WHY I’M RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE

Question: What brought you to this race? You’re not a career politician — why now?

I have five kids. Six grandchildren. And I am watching my children Leave Northeastern Pennsylvania because the jobs aren’t here, the housing isn’t affordable, and opportunity feels like something that happens somewhere else. That is not acceptable to me. I was born and raised in Jessup. My grandfather was a union foreman in the coal mines — My grandfather Ed Giombetti, a World War II veteran who taught himself accounting so he could do more for his family and his community. My mother’s family came from Italy. My other Grandfather Jack Wrightson was a union foreman in the coal mines and later a union safety inspector.