign website: davemccormickpa.com
Facebook: facebook.com/DaveMcCormickPA
Did not respond to questions.
Pennsylvania Attorney General
Description of office: The basic duties of the Attorney General, as outlined by the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, are to: serve as the Commonwealth’s chief law enforcement officer; collect all debts, taxes, and accounts due to the Commonwealth; represent the Commonwealth and all its agencies in any action brought by or against the Commonwealth; administer the provision relating to consumer protection laws; and represent the Commonwealth and its citizens in any action brought about for violation of the antitrust laws.
Term: 4 years
Salary: $197,748
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Democratic:
JACK STOLLSTEIMER
County: Delaware
Occupation: District Attorney
Education: Temple University’s Beasley School of Law
Qualifications: District Attorney Delaware County
Campaign website: jackforag.com
Facebook: facebook.com/jack4ag
Q: What are your top three priorities to address as Attorney General?
A: 1) Reducing gun violence in every community 2) Prosecuting wage theft and protect the right to collectively bargain 3) Protecting our environment and women’s reproductive rights.
Q: What specific challenges does the Pennsylvania criminal justice system face, and how would you address them?
A: As District Attorney, I see everyday people in our criminal justice system who are suffering from mental health challenges and substance use disorders. We need more resources to divert these people into programs that offer hope.
Q: What do you see as the primary challenges to achieving equality under the law?
A: Inequality of resources will always be the primary challenge to ensuring equality under our laws.
EUGENE DEPASQUALE
County: Allegheny
Occupation: Attorney/Adjunct Professor
Education: BA from The College of Wooster (OH), an MPA from the University of Pittsburgh and a JD from Widener University School of Law.
Qualifications: Eugene DePasquale is the former two-term Auditor General of Pennsylvania. Prior to his tenure as Auditor General, DePasquale was a three-term member of the state General Assembly representing the 95th District.
Campaign Website: depasqualeforag.com
Facebook: facebook.com/DePasqualePA
Q: What are your top three priorities to address as Attorney General?
A: My top priorities are protecting our democracy, defending reproductive freedom, and protecting against corporate greed. Protecting our Democracy is the greatest task and potential crisis we face - which the Attorney General will be front and center on. Reproductive freedoms are under attack across the country. From when to choose not to have a family through abortion to when to choose to have a family through IVF treatments, I believe Pennsylvanians should have the freedom to make those decisions for themselves. As Attorney General, I will be your legal advocate against corporate greed. I will crack down on businesses and CEOs taking advantage of consumers and help defend workers from wage theft, stop price gouging, and close tax loopholes.
Q: What specific challenges does the Pennsylvania criminal justice system face, and how would you address them?
A: As Attorney General, I will work with law enforcement to protect our communities by investing in prevention tactics and holding those who threaten our safety accountable. I will work to restore trust between residents and local law enforcement to ensure our police can best serve and protect the Commonwealth.
Q: What do you see as the primary challenges to achieving equality under the law?
A: There are so many places that we have challenges achieving equality under the law, including LGBTQ protections, the criminalization of addiction, and disparities in how the law treats people of different races and ethnicities. As Attorney General, I would enforce the law equally, but also advocate for changes in the law that gave Pennsylvanians greater protections from these inequalities.
JOE KHAN
County: Bucks
Occupation: Attorney
Education: I’m a proud graduate of Philadelphia public schools (and now a proud Central Bucks School District dad). I earned my undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College before attending the University of Chicago School of Law, where Professor Barack Obama helped guide me on a path of public service.
Qualifications: I am the most experienced prosecutor running, having served 10 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office and 6 years in the Philadelphia DA’s Office. I also have the strongest record on civil justice and won statewide recognition for defending our rights and battling corruption as Bucks County Solicitor.
Campaign website: joekhan.com
Facebook: facebook.com/JoeKhanforPA
Instagram: instagram.com/joekhan252
Q: What are your top three priorities to address as Attorney General?
A: Aside from ensuring that the Attorney General’s Office continues to promote public safety in all 67 counties, we will have three immediate priorities on Day One. First, we will need to protect Pennsylvanians from attacks on our rights, including reproductive rights and the right to vote, which will be under assault from a battery of legal challenges by election deniers in January 2025. Second, we will create Pennsylvania’s first-ever Housing Justice Unit to ensure that the Attorney General’s Office is doing its part to address the housing crisis. Third, we will reimagine the Environmental Crimes Unit as an Environmental Justice Unit to use the awesome power of our office broadly to enforce our constitutional right to a safe environment.
