Shanna Danielson
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Shanna Danielson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 31. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Danielson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Shanna Danielson was born in Palmerton, Pennsylvania. She received a bachelor's degree from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania in 2008 and a graduate degree from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 2012. Danielson's professional experience includes teaching music. She has been associated with MOMS Demand Action, the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee, the Democratic Party of York County, Capital Region Stands Up, the Northern York Democratic Club, Emerge Pennsylvania, PSEA, and PMEA.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 31
Incumbent Mike Regan defeated Shanna Danielson in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 31 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Regan (R) | 60.5 | 95,228 |
 | Shanna Danielson (D)  | 39.5 | 62,123 | |
| Total votes: 157,351 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 31
Shanna Danielson defeated Rick Coplen and John Bosha in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 31 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shanna Danielson | 43.4 | 12,187 |
 | Rick Coplen | 41.8 | 11,717 | |
 | John Bosha | 14.8 | 4,145 | |
| Total votes: 28,049 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 31
Incumbent Mike Regan advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 31 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Regan | 100.0 | 35,634 |
| Total votes: 35,634 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 92
Incumbent Dawn Keefer defeated Shanna Danielson in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 92 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dawn Keefer (R) | 69.2 | 19,529 |
| Shanna Danielson (D) | 30.8 | 8,680 | |
| Total votes: 28,209 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 92
Shanna Danielson advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 92 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shanna Danielson | 100.0 | 2,395 |
| Total votes: 2,395 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 92
Incumbent Dawn Keefer defeated Joshua Hershey and Curtis Werner in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 92 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dawn Keefer | 62.1 | 4,829 |
 | Joshua Hershey | 30.4 | 2,364 | |
| Curtis Werner | 7.5 | 582 | |
| Total votes: 7,775 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Shanna Danielson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Danielson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I've spent most of my life in small Pennsylvania towns. I grew up in Jim Thorpe before my father's job took us to the Finger Lakes region of New York. After high school, I returned to PA to earn my bachelor's degree in Music Education from Mansfield University.
I found my first teaching job in the Cameron County School District, where I taught elementary band and general music for seven years, earning the Outstanding Young Music Educator award from the Pennsylvania State Music Educators Association in 2014. I met my husband Eric, earned my masters degree in Educational Leadership from Edinboro University, and we started our family. When our son Elliott was born, we knew we wanted to raise him in a place where we could be close to history, culture, and the arts.
We moved to Dillsburg when my husband found his dream job. I was fortunate to spend the first few months of our new adventure at home with my son. I then spent two years working for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association as the Director of Education and Events, before returning to teaching.
My interest in politics has been building for many years. My first real desire to some day run for office came shortly after Governor Corbett paved the way for huge cuts to education funding in Pennsylvania. As a teacher, I saw first hand who suffered when those cuts took place- the kids.
Not long after that, the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary fundamentally changed who I was as a teacher, but also as a person.
- Pennsylvania must fully and fairly fund public education at the state level, pre-k through college, so that Pennsylvania students are prepared to participate in our economy and our democracy. This means fixing our upside-down tax structure and ensuring the legislature is investing in our schools.
- We need affordable and accessible healthcare for ALL Pennsylvanians, including protecting a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, prohibiting surprise medical billing, and improving rural access to healthcare.
- We need bold legislative action on climate change, including ending our dependence on (and subsidizing of) fossil fuels, investing in green infrastructure and renewable energy, protecting our air and water, and investing in sustainable agriculture.
Public education, Gun violence prevention, Climate action, Healthcare for all.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 26, 2020
