Emily has bachelor's degrees in biology and political science from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania and her law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Emily has worked in the legislative policy office at the National Institutes of Health and provided legal aid to individuals facing eviction. She also co-chairs a program through the Women in the Law Division of the Allegheny County Bar Association.

Emily Kinkead currently serves as State Representative for State Assembly District 20. She was first elected in 2020 and is serving her 2nd term. 

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Supports allowing workers to sue employers for illegally interfering with unionizing efforts, imposing financial penalties for illegally firing unionizing employees, and reinstating such employees pending their cases.

- Supports allowing workers to sue employers for illegally interfering with unionizing efforts, imposing financial penalties for illegally firing unionizing employees, and reinstating such employees pending their cases.

Economy

Supports funding research and innovation to expand access and equity in sexual and reproductive healthcare.

Supports funding research and innovation to expand access and equity in healthcare.

Supports closing corporate tax loopholes to fund patient care and aims to lower prescription drug prices.

Plans to end policies that allow healthcare providers to refuse care based on personal beliefs.

Supports access to affordable healthcare for older Americans.

Supports abortion access and wants to protect the right to abortion in Pennsylvania.

Supports capping out-of-pocket costs for essential drugs and importing cheaper drugs from Canada.

- Supports funding research and innovation to expand access and equity in healthcare.
- Supports closing corporate tax loopholes to fund patient care and aims to lower prescription drug prices.
- Plans to end policies that allow healthcare providers to refuse care based on personal beliefs.
- Supports access to affordable healthcare for older Americans.
- Supports abortion access.
- Supports capping out-of-pocket costs for essential drugs and importing cheaper drugs from Canada.

Healthcare

Opposes using taxpayer funds for "failing cyber charter schools" and believes public education funding should be used in classrooms, not for "special interest donors."

Supports public education and opposes school vouchers, which school voucher programs which enable parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.


- Supports public education and opposes school vouchers, which school voucher programs which enable parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.


Education

Supports transitioning Pennsylvania's economy to clean, renewable energy sources.

Opposes House Bill (HB) 1100, which seeks to allocate nearly one billion dollars in subsidies to petrochemical companies to build cracker plants in Pennsylvania.

- Supports transitioning Pennsylvania's economy to clean, renewable energy sources.
- Opposes House Bill (HB) 1100, which seeks to allocate nearly one billion dollars in subsidies to petrochemical companies to build cracker plants in Pennsylvania.

Energy & the Environment

Supports community policing, establishing independent citizen review boards for police misconduct, and rewarding officers for positive community interactions.

Supports expanding restorative justice programs and making them available to those accused of crimes without requiring a guilty plea.

Believes cash bail should be abolished for all non-violent offenses and supports releasing defendants on their own recognizance unless the state can demonstrate why they should be denied.

- Supports community policing, establishing independent citizen review boards for police misconduct, and rewarding officers for positive community interactions.
- Supports expanding restorative justice programs and making them available to those accused of crimes without requiring a guilty plea.
- Believes cash bail should be abolished for all non-violent offenses and supports releasing defendants on their own recognizance unless the state can demonstrate why they should be denied.

Public Safety

Supports automatic voter registration, early voting, and making Election Day a state or federal holiday to encourage greater voter participation.

Supports universal use of hand-marked paper ballots with disability-accessible machines in each precinct.

Supports establishing campaign contribution limits and public financing for elections.

- Supports automatic voter registration, early voting, and making Election Day a state or federal holiday to encourage greater voter participation.
- Supports universal use of hand-marked paper ballots with disability-accessible machines in each precinct.
- Supports establishing campaign contribution limits and public financing for elections.

Voting & Elections

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Emily Kinkead

Matthew is originally from North Hills. He lives with his wife, Danielle, and their 2 sons in Ross Township. 

Matt works as a public school literacy teacher in Pittsburgh. 

Ballotpedia: Matt Kruth

Matt Kruth previously ran for state representative in State Assembly District 20 in 2022, but did not win. 

Plans to cut "wasteful spending" to reduce inflation.

Supports lowering tax rates and reducing regulations to help small businesses recover from the ongoing impacts of COVID-19.

Supports lowering tax rates and reducing regulation.

- Plans to cut "wasteful spending" to reduce inflation.
- Supports lowering tax rates and reducing regulation.

As of September 30, 2024, Matthew J Kruth’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports fully funding public education while also providing school choice options for parents.

- Supports fully funding public education while also providing school choice options for parents.

Supports the safe development of energy to keep costs low and create high-paying jobs.

Supports the development of the natural gas industry to keep energy costs low.

- Supports the development of the natural gas industry to keep energy costs low.

Supports giving first responders the resources they need to do the job effectively.

- Supports giving first responders the resources they need to do the job effectively.

Matthew J Kruth

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