PA Legislature Rankings
Often people will ask us if their legislator supports or opposes commonsense gun violence prevention policies. We have devised a scoring system designed to give citizens a snapshot of where their elected officials stand.
We achieved this by examining the voting records of all incumbents. Each member has been given one of three colors to demonstrate their position:
Green: These members have consistently and steadfastly voted to support gun violence prevention policies. They have also voted against measures that we have specifically opposed.
Yellow: These members have a mixed voting record. This means that while they may have voted for bills that we believe may save lives, they also may have voted for bills that we believe endanger public safety.
Red: These members vote against gun violence prevention policies. Regardless of their rationale, they consistently ignore those clamoring for better gun laws and vote the way the NRA asks them to.
No Ranking: These members did not have the opportunity to vote on legislation we utilized to determine these rankings. Their lack of ranking does not indicate their level of support for or against gun violence prevention policies but reflect their absence within the legislature at the time of the votes listed below.
New Member: These new members have not had the opportunity to vote on legislation we utilized to determine these rankings. Their lack of ranking does not indicate their level of support for or against gun violence prevention policies but reflect their absence within the legislature at the time of the votes listed below.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
| District | Legislator | Ranking |
| 1st | Patrick Harkins | |
| 2nd | Robert Merski | New member |
| 3rd | Ryan Bizzarro* | |
| 4th | Curtis Sonney | |
| 5th | Barry Jozwiak* | |
| 6th | Brad Roae | |
| 7th | Mark Longietti | |
| 8th | Tedd Nesbit* | |
| 9th | Christopher Sainato | |
| 10th | Aaron Bernstine | |
| 11th | Brian Ellis | |
| 12th | Daryl Metcalfe | |
| 13th | John Lawrence | |
| 14th | James Marshall | |
| 15th | Joshua Kail | New member |
| 16th | Robert Matzie | |
| 17th | Parke Wentling | |
| 18th | Gene Digirolamo | |
| 19th | Jake Wheatley | |
| 20th | Adam Ravenstahl | |
| 21st | Sara Innamorato | |
| 22nd | Peter Schweyer | |
| 23rd | Dan Frankel | |
| 24th | Ed Gainey | |
| 25th | Brandon Markosek | New member |
| 26th | Timothy Hennessey | |
| 27th | Daniel Deasy | |
| 28th | Michael Turzai | |
| 29th | Meghan Schroeder | New member |
| 30th | Lori Mizgorski | New member |
| 31st | Perry Warren | |
| 32nd | Anthony DeLuca | |
| 33rd | Francis Dermody | |
| 34th | Summer Lee | New member |
| 35th | Austin Davis | |
| 36th | Harry Readshaw | |
| 37th | Mindy Fee | |
| 38th | William Kortz | |
| 39th | Michael Puskaric | New member |
| 40th | Natalie Mihalek | New member |
| 41th | Brett Miller | |
| 42nd | Dan Miller* | |
| 43th | Keith Greiner | |
| 44th | Valerie Gaydos | New member |
| 45th | Anita Kulik | |
| 46th | Jason Ortitay | |
| 47th | Keith Gillespie | |
| 48th | Timothy Jon O’Neal | |
| 49th | Donald Cook | |
| 50th | Pamela Snyder | |
| 51st | Matthew Dowling | |
| 52nd | Ryan Warner | |
