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==Endorsements from 2008's General Election==
From The League of Young Voters PAC - Pennsylvania
 	
Announcing our 2008 General Election ENDORSEMENTS!
PLYV PAC has endorsed the following candidates at the state and federal level:
===Markay Rogers for the statewide office of Attorney General===
Quote From Candidate Web site: "Rogers is the only candidate to ask why Pennsylvania's rate of incarceration is third in the nation and rose 15% in five years. She is the only candidate to demand revisiting prison sentences against non-violent offenders and parole violators."
===Jack Wagner for the statewide office of Auditor General===
Quote From Response to PLYV Questionnaire: "Our audit of the Gaming Control Board has examined whether families and communities are benefiting from the expansion of legalized gaming. It is essential that the board and licensees place a priority on hiring local residents representing the diversity of the areas where casinos are built."
===Jason Altmire for Congressional District 4===
Counties: Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, Mercer, Westmoreland
Quote From Response to PLYV Questionnaire: "As a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, I have helped create laws that will help Americans pursue higher education by providing the largest expansion in federal student aid since the G.I. Bill. I also voted to strengthen Head Start programs to provide our children with the educational foundation they need to succeed in school."
===Steve O'Donnell for Congressional District 18===
Counties: Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland
Quote From Response to PLYV Questionnaire: "I would reinvest in our infrastructure, spur the creation of new forms of mass transit, and invest in our colleges and universities so that they can continue to develop emerging technologies."
===Jason Petrella for the State Senate District 47===
Counties: Allegheny, Lawrence, Beaver
Quote From Response to PLYV Questionnaire: "I am running on a platform of developing clean and renewable energy in our region and across the state."
===Ayanna Lee for the State House District 44===
County: Allegheny
Quote From Response to PLYV Questionnaire: "We must invest in our children's futures. Education was my roadmap out of poverty and the only means to achieving a future of opportunity. The role of my level of government is to advocate investments in our schools, in early learning, to ensure that our children are equipped with the skills and experiences that they are going to need to compete in the workforce, and to make sure that college education is affordable to our children."
===John Boyle for the State House District 57===
County: Westmoreland
Quote From Response to PLYV Questionnaire: "We must deliver economic sercurity to young professionals and entrepreneurs, including solutions to our health care crisis."
Note: You can print a copy of this endorsement slate here (pdf) to take with you to the polls on Nov 4th!