Ryan Bizzarro for Representative

"Politicians aren’t always looking out for YOU - and government isn’t always helping. That’s why I entered public service.&nbsp;It’s why I fight so hard for Pennsylvanians."

<h2>I am fighting for you.</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/cd87e2af-7483-43d0-b05f-a566459bc6a5/27299da7-d2b1-48ae-b56a-9c6431bc19f5/27299da7-d2b1-48ae-b56a-9c6431bc19f5.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C4608%2C2592&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="I grew-up in a large family of fighters. Outside the ring they fight for each other, just like Pennsylvanian families do every day." align="left" alignwidth="35" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">I grew-up in a large family of fighters. Outside the ring they fight for each other, just like Pennsylvanian families do every day.I grew up in a large family of fighters. Inside the ring, they fought with their fists. Outside of it, for themselves and each other.When I was a child diagnosed with Leukemia, the doctor told my parents “We can only keep him comfortable until he dies.” But my parents fought for me, and won. After two years of experimental treatments as a child in a Buffalo&nbsp;hospital, I am now cancer free.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/cd87e2af-7483-43d0-b05f-a566459bc6a5/e440f19d-9dda-4293-9bc9-455c112e3377/e440f19d-9dda-4293-9bc9-455c112e3377.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C109%2C4608%2C2265&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="As a child I was diagnosed with Leukemia. The doctor told my parents he could only keep me comfortable until I died. But my parents fought for me, and won." align="right" alignwidth="27" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">As a child I was diagnosed with Leukemia. The doctor told my parents he could only keep me comfortable until I died. But my parents fought for me, and won.Like my family, Pennsylvanians are fighting their own battles for a better life. While growing-up in Erie, I recognized that politicians weren’t always looking out for us,&nbsp;and government wasn’t always helping. That’s why I ran for public office and earned a Master’s Degree in Public Service.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/cd87e2af-7483-43d0-b05f-a566459bc6a5/b165ff2f-ae76-4acf-ba5b-46f9ee1fd7dd/b165ff2f-ae76-4acf-ba5b-46f9ee1fd7dd.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C105%2C4608%2C2265&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="I serve as Pennsylvania's Democratic Policy Chair and State Representative from Erie. Formerly, I served as a victim/witness advocate for Erie County's District Attorney." align="right" alignwidth="25" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">I serve as Pennsylvania's Democratic Policy Chair and State Representative from Erie. Formerly, I served as a victim/witness advocate for Erie County's District Attorney.My public service is dedicated to putting people first -- and fighting back against extreme agendas, politicians, and special interests that hurt them.I’ve introduced legislation to expand veteran services, senior citizen services, animal rights, voting rights, first-time home buying assistance, and health care. I am a longtime supporter of our police, fire, and medical first responders.And I take a backseat to nobody when it comes to being an advocate for working people and the labor unions who help build our country while providing workers with safer working conditions and fairer pay with benefits.I won't stop fighting to improve the quality of life for Pennsylvanians.&nbsp;

"As Treasurer, I'll guard taxpayer assets, investments, and programs that impact you."

<h3>Fighting for Our Community</h3>These are some of the top issues our campaign is focused on. Learn more about our issues <a href="/issues" target="" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a>.

How I Will Protect Pennsylvania

The state treasurer chooses how to invest and grow billions of dollars of our money. Keeping our state on a solid financial footing is essential to maintaining a good statewide credit score that allows us to make vital infrastructure investments. New roads, bridges, clean water, schools, and so much more all require capital funding to move Pennsylvania forward.Reviewing State Contracts: I will implement a state contracting process review to add protections from wage theft and work to increase opportunities for prevailing wages and investment in companies that invest in Pennsylvania.

I will protect our state’s assets and pensions from waste, fraud, abuse, and greedy money managers.

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Protect State Assets and Our Pensions

529 College Savings Program: Pennsylvania parents deserve a top performing PA 529 College Savings Program that is easy to access and enroll. PA’s 529 plan is a tax-free savings account to pay for college, trade schools, and apprenticeship programs. My office will expand enrollment efforts to provide more informational outreach to parents in preschools, elementary schools, and doctors’ offices.PA Able: The PA Able program provides peace of mind to caregivers of people with disabilities. &nbsp;As Treasurer, I will connect with advocates, home care providers, and organizations like the ARC of Pennsylvania to encourage caregivers to make the most of the program.Low-Interest Loans: I am dedicated to protecting access to low-interest loans for our cities, towns, farmers, and non-profits. The state treasurer’s office manages loan programs that support and expand our number one industry, agriculture, as well as oversight of community development loan funds. &nbsp;

I will protect important programs like 529 college savings plans, PA Able and low-interest loans.

