Currently holds the office of Pennsylvania State Senate - District 26 until December 1, 2026.
Candidate for Pennsylvania State Senate - District 26 in 2026 Pennsylvania General Election.
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Get StartedTim believes that women’s health decisions are between a woman and her doctor and will oppose all Republican attempts to take away a woman’s right to choose. Learn more
Tim is proud to be a Senator on whom the LGBTQ community can count to fight for comprehensive anti-discrimination statutes, long overdue in Pennsylvania. Learn more
To address the inadequate and unfair funding of our public schools, we must reform the Fair Funding Formula. All money for school funding should pass through the Fair Funding Formula, rather than the current system where only new funding is evaluated that way. Additionally, we must enact an extraction tax on Marcellus Shale drillers and distribute it equitably to our schools. This would raise up to $800 million toward funding for public education. Learn more
The General Assembly has continued to sacrifice our environment in pursuit of corporate profits that don’t get reinvested in our communities. As an architect who has practiced environmental sustainability for over 30 years, Tim knows that renewable energy and clean air, water, and soil make for good business. Learn more
Tim staunchly opposes the notion that arming more people will make us safer, and that includes his firm belief that arming teachers is an unacceptable idea. Learn more
Tim supports universal background checks for all gun sales, just as 97% of Americans do. He also supports a ban on assault weapons such as the AR-15, which has been used in many of the most heinous mass shootings. Learn more
If the federal government won’t protect and improve the ACA then the state government must step up and ensure that the people of Pennsylvania have affordable coverage options. Learn more
Tim will fight back against the Republican attempts to cripple programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP, and he will fight attempts to restrict a woman’s right to choose. Learn more
He is adamantly opposed to “bathroom bill” legislation, which are attempts to enact state-sanctioned discrimination against trans people, who are already vulnerable to bullying, abuse, and violence. Learn more
To balance the budget, we should be closing corporate tax loopholes. We need to strengthen programs that support the most vulnerable Pennsylvanians and keep people out of poverty. Learn more
We cannot continue to mortgage our future for marginal short-term fixes. Harrisburg needs to institute a progressive income tax, replacing the regressive income tax that currently has Pennsylvania ranked as the 6th most regressive tax code in the nation. Learn more
Tim supports organized labor because it created the middle class and helped integrate the American workplace. Greedy corporations are leading and funding ideological attacks on labor, and he will fight alongside unions to stop assaults on workers’ dignity and rights, and to battle economic inequality. Learn more
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