1. Joseph B Scarnati III was born on January 2,1962 and is an American politician from the US State of Pennsylvania.
19 Facts About Joe Scarnati
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Joe Scarnati did not seek election to the post in 2010, and was succeeded as Lieutenant Governor by Jim Cawley.
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In 1996, Scarnati first ran for Pennsylvania's 25th senate district when incumbent Republican State Senator John E Peterson decided to retire in order to run for congress.
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Joe Scarnati lost the Republican primary to Bill Slocum by 351 votes.
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Joe Scarnati ran for the seat as an independent against Slocum, who was attempting a comeback in the special election to replace him.
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In 2004, Joe Scarnati ran for re-election with no Democratic opposition in his first re-election campaign.
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Some of Joe Scarnati's former staff and the wife of Drew Crompton, his prior chief of staff, worked at Long, Nyquist and Associates, a Harrisburg lobbying firm of whom the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference, the church's statewide public policy arm, is a client.
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Joe Scarnati received $5,000 from an undercover agent in June 2010 and picked up a $17,500 contribution from Long Nyquist's political action committee.
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Joe Scarnati narrowly won the race to replace Jubelirer against veteran lawmakers Stewart Greenleaf and Jeffrey Piccola.
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Joe Scarnati served as acting Lieutenant Governor until he was sworn into office on Wednesday, December 3,2008.
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Joe Scarnati did not seek election to the post in 2010, and was succeeded as Lieutenant Governor by Jim Cawley.
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Joe Scarnati played a lead role in representing Republicans during Pennsylvania's 2009 budget impasse, and harshly criticized Governor Rendell's leadership style and priorities.
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Joe Scarnati was seen as "the de facto opposition leader to Rendell".
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On election night of 2020, Joe Scarnati was one of two state senators who called for the resignation of Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, whom they said had "fundamentally altered" the state's election conduct by allowing county boards to give voters an opportunity to re-do their ballots if they were rejected.
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Joe Scarnati was criticized by state senator Daylin Leach for equating weather with climate.
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Abruzzo's and Joe Scarnati's position is entirely contradicted by the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change, which holds that climate change is real, harmful, and primarily human-caused.
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Joe Scarnati grew up in an Italian-American family in Brockway, Pennsylvania.
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Joe Scarnati began his political career on the Brockway Borough Council in 1986.
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Joe Scarnati helped run the family's restaurant and became the chairman of the Jefferson County Republican Party.