PA Senator Kane

John is originally from Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He earned his high school diploma there before joining Plumbers Local 690. He volunteers on the board of the Livengrin Foundation, which provides addiction treatment across Southeastern PA. He lives with his wife in Birmingham, Pennsylvania.

John previously worked as a plumber and served as business manager for Plumbers Local 690 union for 5 terms.

Ballotpedia: John Kane

John I. Kane is a state senator in State Senate District 9 in Pennsylvania. He was first elected in 2020 and is serving his first term.

As of September 30, 2024, John I Kane’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Sponsored legislation to establish the Universal School Meal Program.

- Sponsored legislation to establish the Universal School Meal Program.

Education

Supports coverage for infertility treatment.

Advocates for protecting access to legal reproductive health services, ensuring privacy for related medical records, and enhancing safety for individuals involved in reproductive health care.

- Supports coverage for infertility treatment.
- Advocates for protecting access to legal reproductive health services, ensuring privacy for related medical records, and enhancing safety for individuals involved in reproductive health care.

Healthcare

Supports providing for election day registration.

- Supports providing for election day registration.
- Supports employment leave for voters.

Voting & Elections

Public Safety

Sponsored legislation establishing minimum energy and water efficiency standards for certain products.

- Sponsored legislation establishing minimum energy and water efficiency standards for certain products.

Energy & the Environment

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Ballotpedia: Mike Woodin

Michael holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Delaware. He lives in Landenberg, Pennsylvania, with his family. He is a founding board of directors member for a local community non-profit supporting mental health and volunteers with inner-city youth. He is also a former elder of his church. 

Michael currently works as the CFO and finance director for a business unit at ERM, a global consulting firm. He previously held several finance positions at the University of Delaware, including director of finance, and worked as an accounting manager at a land development company and a senior accountant at two different accounting firms.

Michael Allan Woodin's currently serves as a member of the Avon Grove School District Board of Directors. He was elected in 2021 and is serving his first term. 

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Supports lowering taxes for small businesses.

- Supports lowering taxes for small businesses.
- Wants to increase job opportunities. 

Wants youth to be incentivized to pursue careers in trades, law enforcement and the military.

Wants to develop stronger connections with local employers and universities to establish a "talent pipeline".

Supports parental choice in their children's education.

Supports parent school choice, which allow families to use public school funds to access schools beyond their local option, including private schools, while "promoting strong public-school systems". 

- Wants youth to be incentivized to pursue careers in trades, law enforcement and the military.
- Wants to develop stronger connections with local employers and universities to establish a "talent pipeline".
- Supports parent school choice, which allow families to use public school funds to access schools beyond their local option, including private schools, while "promoting strong public-school systems". 

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Supports better access to high-quality mental health care.

Wants to improve access to high-quality mental health care. 

Supports only allowing abortion access for cases of rape, incest, and severe medical complications.

Supports expanding telemedicine services.

- Wants to improve access to high-quality mental health care. 
- Supports only allowing abortion access for cases of rape, incest, and severe medical complications.
- Supports expanding telemedicine services.

Supports requiring photo ID at polls and to have mail in ballot processing as votes come in. 

Supports enforcing penalties for threats against election and polling officials.

- Supports requiring photo ID at polls and to have mail in ballot processing as votes come in. 
- Supports enforcing penalties for threats against election and polling officials.

As of September 30, 2024, Michael Allan Woodin’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Opposes joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap-and-trade program designed to reduce carbon emissions from power plants.

Supports allowing the private market to develop alternative energy sources that are affordable for the average consumer.

- Opposes joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap-and-trade program designed to reduce carbon emissions from power plants.
- Supports allowing the private market to develop alternative energy sources that are affordable for the average consumer.

Michael Allan Woodin

- Your state senator represents the interests of your district in the Pennsylvania State Senate. The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Pennsylvania General Assembly. 
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process.
- The State Senator and their staff members respond to constituent concerns and questions through emails, phone calls, and website announcements. 
- The State Senator oversees the executive branch and can vote to overrule a veto by the Governor.   
- There are 50 Pennsylvania state senators, each representing a single district.
- Senators must be at least 25 years old, U.S. citizens, and residents of Pennsylvania for four years. They must also have lived in their district for one year before the election and must remain there throughout their term.
- State senators are elected to four-year terms and have a salary of $106,000, with a 1-3% annual increase.  