Sharif Street
Sharif Street (born ) is an American politician and attorney. He is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who has represented the 3rd district since 2017. In 2018, Street was elected Vice-Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party alongside Chairwoman Nancy Patton Mills of Allegheny County. Street is a supporter of criminal justice reform, environmentally-friendly energy production, cannabis legalization and equity education finance. He is the son of former Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street and the nephew of former State Senator Milton Street. Early political involvement. Throughout the early 2000s, Street was known for his cultural  pride and long locks, which he kept even while campaigning. In 2004, Street was elected as Delegate in the Democratic National Convention committed to John Kerry for President. Career. As a student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Street directed a Town Watch group in Philadelphia. He has continued to serve the community in numerous positions, starting Philadelphia Green Communities and Urban Solution, serving as managing director of the Housing Association of Delaware Valley, serving on the board of the North Central Philadelphia Empowerment Zone's Housing Trust Fund, the North Central Empowerment Zone's Community Advisory Committees  for Housing, Crime and Public Safety, and Economic Development, and current member of Philadelphia's African and Caribbean Immigrant Affairs Commission. He also served as Chief Legislative Advisor to the Democratic Chair of the Housing and Urban Development Committee, Senator Shirley Kitchen. Pennsylvania State Senate. Street was elected to the State Senate in 2016. He currently serves as a member of the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing and the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee. Pennsylvania Democratic Party. In 2018, Street was elected Vice-Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party alongside Chairwoman Nancy Patton Mills of Allegheny  County. 2022 U.S. Senate election. On April 1, 2021, Street filed as a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania. He ended his campaign in January 2022.