Q: What specific challenges does the Pennsylvania criminal justice system face, and how would you address them?
A: Bias is the throughline between so many of our most pressing issues. As Attorney General, I’ll tackle these problems by leveraging my expertise and credibility as a prosecutor, starting with our justice system’s inconsistent treatment of victims of offenses such as sexual assault, domestic violence and hate crimes. I’ll also provide a model for best practices and priorities on issues like bail, forfeiture, and diversion, where my success will provide templates for legislative reform. I’ll root out police corruption across the state and change the culture of cronyism that flourishes in too many DA’s Offices. And I will be fearless in using my role on the Board of Pardons to right wrongs that occurred in the past.
Q: What do you see as the primary challenges to achieving equality under the law?
A: In my experience, the scales of justice don’t balance themselves. The extreme rollback of our rights by the radical majority on the U.S. Supreme Court is a reminder that our system of justice is only as good as the people in it. As a prosecutor, I fought for justice as an advocate for vulnerable communities – and usually had to push against gravitational pulls to ensure that the law was being applied fairly and equally. Every lawsuit I filed against a big corporation was an uphill battle to get justice for the vulnerable. And when I’ve defended our rights, it’s been against forces with much more resources. Fighting for equality is hard work, and the setbacks can be discouraging. We just need to stick together and continue the fight.
KEIR BRADFORD-GREY
County: Philadelphia
Occupation: Attorney
Education: BA- Albany State University; JD- Ohio Northern University Pettit School of Law
Qualifications: As both a federal and Chief Defender, I’ve pioneered legal theories for equal protection, transforming the state’s largest public defender association into a community defender. I also bring effective administrative skills and unmatched expertise in improving systems and delivering just outcomes.
Campaign website: keirforag.com
Facebook: facebook.com/keirforpa
Instagram: instagram.com/keirforpa
Q: What are your top three priorities to address as Attorney General?
A: Throughout my career, I have pushed the envelope to advance the principles of the law so that they are applicable to our current societal norms and needs. As Attorney General, I’ll challenge powerful interests, from corporate polluters to predatory lenders. My top priorities will include protecting access to vital services like healthcare and housing, ensuring financial stability by holding accountable those engaging in predatory practices, and tackling crimes committed in boardrooms, such as illegal gun distribution and pharmaceutical companies’ false advertising. I am committed to being the people’s lawyer, advocating for fairness, justice, and the well-being of all.
Q: What specific challenges does the Pennsylvania criminal justice system face, and how would you address them?
A: Addressing the challenges within the Pennsylvania criminal justice system requires a comprehensive and collaborative approach. As Attorney General, I will actively combat racial disparities, advocating for equitable law enforcement practices and enhanced legal representation, drawing from my experience as a public defender. Improving post-conviction review processes and advancements in forensic science standards to mitigate the risk of wrongful convictions. Tackling inadequate legal representation involves bolstering public defender resources and exploring innovative approaches. Comprehensive reform for overcrowded prisons, enhancing reentry programs, and fostering positive community-police relations through transparency and accountability.
Q: What do you see as the primary challenges to achieving equality under the law?
A: One fundamental challenge is systemic discrimination, deeply rooted in various institutions. Overcoming this requires comprehensive reforms, including in education, employment, and housing, to dismantle discriminatory practices. Additionally, disparities in economic opportunities and healthcare also contribute to unequal outcomes, highlighting the need for policies addressing these socio-economic factors. As Attorney General, my commitment is to address these challenges holistically, advocating for policies that promote economic justice, combat systemic racism, and ensure equitable access to education and healthcare-this includes reproductive health and abortion access.
JARED SOLOMON
County: Philadelphia
Occupation: State Representative and JAG Attorney in PA National Guard
Education: Swarthmore College and Villanova Law
Qualifications: Securities and Antitrust Attorney, Community Organizer, State Representative, Chair of Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, lifetime 100% voting scorecard from Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates
Campaign website: jaredsolomon.com
Facebook: facebook.com/JaredSolomonPA
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jaredgsolomon
Q: What are your top three priorities to address as Attorney General?
