State Senators/State Reps list

District 1 - Map (PDF)
Lawrence Farnese
Democrat
1802 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19145
215-952-3121
Fax: 215-952-3155

Senate Box 203001
Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-787-5662
Fax: 717-787-4531

District 2 - Map (PDF)

Christine (Tina) Tartaglione
Democrat
1061 Bridge Street
Philadelphia, PA 19124
215-533-0440
Fax: 215-560-2627

Senate Box 203002
Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-787-1141
Fax: 717-787-74

District 3 - Map (PDF)

Shirley M. Kitchen
Democrat
1701 West Lehigh Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19132
215-227-6161
Fax: 215-560-1316

Senate Box 203003
Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-787-6735
Fax: 717-772-0581

District 4 - Map (PDF)

Leanna M. Washington
Democrat
1555D E. Wadsworth Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19150
215-242-0472
Fax: 215-753-4538

Senate Box 203004
Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-787-1427
Fax: 717-772-0572

District 5 - Map (PDF)

Michael J. Stack, III
Democrat
12361 Academy Road
Longhorne, PA 19154
215-281-2539
Fax: 215-281-2798

Senate Box 203005
Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-787-9608
Fax: 717-772-2162

District 7 - Map (PDF)

Vincent J. Hughes
Democrat
4601 Market St. 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19139
215-471-0490
Fax: 215-560-3434

Senate Box 203007
Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-787-7112
Fax: 717-772-0579

District 8 - Map (PDF)

Anthony Hardy Williams
Democrat
6630 Lindbergh Boulevard, Suite 1
Philadelphia, PA 19142
215-492-2980
Fax: 215-492-2990

Senate Box 203008
Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-787-5970
Fax: 717-772-0574

State reps

District 152 (map soon)
Thomas P. Murt (R)
19 S. York Road
Hatboro, PA 19040
(215) 674-3755
Fax: (215) 674-3021
P.O. Box 202152
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-6886
Fax: (717) 787-7375

District 180 (PDF)
Angel Cruz (D)
2749 North 5th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19133
(215) 291-5643
Fax: (215) 291-5647
P.O. Box 202180
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-1407
Fax: (717) 783-8536

District 194 (PDF)
Kathy Manderino (D)
6511 Ridge Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19128
(215) 482-8726
Fax: (215) 482-9066
P.O. Box 202194
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-1254
Fax: (717) 780-4770

District 154 (map soon)
Lawrence H. Curry (D)
1 Jenkintown Station, # 211
115 West Avenue
Jenkintown, PA 19046
(215) 572-5210
Fax: (215) 517-1423P.O. Box 202154
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 783-1079
Fax: (717) 787-2713
District 181 (PDF)
W. Curtis Thomas (D)
1348 West Girard Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19123
(215) 232-1210
Fax: (215) 232-1203P.O. Box 202181
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-9471
Fax: (717) 787-7297
District 195 (PDF)
Frank L. Oliver (D)
2839 West Girard Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19130
(215) 684-3738
Fax: (215) 235-4629P.O. Box 202195
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-3480
Fax: (717) 783-0684
District 169 (PDF)
Dennis M. O'Brien (R)
9811 Academy Rd
Philadelphia, PA 19114
(215) 632-5150
Fax: (215) 281-2094P.O. Box 202169
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-5689
Fax: (717) 787-1339
District 182 (PDF)
Babette Josephs (D)
1528 Walnut St. # 1901
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 893-1515
Fax: (215) 560-5816
P.O. Box 202182
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2020
(717) 787-8529
Fax: (717) 787-5066

District 197 (PDF)
Jewell Williams (D)
2220 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19132
(215) 763-2559
Fax: (215) 763-2561
P.O. Box 202197
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 772-2004
Fax: (717) 787-7597

District 170 (PDF)
Brendan Boyle (D)
13324 Philmont Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19116
215-934-5144
Fax: 215-560-3286

P.O. Box 202170
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-8523
Fax: (717) 787-4810

District 184 (PDF)
William F. Keller (D)
1531 S. Second Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
215-271-9190
Fax: (215) 560-5816
P.O. Box 202184
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-5774
Fax: (717) 705-2088

District 198 (PDF)
Rosita C. Youngblood (D)
5736 Greene Street
Philadelphia, PA 19144
(215) 849-6426
Fax: (215) 849-5476
P.O. Box 202198
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-7727
Fax: (717) 772-1313

District 172 (PDF)
John M. Perzel (R)
7518 Frankford Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19136
(215) 331-2600
Fax: (215) 708-3135
P.O. Box 202172
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-2016
Fax: (717) 783-7225

