John DiSanto

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John DiSanto
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Pennsylvania State Senate District 15
Successor: Patty Kim
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John DiSanto (Republican Party) was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing District 15. He assumed office on December 1, 2016. He left office on November 30, 2024.

DiSanto (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 15. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

On December 8, 2023, DiSanto announced he would not seek re-election to the Pennsylvania State Senate District 15.[1]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at:[email protected].

2023-2024

DiSanto was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

DiSanto was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

DiSanto 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
• Education
• Finance, Vice chair
• Intergovernmental Operations
• Labor & Industry
• Urban Affairs & Housing

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

John DiSanto did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 15

Incumbent John DiSanto defeated George Scott in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 15 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of John DiSanto
John DiSanto (R)
 
51.6
 
71,119
Image of George Scott
George Scott (D) Candidate Connection
 
48.4
 
66,632

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

Total votes: 137,751
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 15

George Scott defeated Alvin Taylor in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 15 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of George Scott
George Scott Candidate Connection
 
72.3
 
21,672
Image of Alvin Taylor
Alvin Taylor
 
27.7
 
8,311

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

Total votes: 29,983
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 15

Incumbent John DiSanto advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 15 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of John DiSanto
John DiSanto
 
100.0
 
29,768

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

Total votes: 29,768
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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.

John DiSanto defeated incumbent Rob Teplitz in the Pennsylvania State Senate District 15 general election.[2][3]

Pennsylvania State Senate District 15, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png John DiSanto 51.72% 62,774
     Democratic Rob Teplitz Incumbent 48.28% 58,591
Total Votes 121,365
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State


Incumbent Rob Teplitz defeated Alvin Q. Taylor in the Pennsylvania State Senate District 15 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Pennsylvania State Senate District 15, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Rob Teplitz Incumbent 75.96% 19,076
     Democratic Alvin Q. Taylor 24.04% 6,037
Total Votes 25,113


John DiSanto defeated Andrew Lewis in the Pennsylvania State Senate District 15 Republican primary.[4][5]

Pennsylvania State Senate District 15, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png John DiSanto 50.70% 19,283
     Republican Andrew Lewis 49.30% 18,748
Total Votes 38,031

Campaign themes

2020

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2016

DiSanto's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[6]

“

Cutting Wasteful Spending John DiSanto has spent a lifetime growing a business and finding efficiencies that have helped his bottom line. As a State Senator, John will fight to cut wasteful spending rather than raise taxes. State government is bloated with bureaucrats and waste, and John will work with leaders in the Senate and House to identify and cut wasteful spending.

Eliminate Property Taxes Property taxes are unfair – John DiSanto will go to Harrisburg and fight for a plan to eliminate them. When you own your home, you should own your home. The system we have now allows the government to take your house even though you’ve paid it off. Eliminating property taxes will relieve the burden of these taxes, especially on our working families and seniors. It will also jump-start our economy, by removing a significant barrier to home ownership.

Stand Up To Governor Wolf Governor Wolf has shown that he is a liberal politician who’s only answer for the challenges facing our commonwealth is to raise taxes. John DiSanto will be a strong voice opposing Wolf’s efforts. John isn’t going to the capitol to fight for liberal special interests – he’s going to be a voice for small business owners and working families who would be crushed under Governor Wolf’s tax increases.

Creating An Environment For Jobs As a private sector businessman all his life, John DiSanto knows that the government doesn’t create jobs. Instead it’s the hard working small business owners who create jobs in our communities. So John will fight hard to lessen burdensome regulations, keep the cost of government low, and make state government a partner with job creators to make sure our community has good paying jobs.[7]

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Campaign finance summary

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John DiSanto campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Pennsylvania State Senate District 15Won general$2,299,153 N/A**
2016Pennsylvania State Senate, District 15Won $1,503,466 N/A**
Grand total$3,802,619 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2024

In 2024, the Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session from January 2 to November 14.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ “Pennsylvania Capital-Star,” “Pa. Sen. John DiSanto announces he won’t run for reelection,” December 8, 2023
    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. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pennsylvania Secretary of State, "Election Information," accessed February 18, 2016
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Pennsylvania Department of State, "2016 Presidential Primary," accessed August 2, 2016
    6. ↑ DiSanto for Senate, "Issues," accessed September 26, 2016
    7. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    -     		Pennsylvania State Senate District 15
    2016-2024    		 Succeeded by
    Patty Kim (D)


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