Summary
Current Position: State Delegate of District 33 since 2020
Affiliation: Republican
Candidate: 2022 Lt. Governor
A proven fighter who took on an entrenched liberal on his home turf and won, Carrie Lewis DelRosso never backs down when it comes to standing for our beliefs. A small businesswoman, mother of three and community leader, Carrie brings a sense of purpose and a spirit of optimism to every public cause.
As a member of the state House, Carrie brought millions in projects to her district but, more important, brought a spirit of renewal and energy to a stretch of Pennsylvania that had been overlooked for too long. As lieutenant governor, she’ll take that same love of service and appreciation for Pennsylvania values to the office.
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About
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“It’s time we restored a sense of dignity and decorum to an office that has been reduced to a sideshow by its current occupant,” she said. “You can bet that when I’m lieutenant governor, the only flag hanging from my office balcony will be the American Flag.”
A native of Scranton, Carrie moved to Pittsburgh to attend university, then stayed on to open her business and raise her children. She knows the state from one corner to the next and recognizes truths easily overlooked by establishment politicians.
“Pennsylvanians understand things that career politicians can’t accept: That taxpayers know how to spend their money better than Harrisburg bureaucrats. That parents know better how to raise their kids than some cabinet official. And most important, that Pennsylvania doesn’t have a ‘revenue problem’ – we have a spending problem.”
Her experience in business has taught Carrie that a pro-growth, pro-jobs economy is the only way to rebuild Pennsylvania after eight disastrous years of wasteful spending and partisan gridlock. And the lessons learned in toppling an entrenched Democrat House leader has reinforced her fighting spirit.
As a running mate for the GOP candidate for governor, Carrie Lewis DelRosso won’t back
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Issues
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Personal Liberties
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is the danger of allowing an out-of-touch millionaire governor and his friends to pick and choose which businesses will stay open. Public safety measures have, instead, turned into an obedience test and it has cost families their small businesses, cost thousands of workers their jobs, and deepened the divide between the haves …
Education
A combination of crushing property taxes and unfunded Harrisburg mandates is leaving even our strongest school districts in a dilemma. And troubled districts, where some schools are downright unsafe, are being left behind. The issue isn’t a lack of funding. It’s a lack of fundamentals. Carrie knows that for schools to succeed, they have to focus on their real job: …
Illegal Immigration
Pennsylvania welcomes immigrants. We were founded by one. And we know that only legal immigration produces the lives and fortunes that everyone deserves. She’ll fight any effort to make Pennsylvania a so-called “sanctuary state” and focus on making sure our newest citizens enjoy freedom without fear of the law by making sure they’re here legally.
Public Safety
The madness in Philadelphia is spreading to other cities and towns. Weak prosecutors and their leftist allies are turning their backs on police, refusing to prosecute real crimes, and turning criminals back onto the streets in levels not seen since the 1970s. Carrie will support our law enforcement and first-responders, and make sure that they’re not only full-funded, they’re fully-supported …
Jobs & The Economy
We can’t spend our way into prosperity and we can’t produce wealth by pushing the same dollars around into the pockets of interest groups. Carrie knows that real prosperity comes from the private-sector, and that sector is being strangled by arbitrary closures, high taxes, and overregulation. Carrie will work to restore manufacturing, protect our agricultural sector, and make Pennsylvania a …
Election Integrity
There is nothing wrong with making sure that every ballot is counted and that every ballot comes from a registered voter. Carrie wants complete transparency, total accountability, and a Department of State that follows the law as written by the general assembly. No more rewriting the laws on the fly.
Health Insurance Costs
Local governments, private sector employers, and consumers are all being hammered by rising health care costs, largely driven by Obamacare mandates. Briefly put, older workforces are costing more to insure. This drives up costs, holds down development, and overlooks the extraordinary value of a seasoned, experience workforce. A benefits consortium of municipal governments can help drive down these costs, but …
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Carrie A. Lewis DelRosso[3] (born c. 1976) is an American politician and businesswoman who served one term as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 33rd district from 2021 to 2022. She was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in the 2022 election, running on the party's general election ticket with Doug Mastriano.
