Kathleen McGinty
Kathleen "Katie" McGinty was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania.[1]
McGinty is a former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and a 2014 Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania Governor.[2]
Biography
After graduating from law school, McGinty became a judicial clerk for the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. She won the Congressional Fellowship of the American Chemical Society, which led her to a position working for then-Senator Al Gore (D).
In 1993, President Bill Clinton (D) asked her to serve as his deputy assistant and then as chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. She served as an adviser to Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign before joining Natsource, where she served as vice president for asset management. She remained in this role until 2003, when she was named head of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection by Gov. Ed Rendell (D).[3]
Education
- Bachelor's, St. Joseph's University, 1985
- J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 1988
Elections
2016
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The race for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat was one of nine competitive battleground races in 2016 that helped Republicans keep control of the upper chamber after the November 8 general election. Incumbent Pat Toomey (R), who began serving in the Senate in 2011, defeated Katie McGinty (D), Edward Clifford III (L), and write-in candidate Everett Stern (I) in the general election.
Toomey ran his campaign separately from Donald Trump, and he did not tell people who he would vote for on Election Day. Toomey said, “You know, I’m not campaigning with Donald Trump. He’s running his campaign. I’m running mine.”[4][5][6]
Hillary Clinton, who campaigned with McGinty in October, criticized Toomey for not rejecting Trump as his party’s nominee. She said, “How much does he have to hear or to see? If he doesn’t have the courage to stand up against Donald Trump after all of this, then how will he stand up to special interests and powerful forces that are going to be trying to have their way in Washington?”[6]
Speaking about his campaign strategy, Toomey said, “I am convinced that Pennsylvania voters are going to make a complete separation in their minds. … There’s a presidential race going on, quite obviously, lots of attention, lots of focus, everybody’s got their opinion about it, and then there’s a totally separate thing happening in the Senate race — an incumbent senator most people know and an opponent. Totally separate campaign and totally separate judgment.”[6] Toomey stated on Election Day that he voted for Trump.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Pat Toomey Incumbent |
48.8% | 2,951,702 | |
| Democratic | Katie McGinty | 47.3% | 2,865,012 | |
| Libertarian | Edward Clifford | 3.9% | 235,142 | |
| Total Votes | 6,051,856 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Katie McGinty |
42.5% | 669,774 | ||
| Joe Sestak | 32.6% | 513,221 | ||
| John Fetterman | 19.5% | 307,090 | ||
| Joseph Vodvarka | 5.4% | 85,837 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,575,922 | |||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of State |
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2014
- See also: State executive official elections, 2014
McGinty was a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in 2014.[8] She sought the Democratic nomination in the primary on May 20, 2014, and was defeated by Tom Wolf. Wolf went on to win the general election over Republican incumbent Tom Corbett. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Results
Primary election
| Governor of Pennsylvania, Democratic Primary, 2014 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Tom Wolf |
57.9% | 488,917 | ||
| Allyson Schwartz | 17.6% | 149,027 | ||
| Rob McCord | 16.8% | 142,311 | ||
| Kate McGinty | 7.7% | 64,754 | ||
| Total Votes | 845,009 | |||
| Election results via Pennsylvania Department of State. | ||||
Campaign themes
2016
The following issues were listed on McGinty's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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McGinty and her husband Karl have three daughters. They live in Wayne, Chester County, Penn.[3]
Recent news
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See also
- United States Senate
- United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2016
- State executive official elections, 2014
- Governor of Pennsylvania
- Tom Corbett
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ ABC News, "Democrat Katie McGinty Running for US Senate in Pennsylvania," August 4, 2015
- ↑ WITF, "Kathleen McGinty is weighing a gubernatorial run in PA," March 19, 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Katie McGinty, "About Katie," accessed December 5, 2013
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Pennsylvania: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Pennsylvania Senate - Toomey vs. McGinty," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Los Angeles Times, "A Republican Senator's strategy to save his seat in one of the country's tightest races: Avoid Trump," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "Patrick Toomey Wins Re-election in Pennsylvania Senate Race," accessed November 11, 2016
- ↑ Philly.com, "Brady likes Stack for governor," April 24, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
