Chester County Democratic Committee

Re-elect Barb as PA State Representative · District 156 Why am I running? August 12, 2010 Dear Friends, Officially, I am on the ballot for re-election as State Representative for the 156th District. I stepped into the race after Mark Stevens withdrew due to a serious back injury. Like many of you, I was disappointed [...]

Open letter from the campaign of Mark Stevens for 156th district of the Pennsylvania state legislature, 5/31/10. To Honor and Support our Troops on Memorial Day The purpose of Memorial Day is to commemorate the brave men and women who have died in military service to our country. Though there will many parades, BBQs and [...]

from CeaseFirePA [n.b. the 4 ChesCo candidates "approved," all Democrats, are: 155 - Barbara Bergeron (Chester) 156 - Mark Stevens (Chester) 157 - Rep. Paul Drucker (Chester) 167 - William Holmes (Chester)] CeaseFirePA Issues List of Approved Candidates for PA Legislative Primaries Large group of candidates supports reforms to prevent gun violence PENNSYLVANIA – May [...]

from the Mark Stevens campaign for 156th, 3/29/10 Greetings! We made news at our campaign office opening last Thursday. Prominent supporters were there, such as West Chester Borough Council President Holly Brown, County Commissioner Kathi Cozzone, State Representative Barbara McIlvaine Smith, members of the local business community and neighbors who wanted to learn more about [...]

Daily Local News, Sunday, March 28, 2010 By DAN KRISTIE WEST CHESTER – Mark Stevens, the Democrat who is unopposed in his bid for his party’s nomination to run for the 156th State House District seat, said at his campaign headquarters grand opening on Thursday that he will make bringing commuter rail service back to [...]

(This is the address of Mark Stevens, the endorsed Democratic candidate for PA-156, to replace Barb McIlvaine Smith, at the CCDC convention, Feb. 20 2010) Thank you, Barb, for your kind introduction, and for the wonderful job you have done in representing this district and our Party! I also want to thank my fellow candidates [...]

by email, 3/6/10 As you know, I recently made the personal decision not to seek a third term in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. It’s time to return to my first love — working to improve the environment through education and advocacy. …Thanks to support from you and others like you, I’ve won some tough elections [...]

letter in Daily Local News, February 18, 2010 Dan Truitt, who is one of the Republican candidates for the state House in the 156th District, paints a picture of a responsible Republican Party, one that cares only about policy and taxpayers’ money. The problem with this is that his picture is a complete whitewash. The [...]

Daily Local News, February 9, 2010 Several months ago, I made the personal decision to not run for re-election in 2010 for the 156th State Representative seat in the state House. Since then, it has come to my attention that many people thought that I had quit and that I am no longer in office. [...]

by Barbara McIlvaine Smith (D-156), November 22, 2009 I want to share with you my decision not to pursue a third term in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. I feel ten years of public service is sufficient. It’s time to return to my first love—working to improve the environment through advocacy and education. In 1998, I [...]