A: 1. Abortion and personal health care decisions are between a woman and her doctor, not politicians. As Attorney General, Jared will always protect and defend women’s access to abortion in PA. 2. The right to vote is the fundamental right from which all other rights flow. As Attorney General, Jared will work tirelessly to ensure that all Pennsylvanians can exercise their Constitutional right to the ballot box in free and fair elections. 3. As AG, Jared would work with the legislature to finally bring commonsense gun reforms to PA, including stronger red-flag laws, a ban on assault weapons, expanded background checks, and shutting the ghost gun loophole. Jared will take on the gun lobby, reckless gun retailers, and ghost gun manufacturers.
Q: What specific challenges does the Pennsylvania criminal justice system face, and how would you address them?
A: As Attorney General, Jared would support investment in training and a return of policing in our cities to pre-pandemic engagement with communities so that officers have sectional integrity in all they do and get to know the schools, churches, and businesses within their sector. Each officer needs to build connections within the community they are policing, helping with investigative work and doing preventive policing instead of reactive policing. Similarly, we must rebrand what it means to be a member of the police force in PA with a massive public-service campaign that resonates with the best and brightest of this next generation to uplift our communities from within our communities.
Q: What do you see as the primary challenges to achieving equality under the law?
A: The primary challenge to achieving equality under the law is the outsized influence of special interests who put padding their pocket above protecting Pennsylvanians. These special interests are at every turn: out-of-state landlords who don’t care about the communities their properties are in, reckless gun retailers and ghost gun manufacturers, corporate polluters and frackers to name a few. We need an Attorney General who will take on special interests, political power-brokers, and corporate cheats so that regular hard-working Pennsylvanians have a government that works for them. That’s why we need an AG with Jared’s record of taking on corporate greed as an antitrust and securities attorney, and of taking on Harrisburg as a State Rep.
Republican:
DAVE SUNDAY
County: York
Campaign website: davesundayforag.com
Facebook: facebook.com/DaveSundayforDistrictAttorney
Did not respond to questions.
CRAIG WILLIAMS
County: Delaware
Campaign website: craigwilliamsforpa.com
Facebook: facebook.com/williamsPA160th
Did not respond to questions.
Pennsylvania Auditor General
Description of office: The principal role of the Auditor General is to determine whether state funds are being used in accordance with the purpose and guidelines that govern each use of the Commonwealth’s dollars. The Auditor General conducts financial and performance audits of individuals, state agencies, and organizations that receive state funds, including school districts, state liquor stores, and public employee pension funds. These audits are designed to measure how effectively government programs are using public money to meet their stated goals and objectives. The office performs more than 6,000 audits each year and is responsible for auditing all Pennsylvania state programs that are allocated federal funds.
Term: 4 years
Salary: $197,748
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Democratic:
MALCOLM KENYATTA
County: Philadelphia
Occupation: State Representative
Education: B.A. in Public Communications and a minor in Political Science from Temple University, M.S. in Strategic and Digital Communications from Drexel University, and completed the Harvard Kennedy School’s Executives in State and Local Government program
Qualifications: He is a member of State Government Committee with oversight of state agencies and elections, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Government Operations; Chair of Automation and Technology in the Commerce Committee; and as a member of the Finance and Judiciary committees
Campaign website: malcolmkenyatta.com
Facebook: facebook.com/malcolmkenyatta
X: twitter.com/malcolmkenyatta
Instagram: instagram.com/malcolmkenyatta
Q: What improvements, if any, would you make to the Auditor General’s office?
A: As Auditor General, I will rebuild the bureau of school audits, restart the annual compliance audits ended by the current Auditor General, and demand accountability from all our schools — including cyber charter schools. I will stand up for our workers by creating the first ever Bureau of Labor and Worker Protections and use the power of the office to take on wage theft, employee misclassification, and union busting. I will use the office to measure and support efforts to make communities healthier and safer. We need transparency on how huge hospital nonprofits and long-term care providers use state dollars.
Q: How can you make the work of the Auditor General’s office more transparent to the public?
A: I’m running for Auditor General because it’s time for the underdog to be a watchdog for Pennsylvania’s working families. To ask the tough questions, to help reimagine and streamline government, and to help build the coalitions to fix what’s wrong. It’s what I’ve done as a State Representative for nearly five years, working to protect workers’ rights, enact common-sense gun safety policies, and root out government corruption and waste. We deserve a government that works for working families. That starts with being serious about fixing what’s broken. And it means having an Auditor General who isn’t afraid to stand up for those too often forgotten by our government.