Protect Important Programs

Reuniting Over $4 billion in lost money with Pennsylvanians: My office will implement an automatic system for returning money that eliminates some bureaucratic barriers and reduces unneeded delays. Additionally, I am dedicated to expanding veteran services. I will reunite more military decorations with veterans or their next of kin, and eliminate hurdles for servicemembers who change states and leave assets behind.Increase Financial Literacy: I want to be a state treasurer who helps Pennsylvanians learn more about their own money and how to protect and grow it.&nbsp; I will provide new educational materials and opportunities to increase financial literacy for all those who wish to learn, from our student-aged Pennsylvanians to our retirees.&nbsp; A better, closer relationship with our finances begins with better understanding about how to utilize it, protect it, and even invest it.

I will have regional offices, increase financial literacy and return lost money to Pennsylvanian's.

Keep Pennsylvanians Closer to Their Money

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Pennsylvania’s current approach is unimaginative and lacks aggressive leadership. It is slowed by half- measures and bureaucratic impediments that aren’t working. I will change it.

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Ryan Bizzarro

U.S. Representative Madeleine Dean (PA-04 - Berks/Montgomery)

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08 - Wayne/Lackawanna/Pike/Monroe/Luzerne)

U.S. Representative Dwight Evans (PA-03 - Philadelphia)

U.S. Representative Mary Gay Scanlon, (PA-05 - Delaware/Montgomery/Chester/Philadelphia)

U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07 - Carbon/Lehigh/Northampton)

Former U.S. Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17 - Allegheny)

PA Congressional

Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Joanna McClinton (Philadelphia/Delaware)

House Majority Leader Matt Bradford (Montgomery)

House Majority Whip Dan Miller (Allegheny)

House Majority Caucus Chair Mike Schlossberg (Lehigh)

House Majority Secretary &amp; Women’s Caucus Chair Tina Davis (Bucks)

House Majority Caucus Administrator Leanne Krueger (Delaware)

House Majority Appropriations Chair Jordan Harris (Philadelphia)

Pa. Legislative Black Caucus Chair Donna Bullock (Philadelphia)

Pa. Latino Caucus Chair Danilo Burgos (Philadelphia)

Pa. Asian-Pacific American Caucus Chair Patty Kim (Dauphin/Cumberland)

Philadelphia Delegation Chair Morgan Cephas (Philadelphia)

Allegheny Delegation Chair Nick Pisciottano (Allegheny)

Southeastern Delegation Chair Jennifer O’Mara (Delaware)

Northeastern Delegation Chair Maureen Madden (Monroe)

Northwest Delegation Chair, State Representative Bob Merski (Erie)

State Representative Aerion Abney (Allegheny)

State Representative Jessica Benham (Allegheny)

State Representative Lisa Borowski (Delaware)

State Representative Kevin Boyle (Philadelphia)

State Representative Gina H. Curry (Delaware)

State Representative Tim Brennan (Bucks)

State Representative Amen Brown (Philadelphia)

State Representative Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (Berks)

State Representative Melissa Cerrato (Montgomery)

State Representative Joe Ciresi (Montgomery)

State Representative Scott Conklin (Centre)

State Representative Mary Jo Daley (Montgomery)

State Representative Dan Deasy (Allegheny)

State Representative Kyle Donahue (Lackawanna)

State Representative Justin Fleming (Dauphin)

State Representative Dan Frankel (Allegheny)

State Representative Paul Friel (Chester)

State Representative Matthew Gergely (Allegheny)

State Representative Jose Giral, Philadelphia

State Representative Roni Green (Philadelphia)

State Representative Nancy Guenst (Montgomery)

State Representative Manuel Guzman, Jr (Berks)

State Representative Jim Haddock (Luzerne, Lackawanna)

State Representative Mary L. Isaacson (Philadelphia)

State Representative Carol Kazeem (Delaware)

State Representative Emily Kinkead (Allegheny)

State Representative Bridget M. Kosierowski (Lackawanna)

