Vince Biancucci

==Background==
* D, 65, Center, 412-327-5373
* State rep, 15th, candidate up for re-election in 2006, and squeeked out a win. 
==Links==
* No website found on May 23, 2006
* http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=MPA88593&type=category&category=Abortion%20Issues
* http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=MPA88593
* http://www.hallwatch.org/profiles/pahouse/biancucciv
===Media===
* Still angry from Beaver County Times.
==Issues==
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== Insights==
State Rep. Vince Biancucci squeezed out a victory over print shop owner Domenic Leone, of Hopewell, in the 2006 primary. The unofficial final tally was 3,904 to 3,037. Another challenger, retired engineer Roger Strauss, (CleanSweep) of Hopewell, got 1,324 votes while doing little campaigning.
Anti-incumbent fever seemed to affect Mr. Biancucci's campaign, despite the fact that he voted against the pay raise and never accepted the unvouchered expenses legislators were offered while waiting for the raise to go into effect.
Mr. Leone, 49, said he was a little frustrated that voter discontent did not translate to the polls.
Mr. Leone acknowledged that, added together, the votes going to the challengers would have unseated Mr. Biancucci 4,361 to 3,904, but said there was no way to draw meaning from that.
He does, however, hope that the tough election and the upsets that did occur send a wake-up call.
Mr. Biancucci, 65, was an aide to his predecessor, Nick Colafella, for 17 years before winning the seat in 2002 when Mr. Colafella retired. He based his campaign on his record while in office and his commitment to economic development projects in Beaver County.
He could not be reached for comment Wednesday morning, but his top aide, Willie Costanza, said he was "happy that the people spoke."
Mr. Biancucci had expressed dismay over some of the advertising put out at the end of the campaign, but Mr. Costanza said, in the end, it might have helped, with people put off by it.
Mr. Strauss, 69, called for a smaller Legislature, the elimination of "lame duck" lawmaking and a logical approach to government.
:Source, Brian David, of the Post-Gazette.
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