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John Kane
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Democratic Party

Pennsylvania State Senate District 9
Tenure

2020 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

4

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$106,422.33/year

Per diem

$185/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Personal
Profession
Manager
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John Kane (Democratic Party) is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing District 9. He assumed office on December 1, 2020. His current term ends on November 30, 2028.

Kane (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 9. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

John Kane lives in Birmingham, Pennsylvania. Kane's career experience includes working as a business manager with Plumbers Local 690. He serves on the board of the Livengrin Foundation.[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

Kane was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Kane was assigned to the following committees:

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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 9

Incumbent John Kane defeated Mike Woodin in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 9 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of John Kane
John Kane (D)
 
56.0
 
81,550
Image of Mike Woodin
Mike Woodin (R) Candidate Connection
 
43.8
 
63,796
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
189

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 145,535
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 9

Incumbent John Kane advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 9 on April 23, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of John Kane
John Kane
 
99.5
 
20,802
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
101

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

Total votes: 20,903
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 9

Mike Woodin advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 9 on April 23, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mike Woodin
Mike Woodin Candidate Connection
 
99.1
 
16,851
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
151

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

Total votes: 17,002
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Kane in this election.

2020

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 9

John Kane defeated incumbent Thomas Killion in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 9 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of John Kane
John Kane (D)
 
52.0
 
80,198
Image of Thomas Killion
Thomas Killion (R)
 
48.0
 
74,173

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

Total votes: 154,371
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 9

John Kane defeated Brett Burman in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 9 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of John Kane
John Kane
 
53.7
 
18,839
Image of Brett Burman
Brett Burman Candidate Connection
 
46.3
 
16,273

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

Total votes: 35,112
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 9

Incumbent Thomas Killion advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 9 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Thomas Killion
Thomas Killion
 
100.0
 
25,410

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

Total votes: 25,410
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Campaign finance

2014

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2014
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Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in that election was March 11, 2014. John Kane Sr. was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Thomas McGarrigle was unopposed in the Republican primary. McGarrigle defeated Kane in the general election.[2][3][4]

The Pennsylvania State Senate was a battleground chamber that Ballotpedia identified as having the opportunity to switch partisan control in 2014. The Pennsylvania Senate had a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of four seats, which amounts to 16 percent of the seats up for election in 2014. District 26 in the Senate was identified by Ballotpedia and the Philadelphia City Paper as a battleground district that could determine control of the Pennsylvania State Senate. Democrats had their best chance picking up a seat in District 26, where the race was open and any Democrat carried a 3-point advantage to win. Thomas McGarrigle (R) defeated John Kane Sr. (D) in that race.[5]

Pennsylvania State Senate, District 26 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngThomas McGarrigle 52.1% 45,910
     Democratic John Kane, Sr. 47.9% 42,170
Total Votes 88,080

Endorsements

In 2014, Kane's endorsements included the following:[6]

  • AFL-CIO
  • United Steel Workers
  • DelCo United
  • United Steel Workers Local 10-1
  • Delaware County United for Sensible Gun Policy

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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John Kane did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

John Kane 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.

John Kane campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Pennsylvania State Senate District 9Won general$1,009,295 $786,621
2020Pennsylvania State Senate District 9Won general$2,930,402 N/A**
Grand total$3,939,696 $786,621
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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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ PA State Senate, "Senator John I. Kane," accessed April 10, 2021
    2. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Official primary results for May 20, 2014," accessed July 9, 2014
    3. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 Official Candidate Listing," accessed March 19, 2014
    4. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 General Election," accessed December 5, 2014
    5. ↑ City Paper, "If Dems flip state Senate, it will be with these five seats," March 27, 2014
    6. ↑ Vote Kane, "Main page," accessed September 3, 2014

    Political offices
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    Thomas Killion (R)     		Pennsylvania State Senate District 9
    2020-Present    		 Succeeded by
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