| 53rd | Steven Malagari | New member |
| 54th | Bob Brooks | New member |
| 55th | Josepth Petrarca* | |
| 56th | George Dunbar | |
| 57th | Eric Nelson | |
| 58th | Justin Walsh | |
| 59th | Mike Reese | |
| 60th | Jeffery Pyle | |
| 61st | Liz Hanbidge | New member |
| 62nd | James Struzzi | New member |
| 63rd | Donna Oberlander | |
| 64th | Lee James | |
| 65th | Kathy Rapp | |
| 66th | Cris Dush | |
| 67th | Martin Causer | |
| 68th | Clinton Owlett | No ranking |
| 69th | Carl Metzgar | |
| 70th | Matthew Bradford | |
| 71th | Jim Rigby | New member |
| 72th | Frank Burns | |
| 73rd | Tommy Sankey | |
| 74th | Dan Williams | New member |
| 75th | Matt Gabler | |
| 76th | Stephanie Borowicz | New member |
| 77th | Scott Conklin | |
| 78th | Jesse Topper* | |
| 79th | Louis Schmitt | New member |
| 80th | Jim Gregory | New member |
| 81th | Richard Irvin | |
| 82nd | Johnathan Hershey | New member |
| 83rd | Jeff Wheeland | |
| 84th | Garth Everett* | |
| 85th | Frederick Keller | |
| 86th | Mark Keller | |
| 87th | Greg Rothman | New member |
| 88th | Sheryl Delozier* | |
| 89th | Rob Kauffman | |
| 90th | Paul Schemel* | |
| 91st | Daniel Moul | |
| 92nd | Dawn Keefer | |
| 93rd | Mike Jones | New member |
| 94th | Stan Saylor | |
| 95th | Carol Hill-Evans | |
| 96th | Michael Sturla | |
| 97th | Steven Mentzer | |
| 98th | David Hickernell | |
| 99th | David Zimmerman | |
| 100th | Bryan Cutler | |
| 101st | Francis Ryan | |
| 102nd | Russ Diamond | |
| 103rd | Patty Kim | |
| 104th | Susan Helm | |
| 105th | Andrew Lewis | New member |
| 106th | Thomas Mehaffie III | |
| 107th | Kurt Masser | |
| 108th | Lynda Culver | |
| 109th | David Millard | |
| 110th | Tina Pickett | |
| 111th | Jonathan Fritz | |
| 112th | Kyle Mullins | New member |
| 113th | Marty Flynn | |
| 114th | Sid Kavulich | |
| 115th | Maureen Madden | |
| 116th | Tarah Toohil* | |
| 117th | Karen Boback | |
| 118th | Mike Carroll | |
| 119th | Gerald Mullery* | |
| 120th | Aaron Kaufer | |
| 121st | Edwin Pashinki | |
| 122nd | Doyle Heffley | |
| 123rd | Neal Goodman | |
| 124th | Jerry Knowles* | |
| 125th | Mike Tobash | |
| 126th | Mark Rozzi | |
| 127th | Thomas Caltagiron | |
| 128th | Mark Gillen | |
| 129th | James Cox | |
| 130th | David Maloney | |
| 131st | Justin Simmons | |
| 132nd | Michael Schlossberg | |
| 133rd | Jeanne McNeill | No ranking |
| 134th | Ryan Mackenzie | |
| 135th | Steve Samuelson | |
| 136th | Robert Freeman | |
| 137th | Joseph Emrick | |
| 138th | Marcia Hahn | |
| 139th | Michael Peifer | |
| 140th | John Galloway | |
| 141st | Tina Davis* | |
| 142nd | Frank Farry | |
| 143rd | Wendy Ullman | New member |
| 144th | Todd Polinchock | New member |
| 145th | Craig Staats | |
| 146th | Joe Ciresi | New member |
| 147th | Marcy Toepel | |
| 148th | Mary Jo Daley | |
| 149th | Tim Briggs* | |
| 150th | Joe Webster | New member |
| 151st | Todd Stephens* | |
| 152nd | Thomas Murt | |
| 153rd | Benjamin Sanchez | New member |
| 154th | Stephen McCarter | |
| 155th | Danielle Friel Otten | New member |
| 156th | Carolyn Comitta | |
| 157th | Melissa Shusterman | New member |
| 158th | Christina Sappey | New member |
| 159th | Brian Kirkland | |
| 160th | Stephen Barrar | |
