Gene Yaw

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Gene Yaw
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Republican Party

Pennsylvania State Senate District 23
Tenure

2008 - Present

Term ends

2024

Years in position

16

Compensation

Base salary

$106,422.33/year

Per diem

$185/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Lycoming College, 1970

Law

American University, 1973

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1963 - 1967

Personal
Birthplace
Montoursville, Pa.
Religion
Christian: Methodist
Profession
Attorney
Contact

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Gene Yaw (Republican Party) is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing District 23. He assumed office on December 1, 2008. His term ended on November 30, 2024.

Yaw (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 23. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Yaw earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Lycoming College in 1970 and his J.D. from American University in 1973. His professional experience includes working as a solicitor at the Lycoming County Prothonotary, as the general counsel at the Pennsylvania College of Technology, as a law clerk for President Judge Charles F. Greevy, as a construction worker, as a heavy equipment operator and as a school bus driver. Currently he is a partner at McNerney, Page, Vanderlin and Hall Law Firm. Yaw served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army from 1963 to 1967.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Yaw was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Yaw was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Yaw was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Pennsylvania committee assignments, 2017
• Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Vice chair
• Appropriations
• Banking & Insurance
• Environmental Resources & Energy, Chair
• Judiciary
• Law & Justice

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Yaw served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Yaw served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Yaw served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Yaw served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 23

Incumbent Gene Yaw defeated Kim Pitcher in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 23 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gene Yaw
Gene Yaw (R)
 
74.6
 
82,386
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Kim Pitcher (D)
 
25.4
 
27,996

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 110,382
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 23

Denitra Moffett advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 23 on April 23, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Denitra Moffett (Write-in)
 
47.4
 
780
 Other/Write-in votes
 
52.6
 
865

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,645
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 23

Incumbent Gene Yaw advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 23 on April 23, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gene Yaw
Gene Yaw
 
99.2
 
27,249
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
206

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 27,455
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2020

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 23

Incumbent Gene Yaw defeated Jackie Baker in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 23 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gene Yaw
Gene Yaw (R)
 
73.0
 
87,037
Image of Jackie Baker
Jackie Baker (D)
 
27.0
 
32,131

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 119,168
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 23

Jackie Baker advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 23 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jackie Baker
Jackie Baker
 
100.0
 
13,402

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 13,402
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 23

Incumbent Gene Yaw advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 23 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gene Yaw
Gene Yaw
 
100.0
 
31,463

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 31,463
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Campaign finance

2016

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on April 26, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 16, 2016.

Incumbent Gene Yaw ran unopposed in the Pennsylvania State Senate District 23 general election.[2][3]

Pennsylvania State Senate District 23, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Gene Yaw Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State



Incumbent Gene Yaw ran unopposed in the Pennsylvania State Senate District 23 Republican primary.[4][5]

Pennsylvania State Senate District 23, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Gene Yaw Incumbent (unopposed)


2012

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2012

Yaw ran in the 2012 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 23. Yaw defeated David Huffman in the Republican primary on April 24 and defeated Luana Cleveland (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012. [6][7]

Pennsylvania State Senate, District 23, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngGene Yaw Incumbent 69.7% 66,277
     Democratic Luana Cleveland 30.3% 28,771
Total Votes 95,048
Pennsylvania State Senate, District 23 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngGene Yaw Incumbent 75.4% 16,994
David Huffman 24.6% 5,542
Total Votes 22,536

2008

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Yaw was elected to Pennsylvania State Senate District 23. He defeated Louis Casmir (D) and Michael Dincher (I) in the general election.[8]

Yaw raised $581,865 for this campaign.[9]

Pennsylvania State Senate District 23
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png YAW, GENE (R) 61,430
CASIMIR, LOUIS TREY (D) 29,612
DINCHER, MICHAEL A. (I) 10,965

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Gene Yaw did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

Gene Yaw campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Pennsylvania State Senate District 23Won general$373,250 $160,243
2020Pennsylvania State Senate District 23Won general$228,569 N/A**
2016Pennsylvania State Senate, District 23Won $121,934 N/A**
2012Pennsylvania State Senate, District 23Won $224,969 N/A**
2008Pennsylvania State Senate, District 23Won $581,865 N/A**
Grand total$1,530,587 $160,243
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Yaw is married to his wife, Ann. They have two children and reside in Loyalsock Township, Pennsylvania.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed May 15, 2014
    2. ↑ Pennsylvania Voter Services, "Candidate listing," accessed August 31, 2016
    3. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "November 8, 2016, official election results," accessed May 17, 2017
    4. ↑ Pennsylvania Secretary of State, "Election Information," accessed February 18, 2016
    5. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2016 Presidential Primary," accessed August 2, 2016
    6. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2012 General Primary," accessed March 11, 2014
    7. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2012 General Election," accessed March 11, 2014
    8. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2008 General Election," accessed March 11, 2014
    9. ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 campaign contributors," accessed May 15, 2014

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