John Inglis
John Inglis (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 38. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Democratic primary on April 23, 2024.
Inglis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
John Inglis earned a bachelor's degree from Duquesne University. Inglis' career experience includes working as an educator. He earned a graduate degree from the Westminster College.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
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General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 38
John Inglis and Stone Sobieralski are running in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 38 on November 5, 2024.
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 38
John Inglis defeated Victoria Schmotzer and A.J. Olasz in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 38 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Inglis | 34.4 | 3,182 |
| Victoria Schmotzer | 34.0 | 3,144 | |
| A.J. Olasz | 31.2 | 2,885 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 9,241 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 38
Stone Sobieralski advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 38 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stone Sobieralski | 97.5 | 3,316 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.5 | 86 | ||
| Total votes: 3,402 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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John Inglis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Inglis' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I believe the fundamental purpose of a representative is to build opportunity. I come into this campaign with a wealth of experience in building opportunity. Professionally, I am an educator. I taught civics and psychology for many years at West Mifflin Area High School before recently becoming a counselor at the school. In those capacities, I’ve had the privilege of working with thousands of students. Whether it has been working with them to understand the concepts of the content we are learning in the classroom, figuring out future plans for a student to strive towards, or seeing the positive impact they can have on others, I will forever be grateful that I was able to help those students along their path to a bright future.
I am also a twice-elected member of the West Mifflin Borough Council. All opportunity rests on a foundation of efficient and effective public services. Even if we have some of the best job opportunities in the country, people wouldn’t want to take them if they couldn’t count on the Fire Department, EMS service, or Police to show up when needed. I am very proud that during my time on council, we have been able to provide our community with high-quality services at a low cost relative to many of our neighboring municipalities.
I intend to take these experiences I’ve had in life to Harrisburg and work to build a future that is worthy of the great folks who call my district and our Commonwealth home.
- As a public school teacher and counselor, I see firsthand the challenges facing the education of our next generation every single day. From the first time the bell rings to the last, I work with our youth to help them learn and access ladders of opportunity to become well-educated adults. Our children all deserve access to a high-quality education and I will work to ensure that our schools are properly funded, safe, and provide the type of education kids need for future success. I will fight for a state budget that invests in our schools including career-technical education, pre-kindergarten, and mental health programs. Ensuring increased funding from the state also protects taxpayers from increased local property taxes.
- Unequivocally, I will protect the fundamental American right to organize and zealously protect workers' rights to fair compensation and safe workplaces - whether that is in a steel mill, an operating room, a school, or a job site. As a proud card-carrying member of the American Federation of Teachers, I have seen firsthand the power of collective bargaining and shared responsibility of a union. I will fight in Harrisburg to ensure that every Pennsylvanian has the right to collectively bargain and join a union if they so choose. Union, literally, built the 38th House District and Allegheny County. The only way we build a prosperous future is through Organized Labor.
- As a borough councilman for the last 5 years, I've worked firsthand to ensure the safety of the West Mifflin community. That means supporting our first responders to ensure police, fire, and EMS have the resources they need to keep us all safe every day. As your state representative, I will continue to advocate for funding to support first responders, protect their rights to safe workplaces, and help support their efforts to ensure every street in every neighborhood I represent is safe.
I am most passionate about public education, growing economic prosperity through expanding the union way of life, and keeping the community safe through fully funding our first responders - fire, police, EMS.
I am passionate about these topic areas because I believe that they are the key to building opportunity in our community. Education is the root of all opportunity. If our children do not have a world-class education, then they will not be prepared to compete in the modern world. Once we provide that education, we then need to make sure good paying jobs are available. That can only be done through the union way of life. Finally, people must be safe to want to live here. That is why we need to support our fire, police, and EMS Services.
I believe the main quality is my life experience. I've lived in this district my whole life. I know our community inside and out. I've worked in our schools for over a decade. I know the challenges our families face, and the concerns our children have. I've been a borough councilman for six years. I know where our towns need help, and what opportunities we can make better use of.
I believe the core responsibility of this office is to build opportunity for the residents of my district, and the Commonwealth as a whole. That is why I am running on a platform of investing in our public education system, expanding the union way of life, and fully funding our first responders. These policies build opportunity. Another part of building opportunity is advocating for individual constituents. This can take the form of assisting someone navigating the state bureaucracy, or fighting for state funding to support a crucial local project.
The Allegheny County Democratic Party, The Allegheny - Fayette County Labor Council, The PA AFL-CIO, Planned Parenthood, PA Lt. Governor Austin Davis, The current State Representative Nick Pisciottano, Representative Jessica Benham, Representative Arvind Venkat, The America Federation of Teachers, The Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 57, AFSCME District Council 84, The Young Democrats of Allegheny County, The Steel City Stonewall Democrats, The College Democrats at the University of Pittsburgh, The Char Valley Democratic Chairs Committee
I would be interested in the Education committee, Labor and Industry Committee, and Local Government Committee - to name some of my top preferences. That said, there is the opportunity to do good work on all committees in the House. There would be no "bad" assignments for me.
Representative is right there in the name - State Representative. Our elected legislators are the ones in Harrisburg, but they do their jobs on behalf of the people. Therefore, the people have the right to know what their representatives are doing and how they are spending the taxpayer's dollar. I believe that the work of the government should be open, and that everyone should have the opportunity to scrutinize and question that work.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 25, 2024