Early life and education
DelRosso was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.[4] She graduated from West Scranton High School and studied at the University of Pittsburgh.[3]
Career before politics
From 1996 to 2006, DelRosso worked as an insurance specialist for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and currently runs a public relations company.[5][6] She was hired by the Riverview School District as a public relations consultant in 2016, and left that position at the end of 2019, citing her other PR roles for the Penn Hills, Verona, and Plum school districts.[7]
Political career
In 2017, DelRosso was elected to serve on the Oakmont Borough Council and was sworn in on January 2, 2018.[3][8] In November 2020, she won the election to represent Pennsylvania's 33rd House district, beating then-Pennsylvania House Minority Leader Frank Dermody 51% to 49%.[6][9][10] Following the election she resigned from the Oakmont Borough Council; her resignation was made effective on December 31, 2020.[11]
Pennsylvania lieutenant governor campaign
Following redistricting of the state House maps, DelRosso would have been unable to run again in the 33rd district.[12] On February 2, 2022, DelRosso announced she would be seeking the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in the 2022 election.[1] She ran televised advertisements statewide to gain recognition and later won the nomination with 25.66% of the vote.[2][13]
DelRosso appeared on the general election ballot alongside gubernatorial nominee Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano. DelRosso was not Mastriano's endorsed candidate for lieutenant governor in primary election; Mastriano supported candidate Teddy Daniels who received 12% of the vote.[2][13] Despite not being Mastriano's preferred candidate, DelRosso said she would work with Mastriano on initiatives such as election integrity, school choice, and energy policy.[14] She and Mastriano ran against the Democratic nominees for governor and lieutenant governor, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania State Representative Austin Davis, respectively, and lost on November 8.[2][15]
Political positions
DelRosso has said she is "anti-establishment".[16] She opposed mandates related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17] She has promoted mail-in and absentee ballots.[16][17] DelRosso criticized the 2021 United States Capitol attack for its lawlessness and violence.[16]
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Laurie J. Saxon | 328 | 28.85 | |
Republican | Justin Lokay | 313 | 27.53 | |
Republican | Carrie DelRosso | 265 | 23.31 | |
Republican | Nicholas I. Armstrong | 228 | 20.05 | |
Write-in | 3 | 0.26 | ||
Total votes | 1,137 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Leah Powers | 1,169 | 15.49 | |
Republican | Justin Lokay | 1,085 | 14.38 | |
Republican | Carrie DelRosso | 1,054 | 13.97 | |
Democratic | Patricia Friday | 1,039 | 13.77 | |
Democratic | David Brankley | 1,010 | 13.39 | |
Republican | Laurie J. Saxon | 943 | 12.5 | |
Democratic | Jay Weinberg | 688 | 9.12 | |
Republican | Nicholas I. Armstrong | 549 | 7.28 | |
Write-in | 8 | 0.11 | ||
Total votes | 7,585 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carrie DelRosso | 16,359 | 51.31 | |
Democratic | Frank Dermody (incumbent) | 15,471 | 48.53 | |
Write-in | 51 | 00.16 | ||
Total votes | 31,881 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carrie DelRosso | 318,537 | 25.66 | |
Republican | Richard Saccone | 195,171 | 15.72 | |
Republican | Theodore Daniels | 150,749 | 12.14 | |
Republican | Clarice D. Schillinger | 147,705 | 11.90 | |
Republican | Jeffrey H. Coleman | 125,059 | 10.07 | |
Republican | James E. Jones | 113,183 | 9.12 | |
Republican | Russell H. Diamond | 73,751 | 5.94 | |
Republican | John A. Brown | 58,961 | 4.75 | |
Republican | Christopher C. Frye, Jr. | 58,403 | 4.70 | |
Total votes | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | 3,031,137 | 56.49% | ||
Republican |
| 2,238,477 | 41.71% | |
Libertarian |
| 51,611 | 0.96% | |
Green |
| 24,436 | 0.46% | |
Keystone |
| 20,518 | 0.38% |
References
- ^ a b Deto, Ryan (February 2, 2022). "State Rep. Carrie DelRosso announces run for lieutenant governor". TribLIVE. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d Murphy, Jan (May 17, 2022). "Carrie DelRosso wins GOP nomination for lieutenant governor". PennLive Patriot-News. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "CARRIE A. LEWIS DELROSSO - PA House of Representatives". Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "Representative Carrie Lewis DelRosso". Pennsylvania General Assembly. Archived from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^ "Carrie DelRosso's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ a b Divittorio, Michael (November 11, 2020). "Oakmont Councilwoman Carrie DelRosso claims victory in race to unseat Frank Dermody". TribLIVE. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ Michael DiVittorio, Riverview School District's PR consultant resigns, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (November 6, 2019).
- ^ "Microsoft Word - minutes obc reorg 1.2.18.docx" (PDF). The Borough of Oakmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. January 2, 2018. p. 1. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ a b 2020 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election 33rd District, Westmorland County, PA
- ^ a b 2020 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election 33rd District, Allegheny County, PA
- ^ Divittorio, Michael (December 21, 2020). "Oakmont councilwoman resigns borough post to join state House". TribLIVE. Trib Total Media. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ Lauer, Hallie; Axelrod, Joshua (May 18, 2022). "McKeesport's Austin Davis, Oakmont's Carrie DelRosso secure lieutenant governor spots". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ a b FOX43 Newsroom (May 17, 2022). "Carrie DelRosso wins Republican nomination for Lt. Governor". FOX43 WPMT-TV. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Lehman, Tom (July 9, 2022). "One-on-one with Republican lieutenant governor candidate Carrie Lewis DelRosso". WGAL News 8. Hearst Television Inc. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ Smith, Allan (November 9, 2022). "Democrat Josh Shapiro defeats Republican Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania governor's race". NBC News. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ a b c Smith, Allan; Kapur, Sahil (May 20, 2022). "Pa. Republicans brace for 'crazy dynamic' in midterm fight with far-right Mastriano on top". NBC News. NBC Universal. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ a b Sheehan, Daniel Patrick (May 17, 2022). "Decision time is here again: What you need to know about today's primary election in Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley". The Morning Call. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "MEMBER OF COUNCIL OAKMONT". Allegheny County, PA May 16, 2017 2017 Primary Election. www.scytl.us. March 5, 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ 2017 Oakmont Borough Council election
- ^ 2022 Republican primary, Pennsylvania lieutenant governor
- ^ "2022 General Election". Pennsylvania Elections - Summary Results. Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved January 8, 2023.