District 185 (PDF)
Robert C. Donatucci (D)
PFN Building
1809-13 Oregon Ave Suite 201
Philadelphia, PA 19145
(215) 468-1515
Fax: (215) 952-1164
P.O. Box 202185
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 783-8634
Fax: (717) 772-9888

District 200 (PDF)
Cherelle L. Parker (D)
1534-1536 Wadsworth Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19150
(215) 242-7300
Fax (215) 242-7303
P.O. Box 202200
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 783-2178
Fax: (717) 783-7548

District 173 (PDF)
Michael P. McGeehan (D)
7731 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19136
(215) 333-9760
Fax: (215) 333-5891
P.O. Box 202173
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 772-4029
Fax: (717) 787-4923

District 186 (PDF)
Kenyatta J. Johnson (D)
1610 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
(215) 952-3378
Fax: (215) 952-1141
P.O. Box 202186
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 783-1792
Fax: (717) 787-7172

District 201 (PDF)
John Myers (D)
5847 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19144
(215) 849-6896
Fax: (215) 560-1824
P.O. Box 202201
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-3181
Fax: (717) 772-4038

District 174 (PDF)
John P. Sabatina, Jr.
8100 Castor Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19152
(215) 342-6204
Fax: (215) 342-6207
P.O. Box 202174
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 772-4032
Fax: (717) 783-1579

District 188 (PDF)
James R. Roebuck, Jr. (D)
4712 Baltimore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19143
(215) 724-2227
Fax: (215) 724-2230
P.O. Box 202188
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 783-1000
Fax: (717) 783-1665

District 202 (PDF)
Mark B. Cohen (D)
6001 N. 5th St., 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19120
(215) 924-0895
Fax: (215) 924-8480
P.O. Box 202202
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-4117
Fax: (717) 787-6650

District 175 (PDF)
Michael H. O'Brien (D)
610 North 2nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123
(215) 503-3245
Fax: (215) 503-7850
P.O. Box 202175
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 783-8098
Fax: (717) 780-4787

District 190 (PDF)
Vanessa Brown (D)
4706 Westminster Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131
(215) 879-6615
Fax: (215) 879-6616
P.O Box 202190
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 783-3822
Fax: (717) 772-2384

District 203 (PDF)
Dwight Evans (D)
7174 Ogontz Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19138
(215) 549-0220
Fax: (215) 549-8965
P.O. Box 202203
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 783-1540
Fax: (717) 787-2334

District 177 (PDF)
John J. Taylor (R)
4725 Richmond Street
Philadelphia, PA 19137
(215) 744-2600
Fax: (215) 744-2605
P.O. Box 202177
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-3179
Fax: (717) 705-1850

District 191 (PDF)
Ronald G. Waters (D)
6027A Ludlow Street
Philadelphia, PA 19139
(215) 748-6712
Fax: (215) 748-1687
P.O. Box 202191
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 772-9850
Fax: (717) 787-7597

District 179 (PDF)
Tony J. Payton (D)
4915 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19124
(215) 744-7901
Fax: (215) 744-7906
P.O. Box 202179
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 78-1354
Fax: (717)780-4789

District 192 (PDF)
Louise Williams Bishop (D)
1991 North 63rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19151
(215) 879-6625
Fax: (215) 879-8566
P.O. Box 202192
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 783-2192
Fax: (717) 787-2960

We don't love the City Budget, and I personally hate the sales tax, but there are priorities:

Across the board devastating cuts to libraries, health centers, rec centers, fire houses, and a potential nightmare scenario with cuts to already-inhumanly-overcrowded prisons and a 10% gash to law enforcement?

That's insane.

We have to stop it.

Progressives must stand up for the City's most vulnerable.

Come out to the rally today with the Mayor. Contact your State Rep, Senator, and Councilperson to make sure they're fighting to stop this insanity.

And next year punish anyone who represents us in Harrisburg who was willing to dance with the devil, and make political pawns of the City's kids, elderly and poor.

As it stands now, there is no municipal budget redo if H'burg doesn't give Philly the sales tax plan or the city pension fund rejigger. Without both of those the types of cuts we were talking about last Nov. are a small fraction of the wholesale mass layoffs and cuts in every city department that will happen because of the budget City Council already passed.

Sure many of us would not have preferred Council hanging everything on sales tax 1.) because even with the exemption for food and clothing, its still a fairly regressive form of taxation and 2.) because it holds even basic city services like weekly trash pickup and police hostage to the whims of the political process in Harrisburg. It was a risky bet Council took opting for an "easy" municipal tax plan that makes the city's ability to perform basic municipal services dependent upon the votes of state legislators from Erie County.

