Thanks to your support, CVPA contacted 20,107 voters during the 2010 election cycle, helping elect 11 of our 19 endorsed candidates.   In an extraordinarily tough election for pro-environment candidates, a 58% win percentage is something we should all be proud of.

While we’ll miss the support of leaders like Representatives Barbara McIlvaine Smith, David Kessler and Tom Houghton, CVPA has been able to protect a number of environmental champions.

Representative-Elect Kevin Boyle thanks CVPA and its members for their support.

Highlights:
Representative Steve Santarsiero, one of our most important allies in Harrisburg, faced a grueling reelection campaign.   CVPA identified, contacted and turned out 1132 voters in his district.  When the votes were tallied, Representative Santarsiero won by only 189 votes.

CVPA’s #1 priority in 2010 was to replace one of the dirtiest lawmakers in America with an up-and-coming environmental champion.  Our programs, staff and volunteers contacted 3853 voters in Northeast Philadelphia to convince them to replace Dirty Dozen member John Perzel with Kevin Boyle, a young leader who understands the importance of the environment. Kevin won on November 2 by a margin of 1245 votes.

CVPA thanks every one of our endorsed candidates for their willingness to serve and their commitment to environmental protection.

Wins

House District 31: Representative Steven Santarsiero
House District 61: Representative Kate Harper
House District 70: Representative Matt Bradford
House District 152: Representative Thomas Murt
House District 158: Representative Chris Ross
House District 166: Representative Greg Vitali
House District 172: Kevin Boyle
Senate District 12: Senator Stewart Greenleaf
Senate District 26: Senator Edwin “Ted” Erickson
Senate District 44: Senator John Rafferty
Senate District 46: Representative Tim Solobay

Losses

District 13: Representative Tom Houghton
District 107: George Zalar
District 122: Justin Yaich
District 130: Representative David Kessler
District 137: Charles Dertinger
District 156: Representative Barbara McIlvaine Smith
District 189: Representative John Siptroth
Governor: Dan Onorato