| 161st | Leanne Krueger-Brankey | |
| 162nd | Dave Delloso | New member |
| 163rd | Michael Zabel | New member |
| 164th | Margo Davidson | |
| 165th | Jennifer O’Mara | New member |
| 166th | Gregory Vitali | |
| 167th | Kristine Howard | New member |
| 168th | Christopher Quinn | |
| 169th | Kate Klunk* | |
| 170th | Martina White* | |
| 171st | Kerry Benninghoff | |
| 172nd | Kevin Boyle | |
| 173rd | Mike Driscoll | |
| 174th | Ed Neilson | |
| 175th | MaryLouise Isaacson | New member |
| 176th | Jack Rader | |
| 177th | Joseph Hohenstein | New member |
| 178th | Wendi Thomas | New member |
| 179th | Jason Dawkins* | |
| 180th | Angel Cruz | |
| 181st | Malcolm Kenyatta | New member |
| 182nd | Brian Sims | |
| 183rd | Zachary Mako | No ranking |
| 184th | Elizabeth Fiedler | New member |
| 185th | Maria Donatucci | |
| 186th | Jordan Harris | |
| 187th | Gary Day | |
| 188th | James Roebuck | |
| 189th | Rosemary Brown | |
| 190th | Vanessa Brown | |
| 191st | Joanna McClinton* | |
| 192nd | Morgan Cephas | |
| 193rd | Torren Ecker | New member |
| 194th | Pamela Delissio | |
| 195th | Donna Bullock | |
| 196th | Seth Grove | |
| 197th | Danilo Burgos | New member |
| 198th | Rosita Youngblood | |
| 199th | Barbara Gleim | New member |
| 200th | Chris Rabb | |
| 201st | Stephen Kinsey | |
| 202nd | Jared Solomon | |
| 203rd | Isabella Fitzgerald | |
Pennsylvania Senate
| 1st | Lawrence Farnese | |
| 2nd | Christine Tartaglione | |
| 3rd | Sharif Street | |
| 4th | Arthur Haywood II | |
| 5th | John Sabatina | |
| 6th | Robert Tomlinson | |
| 7th | Vincent Hughes | |
| 8th | Anthony Williams | |
| 9th | Thomas Killion | |
| 10th | Steven Santarsiero | New member |
| 11th | Judith Schwank | |
| 12th | Maria Collett | New member |
| 13th | Scott Martin | |
| 14th | John Yudichak | |
| 15th | John DiSanto | |
| 16th | Patrick Browne | |
| 17th | Daylin Leach | |
| 18th | Lisa Boscola | |
| 19th | Andrew Dinniman | |
| 20th | Lisa Baker | |
| 21st | Scott Hutchinson | |
| 22nd | John Blake | |
| 23rd | Gene Yaw | |
| 24th | Robert Mensch | |
| 25th | Joseph Scarnati | |
| 26th | Tim Kearney | New member |
| 27th | John Gordner | |
| 28th | Kristin Phillips-Hill | New member |
| 28th | David Argall | |
| 30th | Judy Ward | New member |
| 31st | Mike Regan | |
| 32nd | Patrick Stefano | |
| 33rd | Richard Alloway | |
| 34th | Jacob Corman | |
| 35th | Wayne Langerholc | |
| 36th | Ryan Aument | |
| 37th | Guy Reschenthaler | |
| 38th | Lindsey Williams | New member |
| 39th | Kim Ward | |
| 40th | Mario Scavello | |
| 41st | Donald White | |
| 42nd | Wayne Fontana | |
| 43rd | Jay Costa | |
| 44th | Katie Muth | New member |
| 45th | James Brewster | |
| 46th | Camera Bartolotta | |
| 47th | Elder Vogel | |
| 48th | Michael Folmer | |
| 49th | Daniel Laughlin | |
| 50th | Michele Brooks | |
While several votes were considered in this scoring, the following subjects were weighted heavily: special standing/expanded preemption in 2017, 2016 (Senate) and 2014, ammunition limitations, guns in schools, background checks, and domestic violence victims protection. In addition, for members of the House Judiciary Committee (noted with an *), votes from the June 2018 voting meetings were considered.