MARK PINSLEY
County: Lehigh
Occupation: Lehigh County Controller
Education: Northeastern University (BSBA); Indiana University: Kelley School of Business (MBA)
Qualifications: Lehigh County Controller (2020-); DermaMed Solutions: President (2011-)
Campaign website: votemarkpinsley.com
Facebook: facebook.com/VoteMarkPinsley
Instagram: www.instagram.com/markpinsley
Q: What improvements, if any, would you make to the Auditor General’s office?
A: The Auditor General is an often-overlooked position and yet has immense power in influencing government. Just as I have as Lehigh County Controller, I will use the full powers of the position to audit for impact. As Auditor General, I vow to divest funds from anti-choice companies, as I did with Wells Fargo in Lehigh Co; audit the state healthcare system where there are hundreds of millions of dollars wasted by price-gouging insurance companies, as I did in Lehigh Co; reveal misdiagnosis of medical child abuse, saving children from wrongful separation, as I did in Lehigh Co; report on the economic costs of underfunding our schools and recommend fair funding; create a wage theft hotline for union workers to report wage theft to my office.
Q: How can you make the work of the Auditor General’s office more transparent to the public?
A: The Auditor General position is not known because, for decades, it was improperly used or underutilized. As Auditor General, I will audit to impact Pennsylvanians. Every single dollar and cent spent by the Commonwealth impacts Pennsylvanians. My job will be to show just how that is the case — how workforce development programs are working, how the state can increase funding for public schools, how Pennsylvanians could have more access to adequate healthcare, how Crisis Pregnancy Centers incur costs on taxpayers and women’s health, how Pennsylvania can have a smooth and just transition to green energy with good union jobs. The Auditor General’s office’s role is transparency, and it must be shown with audits that change policy.
Republican:
TIM DEFOOR
County: Dauphin
Occupation: Auditor General
Education: Associate degree in paralegal studies from Harrisburg Area Community College. University of Pittsburgh- Bachelor’s degree in psychology and earned a second Bachelor’s degree in sociology and history. Master’s in project management from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.
Qualifications: Dauphin County Controller from 2016 to 2020. Elected Pennsylvania Auditor General in 2020. Over 30 years of experience as a Special Investigator with Pennsylvania’s Office of Inspector General, as a Special Agent with Pennsylvania’s Attorney General and in the private sector and federal government.
Campaign website: defoor4pa.com
Facebook: facebook.com/DeFoor4PA
Q: What improvements, if any, would you make to the Auditor General’s office?
A: Under Tim’s leadership, the Auditor General’s office has focused on transforming the office in various ways, which include: how the Department recruits and retains employees; how it audits, making the work more efficient and effective for the taxpayers; and how it is building the next generation, focusing on the need for financial literacy education to be taught across the entire Commonwealth through the ‘Be Money Smart’ initiative.
Q: How can you make the work of the Auditor General’s office more transparent to the public?
A: Tim has transformed and improved how the Auditor General’s office conducts public and charter school audits to ensure that administrators and school boards are accountable and transparent with taxpayer dollars.
Pennsylvania State Treasurer
Description of office: The duty of the Pennsylvania Treasurer is to safeguard the Commonwealth’s financial assets, which total more than $160 billion in public monies. The office manages several programs in order to better serve the financial needs of Pennsylvanians. The Treasury Department is also responsible for: reuniting unclaimed property with its rightful owner; investigating loss, theft, and fraud involving Commonwealth checks; reviewing real estate leases and contracts entered into by Commonwealth agencies; and maintaining the Pennsylvania contracts electronic library. The Treasurer has specific duties in addition to the oversight of the Department: serving as chair of the Board of Finance and Revenue, which selects banks to serve as depositories for state money; setting interest rates paid on Commonwealth deposits; and hearing and deciding state tax appeals.
Term: 4 years
Salary: $197,748
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Democratic:
RYAN BIZZARRO
County: Erie
Occupation: State Representative
Education: B.A. - Masters in Public Policy
Qualifications: 10 years experience in state budgeting process and deep connections in the legislature to implement new programs.
Campaign website: teambizzpa.com
Facebook: facebook.com/RyanForPA
Instagram: www.instagram.com/RyanBizzarro
Q: What improvements, if any, would you make to the State Treasurer’s office?