State Representative Anita Astorino Kulik (Allegheny)

State Representative Dave Madsen (Dauphin)

State Representative Steve Malagari (Montgomery)

State Representative Brandon Markosek (Allegheny)

State Representative Robert Matzie (Beaver)

State Representative La’Tasha D. Mayes (Allegheny)

State Representative Jeanne McNeill (Lehigh)

State Representative Kyle Mullins (Lackawanna)

State Representative Napoleon Nelson (Philadelphia/Montgomery)

State Representative Danielle Friel Otten (Chester)

State Representative Eddie Day Pashinski (Luzerne)

State Representative Darisha Parker (Philadelphia)

State Representative Chris Pielli (Chester)

State Representative Lindsay Powell, (Allegheny)

State Representative Tarah Probst (Monroe/Pike)

State Representative Abigail Salisbury (Allegheny)

State Representative Ben Sanchez (Montgomery)

State Representative Christina Sappey (Chester)

State Representative Peter Schweyer (Lehigh)

State Representative Greg Scott (Montgomery)

State Representative Melissa Shusterman (Chester)

State Representative Joshua Siegel (Lehigh)

State Representative Ismail “Izzy” Smith-Wade-El (Lancaster)

State Representative Mandy Steele (Allegheny)

State Representative Paul Takac (Centre)

State Representative Dr. Arvind Venkat (Allegheny)

State Representative Perry Warren (Bucks)

State Representative Dan Williams (Chester)

State Representative Regina Young (Philadelphia)

State Senator &amp; PA Democratic Party Chair, Sharif Street

State Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (Allegheny)

State Senator Lisa Boscola, (Lehigh/Northampton)

State Senator Marty Flynn (Lackawanna/Luzerne)

State Senator Jimmy Dillon (Philadelphia)

State Senator John Kane, (Chester/Delaware)

State Senator Katie Muth (Berks/Chester/Montgomery)

Former State Representative Pam Snyder (Greene/Fayette/Washington)

Former State Representative Kevin Schreiber (York)

Former State Representative Martell Covington (Allegheny)

Former State Representative Frank Farina (Lackawanna/Wayne)

Former State Senator/PA State Fire Commissioner Tim Solobay, (Washington)

PA State Legislature

Chairman, Philadelphia Democratic Party &amp; Former Congressman Bob Brady

Democratic County Party Chair Tameko Quindell Patterson (Monroe)

Democratic County Party Chair Kevin Boughter (Berks)

Democratic County Party Chair Lindsey Helfrey Scott (Crawford)

Democratic County Party Chair Matt Roan (Cumberland)

Democratic County Party Chair Lori McFarland (Lehigh)

Democratic County Party Chair Christopher Patrick (Lackawanna)

Democratic County Party Chair Gillian Kratzer (Blair)

Democratic County Party Chair Bill Pulkownik (Greene)

Democratic County Party Chair Sam Talarico, (Erie)

Former Democratic County Party Chair Jim Wertz (Erie)

Former Chair, Pennsylvania State Democratic Party Nancy Mills

Former Chair, Pennsylvania State Democratic Party Marcel L. Groen

Former Chair, Erie County Democrats Ian Murray

Second Vice Chair of Philadelphia Democratic Party and Former State Representative Angel Cruz

Democratic State Committee Northwest Caucus Chair Jim Heckman (McKean)

Pottsville Democratic Committee, Schuylkill County

Democratic Party Officials

Former State Treasurer Joe Torsella

Former Governor Ed Rendell

Montgomery County Commissioner, Jamila Winder

Montgomery County Commissioner, Neil Makhija

Chester County Commissioner, Marian Moskowitz

Bucks County Commissioner, Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia

Lehigh County Executive, Phillips Armstrong

Venango County Commissioner, Albert “Chip” Abramovic

Crawford County Commissioner, Christopher Seeley

Montgomery County Treasurer, Jason Salus

Centre County Treasurer, Colleen Kennedy

Lackawanna County Treasurer, Angela Rempe Jones

Bucks County Treasurer, Kristian Ballerini

Philadelphia City Controller, Christy Brady

Montgomery County Controller, Karen Sanchez

Centre County Controller, Jason Moser

Allegheny County Controller, Corey O'Connor

Pittsburgh City Controller, Rachael Heisler (Allegheny)

