10 Facts About Larry Farnese

Larry Farnese was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania Senate where he represented the 1st District from 2009 until November 30,2020.

Larry Farnese received a Juris Doctor from Temple University School of Law in 1994, and was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

In 2006, Larry Farnese challenged 10-term incumbent Babette Josephs in the Democratic primary for the 182nd District in the State House.

Larry Farnese was narrowly defeated, losing by a margin of 237 votes.

In 2008, following the retirement of embattled incumbent Vince Fumo, Larry Farnese ran for the Pennsylvania Senate in the 1st District.

Larry Farnese was indicted in 2016 by the federal government for allegedly buying the vote of a committeewoman to keep his seat as the Democratic Ward Leader for Philadelphia's Eighth Ward.

The indictment was taken to trial in January 2017, with allegations that Larry Farnese paid $6,000 in campaign funds towards the education of committee person Ellen Chapman's daughter to secure her vote, and thus his seat as Ward Leader.

On February 1,2017 Larry Farnese was acquitted of all thirteen charges against him.

Larry Farnese made a bid for re-election in 2020, but was defeated by a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, journalist Nikil Saval.

In 2023, Larry Farnese briefly ran for election to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, before suspending his campaign.