A: As Treasurer I will create two new programs. IMPACT PA will leverage our impressive investment ability to grow communities right here in PA focusing on communities impacted by lack of available capital, environmental injustice, and decades of disinvestment. Investstructure PA will focus on infrastructure investment and leverage public private partnerships to rebuild our infrastructure and retain and attract families to settle here. I will also modernize the unclaimed property program, making it more transparent and accessible and launching a statewide education campaign to connect more Pennsylvanians with their money.
Q: How can you make the work of the State Treasurer’s office more transparent to the public?
A: When I’m Treasurer, I’ll restore integrity to the office, do my part to protect our democratic institutions from extremist officeholders, and I will do the work. I will start by publishing all information on the performance of Treasury, not just the information from my term which is all that can be found now. As the people’s treasurer, I will bring them closer to the treasurer’s office and make it more accessible to all Pennsylvanians. My plan will shift resources from Harrisburg to establish new regional offices across the commonwealth. We will invest in new technology to make treasury programs more widely available and accessible to people from the palm of their hands with a smartphone or from their home computer.
ERIN MCCLELLAND
County: Allegheny
Occupation: Process Improvement Consultant
Education: BS Psychology & Economics, MS Psychology
Qualifications: Founded and ran a small business, Spent a year training on process improvement and organizational problem solving under former US Treasury Secretary O’Neill, 9 years doing process improvement for government systems in Allegheny County
Campaign website: erinmcclelland.com
Facebook: facebook.com/ErinforPA
Q: What improvements, if any, would you make to the State Treasurer’s office?
A: I would expand the information you could see in the database of state contracts, including searching vendors by union/non-union as well as women and minority-owned businesses. I will provide a recommended vendor list that complies with US trade policies for fulfilling state purchases such as ensuring we are not purchasing from companies that use slave labor, child labor, or conflict-mined materials. I would not invest in foreign holdings and would reinstate the pension investment standards that existed before pension de-regulation in 2003.
Q: How can you make the work of the State Treasurer’s office more transparent to the public?
A: Transparency is a word that is thrown around loosely in politics. However, it is only truly achieved if it is demonstrated at times when it is inconvenient and when we make mistakes. Elected officials identifying errors in the interest of improving performance rarely happens. That must change. The current Treasurer’s Asset report only states what is going well. It does not identify opportunities for improvement. I would let the taxpayers know where I think we could improve or mistakes we may have made, the cause of the mistake and the correction. I also hope to move toward incorporating ESG (environmental, sustainability, governance) ratings into investment standards if that rating should be established as a viable measure.
Republican:
STACY GARRITY
County: Bradford
Occupation: Pennsylvania State Treasurer
Education: Bachelor of Science in Finance/ Minor in Economics Bloomsburg University | Certificate Cornell University Business Management Institute
Qualifications: Thirty-year decorated member of the U.S. Army Reserve with three deployments to the Middle East including a Battalion command | 34 years in private sector manufacturing, retiring as one of the first female vice presidents of Global Tungsten & Powders, an international refractory metals co.
Campaign website: garrityforpa.com
Facebook: facebook.com/GarrityForPA
X: twitter.com/@garrityforPA
Instagram: www.instagram.com/stacyforpa?igsh=emNxbnkwMWpxZzJ2
Q: What improvements, if any, would you make to the State Treasurer’s office?
A: I will build on the progress made during my time in office. Since January 2021, I’ve worked with my bipartisan team at the Treasurer’s office to set a new record for returning unclaimed property (more than $274 million in a single year, and more than $600 million altogether), to earn the first-ever Gold Rating from Morningstar for our PA 529 College & Career Program (making it one of the top two programs in the nation), and to nearly triple the assets in the PA ABLE savings program for people with disabilities (to over $115 million). I will continue cutting fees for both of Treasury’s savings programs: PA 529 (so far, I’ve saved account owners more than $11 million) and PA ABLE (so far, I’ve cut fees three times).
Q: How can you make the work of the State Treasurer’s office more transparent to the public?
A: Transparency is a core principal under my watch. Every dollar that comes to Treasury, and every dollar paid out, belongs to the taxpayers. They deserve to see exactly what’s happening with their money. Before I took office, the Pennsylvania Treasury Department received a “C” rating for transparency. That’s unacceptable, so I immediately went to work improving transparency at all levels. I added many new features to the Transparency Portal on Treasury’s website, making it easier for people to see our state’s expenditures, revenue, and budget. I added county-level data for all of Treasury’s programs, and I revamped the Fiscal Health Scorecard which allows people to easily compare Pennsylvania’s fiscal performance to other states.
