Dane was a board member of United Charities Inc. of Hazleton/United Children's Home and served as chairman of the McAdoo Borough Civil Service Commission. He was also Schuylkill County Concerned Citizens president and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, AMVETS, and the local Lions Club.

Dane Jeffery Watro Jr. is currently serving as the state representative for the 116th Legislative District in Pennsylvania. He previously served as the mayor of McAdoo for eight years and was the vice chairman of the Kline Township Municipal Authority.

Dane Jeffery Watro Jr currently serves as the state representative for Pennsylvania's 116th Legislative District. He was elected in 2022 and is serving his first term. He previously served as the mayor of McAdoo for 8 years and was the vice chairman of the Kline Township Municipal Authority.

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Supports tax cuts, including reducing Pennsylvania's Personal Income Tax rate and eliminating the Gross Receipts Tax on electric bills.

Supports reducing Pennsylvania's personal income tax rate and eliminating the gross receipts tax on electric bills.

Supports tax breaks for National Guard members.

- Supports reducing Pennsylvania's personal income tax rate and eliminating the gross receipts tax on electric bills.
- Supports tax breaks for National Guard members.

Economy

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Supports requiring photo identification to vote.

- Supports requiring photo identification to vote.

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Deborah attended Lincoln Technical Institute. 

Deborah works as a freelance court reporter. 

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Deborah Adoff's campaign for State Representative is her first run for public office. 

Supports raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

Supports raising the minimum wage to $15. 

- Supports raising the minimum wage to $15. 

Supports more affordable, quality healthcare with continued protection for pre-existing conditions.

Supports affordable, quality healthcare with continued protection for pre-existing conditions.

- Supports abortion access.
- Supports affordable, quality healthcare with continued protection for pre-existing conditions.

Supports access to quality education in Pennsylvania, public schools, and early childhood education.

Opposes school choice and wants to keep tax dollars in public schools.

- Opposes school choice and wants to keep tax dollars in public schools.

Supports protecting the environment and ensuring cleaner air and water for future generations.

Supports protecting the environment to ensure cleaner air and water for future generations.

- Supports protecting the environment to ensure cleaner air and water for future generations.

Supports "common sense" gun laws and an equitable justice system that focuses on rehabilitation.

Advocates for the justice system to focus on rehabilitation.

- Supports gun control.
- Advocates for the justice system to focus on rehabilitation.

Supports legislation protecting voters' rights and ending gerrymandering in Pennsylvania.

Supports legislation that will end gerrymandering in Pennsylvania.

- Supports legislation that will end gerrymandering in Pennsylvania.

Deborah L Adoff

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws, including introducing tax bills. 
- State representatives and their staff respond to constituent concerns and questions through emails, phone calls, and website announcements. 
- State representatives oversee the executive branch and can vote to overrule a veto by the Governor.  
- They are elected to two-year terms and have a salary of $106,000, with a 1-3% annual increase

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Pennsylvania State Representative, District 116

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