But if we don't get both, the consequences for Philadelphia city government go way beyond "trimming the fat" - they are budget armageddon for even basic services like police and fire. And we can't "fix" it till the next fiscal year which is no good for city worker's already laid off or libraries already closed and reforms like automation to make city government cheaper actually take a little set-up money - they happen in a systematic way in an environment where city government is maybe concerned about costs but not the throws of wholesale "slash and burn" mode of Plan B or C.

So yeah, many social justice progressive were not thrilled with the sales tax plan and yeah even in the best case Plan A scenario, Nutter is asking for concessions the city unions are less than thrilled about. Still any Philadelphian concerned about core municipal services would be smoking crack to not push with all their might from avoiding Plan B or C.

The time for grumbling is over. Put that in a box and save it for the next Council elections. "The thing that must not happen" is breathing down our necks.

At the state level, so many of the human services like health clinics or services for victims of sexual abuse people think of "city services" are so dependent upon state funding distributed through the counties, the State Senate Republican budget would be just as dire. Really it has to be 3 for 3 - a sane state budget deal and Philly getting both of its budget approvals from the state or its going to be very, very, very ugly here in Philly.

And as a reminder -
Any state legislator from Philly who isn't 3 for 3 (ahem Brendan Boyle and Mike O'Brien) really should start thinking about a new line of work in 2010 because, whether you think Council made the right choices in May or not, the die has been cast and its you who laid-off city workers and people frustrated at trash pickups that are no longer once a week will have to directly blame.
-Sean
MrLuigi, my cat, actually only types half as badly as I do.

Here's an outline of what happens without either the sales tax or the pension plan rejigger.

* Layoffs of 600 to 800 cops and no replacement of hundreds of other officers when they retire.

* Layoffs of 200 firefighters.

* Closing of two city health centers.

* Shuttering most recreation centers and libraries.

* Trash pickup every other week.

* A total of 3,000 layoffs across almost every city department.

I'm sure there will be more gory details at the rally today.

Remember anything short of 3 for 3 translates also to dramatic cuts to the courts - basically they shut down one day a week (20% capacity) and processing of criminal cases gets even slower. Combine that with the cuts to cops and rising unemployment and I think just about anybody gets the implication for public safety.

Also remember yesterday's big press conference with Eric Holder about Federal stimulus money funding saving 60 police jobs in Philly. 600-800 layoffs simultaneously sort of puts that press conference into perspective doesn't it?
-Sean
MrLuigi, my cat, actually only types half as badly as I do.

I was there today - lots of folks, to be sure, but perhaps not as many as one would have hoped. Lots of booing when the Mayor said he and Council wanted a sales-tax hike; but lots of cheers following it as he explained why it was preferable to the horror show that would ensue if the state legislature doesn't grant permission for the hike.

I know I'm preaching to the choir, and this emergency isn't the time to organize on the matter, but a major cause of this remains that too many non-Philadelphia pols in Harrisburg just don't understand how a city works, and really seem to dislike Philadelphians. These pols' views aren't that complicated - they see us as Sodom and Gamorrah on the Delaware, a caricature right out of the '80s/'90s rightwing playbook of vilifying the "dependency" and pathology of the poor and people of color. Certainly Philly's grand historic tradition of political corruption and inefficiency is part of it, but I remain convinced that these other issues are more central to Harrisburg's bias against Philly.

Whatever happens this summer and this year, I think a long-term organizing and educational effort might be very helpful in gradually easing the anti-Philly sentiment of Harrisburg.

Best,
Matt

Yet, I have felt and observed a regional resentment in my work over 15 years. It's my experience, so your mileage may vary, but these are Democrats for the most part and some inevitably rise to the State Assembly. The grumpy council people of Johnstown are Dems and don't fall down with sympathy for Philly, for example.

Matt's idea to reach out to non-Philadelphians is good, and ought to be based on commonality of cause rather than party affiliation, because I honestly believe that Dems in that area beyond King of Prussia to the Ohio and West Virginia border don't see Philly's problems as analogs to their own (even though they surely are).

It reminds me of the disaffection the UK Labour party; losing the base of the past century during its climb to corporate cool trying to match Maggie Thatcher cut for cut and multinational privilege for multi-national privilege.

My main point is that there are existing venues where common ground can be sought. Philadelphia needs allies, and cultivating the local "Blue Dogs" may be doable, and done soon. The COGs, the PSAB and PLCM have regional meetings all year long.

Joshua Vincent
www.urbantools.org
www.ourcommonwealth.org
Phree Philly