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Candidates' Biographical Information |
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for:
Attorney General, Pennsylvania |
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April 24, 2012 Pennsylvania Democratic Primary |
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Candidates' Positions and Views on Other Issues where Information is Available: |
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The report below lists the candidate responses to Biographical Information issue questions. The responses were provided by Kathleen G. Kane, Patrick J. Murphy and Don Bailey or were obtained from their websites. The candidates select the issues and questions for which they want to provide a response. The first link is a report of all the issues and questions made available to the candidates. Many issues and questions had no responses - links are only provided where we have information. If there are many candidates for this office, you may have to scroll down to compare all responses. |
| Biographical |
Kathleen G. Kane - D
Website
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Patrick J. Murphy - D
Website
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Don Bailey - D
Website
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| General: (goals, objectives, views, philosophies) |
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IRAQ
As a Captain with the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq, Congressman Murphy saw first hand the results of President Bush's failed foreign policy. He understands that we have lost focus on al-Qaeda because we are bogged down refereeing a religious civil war in Iraq at a cost of $3 trillion to the American public. The Iraqi government is still sitting on the sidelines while American soldiers are doing the heavy lifting five years into the war.
Congressman Murphy believes that we need to set a 16-month timeline to bring our troops home from Iraq. Setting a timeline would tell the Iraqis that it is time to get off the sideline and take responsibility for the security of their country. It would also allow us to refocus on defeating al-Qaeda, which has reconstituted itself in Afghanistan and along the border of Pakistan.
Since being elected, Congressman Murphy has been one of the most outspoken advocates for a change of direction in Iraq. He has repeatedly helped pass legislation that would bring our troops home and give us the resources we need to go after terrorist safe havens in Afghanistan. Although these efforts were blocked by President Bush and pro-war Republicans, Congressman Murphy will continue to fight for a new direction in Iraq and timeline to bring our troops home.
VETERANS
Congressman Murphy believes that a good military officer puts the needs of his or her troops ahead of his or her own. To Congressman Murphy, that meant that as an Army officer in the 82nd Airborne he ate only after the enlisted soldiers. It meant protecting their lives and well-being above all -- never letting them down. Even today, Congressman Murphy will not ignore his responsibilities to his brothers and sisters in arms -- and neither can America. The men and women of our armed services devote themselves to our great nation. That devotion compels them to serve America, to fight to protect her and--for some--to die in her name. We dishonor the sacrifices of these great Americans [Response was truncated to maximum response length of 2000 characters.] |
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| Personal: (gender, age, marital status, spouse, children, residence) |
Kathleen resides in Clarks Summit, PA with her husband Chris and two sons, Christopher and Zach. |
Patrick was born on 10/19/1973 and was raised in northeast Philadelphia.
He currently resides in Bristol, PA with his wife Jenni and their daughter Maggie. |
Don was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on July 21, 1945. He was the eighth child of Glenn & Anna Bailey. |
| Education: (schools, colleges, major, degrees) |
A graduate of the Scranton public school system, Kathleen continued her education at The University of Scranton and Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia. |
BA, King's College, 1996
Attended, Bucks County Community College, 1991
JD, Widener University School of Law |
Widely recruited, Don accepted an athletics/academic scholarship to the University of Michigan graduating in 1967 with a B.A. in political science. Don graduated from Duquesne in 1976 earning his Juris Doctorate. |
| Profession: (profession,work experience outside politics) |
Her legal career began with civil litigation with the firm of Post & Schell, P.C. in Philadelphia. Her career spans thousands of cases from murder and assault to child abuse and elder abuse, from rape and domestic violence, to public corruption and insurance fraud. As an Assistant District Attorney for Lackawanna County, Kathleen began in the child abuse/sexual assault unit. Simultaneous to the duties of this unit, Kathleen specialized in cases involving elder abuse, prosecuted white-collar criminals, and exposed abuses in Orphans' Court. Due to her distinguished service, she was selected as the Deputy to head the county's first Insurance Fraud Task Force. In addition, she has contributed to pioneering law enforcement programs, like Lackawanna County's Mental Health Court. |
Attorney, Cozen O'Connor
Prosecutor
Special Assistant United States Attorney, New York |
During high school and college Don worked at a number of "blue collar" jobs, including as a steelworker at J. & L. Steel Corp (Southside Pittsburgh) on the labor gang and as 3rd helper on the specialty furnace. Don Bailey currently practices law in Harrisburg, PA. |
| Military: (branch, service, active duty, rank, honors, discharge) |
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Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law, West Point Military Academy.
Captain, 82nd Airborne Division, United States Army, 2003-2004
Patrick enrolled in the Army ROTC program
JAG Corps |
After college Don Bailey joined the United States Army. He graduated from Infantry OCS (officer candidate school - Fort Benning Georgia) and then served with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg North Carolina. He volunteered for service in Vietnam where he joined the 101st Airborne Division in Northern I Corp. He began service in Vietnam as a platoon leader with A company 1/502. |
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Harrisburg Civil Law Clinic
Past President, Saint Thomas More Society. |
United Steelworkers of America. |
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In November 2006, Patrick won his first election and he was sworn in on January 4, 2007.
Congressman Murphy is a member of the fiscally responsible Blue Dog Coalition and serves on the Appropriations Committee and the Permanent Select Committee for Intelligence. |
Bailey was elected to the United States House of representatives as a US Congressman from the state's 21st Congressional District in 1978. He won an impressive reelection bid in 1980, despite the general Republican victory that year, garnering about 70% of the vote.
Bailey served initially on the Education & Labor, and Armed Services Committees and then was honored to be selected by his colleagues for service on the Ways and Means Committee. He was generally considered a moderate-to-conservative Democrat.
In 1984, Bailey won the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania Auditor General in a hotly contested primary; he handily won in November. During his tenure as Auditor General, Bailey established the first work-site child daycare facility in Pennsylvania government, established minimum education standards for state auditors, and generally modernized auditing procedures. |
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He was a member of the National Honor Society and enjoyed an outstanding athletic career. Seeing extensive combat he was awarded the Silver Star, 3 Bronze Stars, 2 with "V" for Valor and one for meritorious achievement. He was additionally awarded 2 Army Commendation Medals, 1 with "V" for Valor,and one for meritorious service. He also earned the Air Medal for successfully completing at least 30 combat assaults. |