Susan Banahasky

* D, 50, Lawrenceville, state rep candidate, 20th, in 2006 who ran a strong, well organized grass roots campaign in the primary but came up short in a four way race, holding the incumbent to 43%.
* Run, Baby, Run
* 412-758-2070
==Links==
* http://www.susaninthehouse.com 
==Issues (harvested on May 21, 2006)==
I make the following personal commitment to you. My top priority as a state legislator will be to reform our government. My priority will be YOUR priority, not that of the lobbyists or special interests.
===Term Limits===
Incumbents who have been in Harrisburg year after year have become complacent and out of touch. I support limiting members of the House to two four-year terms, and I pledge to limit my own service in the House to this length.
:This will benefit Pennsylvanians by:
:* Consistently infusing our government with new and fresh ideas
:* Reducing the cost of the legislature by reducing the pensions paid to legislators
:* Ending endless campaigning and allowing government to work for us
:* Reduce the Cost and Size of the Legislature
===Pennsylvania has the largest and most expensive full-time legislature in the entire nation. I support taking the following steps:===
* Creation of a non-partisan commission to redraw district lines along natural boundaries to reduce gerrymandering
* Immediately eliminate legislative perks: we should not pay for the haircuts, gym memberships and catered meals for our representatives
* No legislative pay raise should be passed without a voter referendum
===Actively Represent our District===
Those in Harrisburg have become increasingly out of touch with the people in our neighborhoods. I will be a true citizen-legislator, not a politician.
* Regular town hall meetings; not when I want to sell some plan to you, but for you to bring your ideas and concerns to me.
* I will keep you up to date on legislative business through mailings, email announcements, and meetings. I will use these updates to maintain communication between us, not to shore up re-election support.
* I will institute a competitive grant program, which will be open and introduce accountability into the distribution of our district's money, rather than to hand out the money to political supports or special interests
==Links==
* Mark Purcell, Chuck Geiger and Susan Banahasky challenged in the D primary against Don Walko, in 2006.
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