Wilkes-Barre City Controller, Tony Thomas

Mercer County Commissioner, Timothy McGonigle

Erie County Sheriff, Chris Campanelli

Mayor of Pittsburgh, Ed Gainey (Allegheny)

Mayor of Meadville, Jaime Kinder (Crawford)

Mayor of Morton, Amanda Hammock (Delaware)

Mayor of Erie, Joe Schember (Erie)

Mayor of Allentown, Matt Tuerk (Lehigh)

Mayor of Reading, Eddie Moran (Berks)

Former Pittsburgh City Controller, Michael Lamb (Allegheny)

West Chester Borough Councilman, Brian McGinnis (Chester)

Etna Borough Councilman, Brad Iannuzzi (Allegheny)

Millcreek Township Supervisor, Kim Clear (Erie)

Titusville City Councilman, Gavin Griffin (Crawford)

Ambler Borough Councilwoman Vice President, Haley Welch (Montgomery)

Hermitage City Commissioner, Michael T. Muha

Pottsville City Councilman, Mark Atkinson (Schuylkill)

State College Borough Councilman, Joshua Portney

State College Area School Board Director, Daniel Kolbe

Former Philadelphia City Controller, Member of PA Democratic State Executive Committee, Member of DNC, Jonathan Saidel

State, County &amp; Local Officials

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Campaign Events

Please sign-up to join and to get updates on the "Defend Our Democracy" news conference on FRIDAY, January 5th, at 11:00am at the Harrisburg Capitol!<img src="https://run.imgix.net/cd87e2af-7483-43d0-b05f-a566459bc6a5/b1a4d855-6d53-4627-94b1-222aad3d3c31/2dabbdd6-0513-452e-8c32-2738aed76e91.webp?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C4096%2C2126&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="Infamous &quot;Hear Us Roar&quot; protest - January 5, 2021" align="right" alignwidth="50" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">Infamous "Hear Us Roar" protest - January 5, 2021On January 5th, 2021 extremists marched on the stairs of the Harrisburg Capitol, as a warm-up to the next day's U.S. Capitol insurrection.&nbsp; They held a "Hear Us Roar" protest to demand legislators overturn Pennsylvania's election results and to illegally declare that Donald Trump had been re-elected&nbsp;president.&nbsp; They repeated and promoted "The Big Lie" in an effort to agitate and motivate people to travel to Washington, DC on January 6th where some Pennsylvanians joined hundreds of others and attacked our democracy and disrupted the peaceful transfer of power.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/cd87e2af-7483-43d0-b05f-a566459bc6a5/10b5feb5-5108-4fb2-9c55-4e883ee85fba/82a2a1c0-b58e-4bd1-962d-b00396b007bc.webp?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C4096%2C2078&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="January 5, 2021: Extremist Stacy Garrity headlines &quot;Hear Us Roar&quot; protest" align="left" alignwidth="50" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">January 5, 2021: Extremist Stacy Garrity headlines "Hear Us Roar" protestPennsylvania's Treasurer Stacy Garrity is our state's highest-ranking extremist office holder. She was a headline speaker at the "Hear Us Roar" protest. Garrity demanded the legislature invalidate the votes of millions of Pennsylvanians and recklessly called on people to "question the integrity" of our&nbsp;valid election. To this day, Stacy Garrity has not publicly rebuked the January 6th insurrectionists and has not acknowledged, apologized or accepted any responsibility for her actions and words that contributed to instigating the January 6th insurrection.On FRIDAY, January 5, 2024 Democrat Ryan Bizzarro invites you to join him to commemorate&nbsp;a dark day in Pennsylvania's history -- and commit&nbsp;to Defend Our Democracy in this year's election.&nbsp;We will do our part&nbsp;to make certain all Pennsylvanians are aware of what&nbsp;is at stake in this year's election -- and that Stacy Garrity is a clear and present danger to democracy who continues to promote radical agendas.Please sign-up now!

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FRIDAY, January 5th 11:00amLocation: Harrisburg Capitol Steps; followed by inside Rotunda

Labor Unions &amp; Democratic Organizations

150+ leaders are standing together to support Ryan Bizzarro

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Rep. Joanna McClinton, Speaker of the House

joe torsella, former pa state treasurer

Congressman matt cartwright

Congresswoman Madeleine Dean

Congressman Dwight Evans

Congresswoman susan wild

congresswoman mary gay scanlon

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