Pam Delissio leads Dems in 194th House race

The Pennsylvania House district that includes Balacynwyd, Manayunk and Roxborough, is an open seat this year. Democrat Kathy Manderino, after 18 years in office in the 19th district, is not seeking re-election. This is just one of two open state

 house seats this year. The other is the nearby 195th district which includes the Art Museum area, Powelton Village.

For Manderino’s seat, we have a five way contest among Democrats. Republican candidate Tim Downey is unopposed. The Green Party candidate will be Hugh Giordano.

The Committee of Seventy has this as one of their featured races on their website. It has some nice bio material on the Democrats.

Union organizer, attorney and 21st Ward Leader Lou Agre is the endorsed candidate of the local Democratic City Committee. Other Democrats include Josh Cohen, the 52nd ward committee person and former deputy chief of staff for Councilman Curtis Jones Jr.; Pam DeLisso a former retirement community president, consultant and businesswoman, has the support of the retiring incumbent and the endorsements of the Lower Merion and Montgomery County Democratic committees and the 52nd Ward Executive committee; Bill Morris, a member of Carpenters Local 8 and a youth sports coach; and Keith Newman, a school teacher and neighborhood activist.