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PA CONFERENCE OF TEAMSTERS
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Governor
Josh Shapiro
Lieutenant Governor
Austin Davis

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United States Congress

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Dist. 1 Brian Fitzpatrick
Dist. 2 Brendan Boyle
Dist. 3 Chris Rabb
Dist. 4 Madeleine Dean
Dist. 5 Mary Gay Scanlon
Dist. 6 Chrissy Houlahan
Dist. 7 Bob Brooks
Dist. 8 Rob Bresnahan Jr.
Dist. 9 Rachel Wallace
Dist. 10 Janelle Stelson
Dist. 11 Nancy Mannion
Dist. 12 Summer Lee
Dist. 13 Beth Farnham
Dist. 14 Alan Bradstock
Dist. 15 Ray Bilger
Dist. 16 Justin Wagner
Dist. 17 Chris Deluzio

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Pennsylvania Senate

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Dist. 2 Christine Tartaglione
Dist. 4 Art Haywood
Dist. 6 Frank Farry
Dist. 8 Anthony H. Williams
Dist. 10 Steve Santarsiero
Dist. 12 Maria Collett
Dist. 14 Nick Miller
Dist. 16 Mark Pinsley
Dist. 18 Lisa Boscola
Dist. 20 Jackie Baker
Dist. 22 Marty Flynn
Dist. 24 Chris Thomas
Dist. 26 Tim Kearney
Dist. 36 James Malone
Dist. 38 Lindsey Williams (Teamster)
Dist. 40 Brian A. Wrightson
Dist. 42 Wayne D. Fontana
Dist. 50 Sue Mulvey

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Pennsylvania House of Representatives

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Dist. 1 Patrick J Harkins (Teamster)
Dist. 2 Robert E Merski
Dist. 3 Ryan A Bizzarro
Dist.4 Kathryn A Divittorio
Dist. 8 Richard E Telesz
Dist. 9 Shay Micco
Dist. 10 Amen Brown
Dist. 12 Brandon Michael Dukes
Dist. 13 Madelyn G Alvarino
Dist. 15 Sydney Louise Speicher
Dist. 16 Robert F Matzie
Dist. 18 Bryan Allen
Dist. 19 Aerion Andrew Abney
Dist. 20 Emily Kinkead
Dist. 21 Lindsay Alexandra Powell
Dist. 22 Cecilia Gerlach
Dist. 23 Dan Bernard Frankel
Dist. 24 Latasha D Mayes
Dist. 25 Brandon Joseph Markosek
Dist. 26 Paul Franklin Friel
Dist. 27 Daniel J Deasy
Dist. 28 Jeremy Ferderber
Dist. 29 Timothy Patrick Brennan
Dist. 30 Arvind Venkat
Dist. 31 Perry Sinclair Warren Jr.
Dist. 32 Joseph M McAndrew
Dist. 33 Mandy Julia Steele
Dist. 34 Abigail Marie Salisbury
Dist. 35 Daniel Goughnour (Teamster)
Dist. 36 Jessica Lynn Benham
Dist. 38 John C Inglis Iii
Dist. 39 Dylan Anthony Altemara
Dist. 40 Jonathan C Lloyd
Dist. 41 Bradford T Chambers
Dist. 42 Jennifer L Mazzocco
Dist. 44 Hadley B Haas
Dist. 45 Brittany Marie Bloam
Dist. 46 Michael Crossey
Dist. 48 Rebecca Mactaggart
Dist. 49 Ismail Smith-Wade-El
Dist. 50 Lois Bower-Bjornson
Dist. 53 Steven R Malagari (Teamster)
Dist. 54 Gregory Scott
Dist. 55 Davon Tyrone Magwood
Dist. 57 Robert B Francis
Dist. 58 Cherri Rogers
Dist. 59 Jordan R Omlor
Dist. 60 Dustyn A Dorn
Dist. 61 Laura Elizabeth Frances Hanbidge
Dist. 70 Matthew D Bradford
Dist. 72 Frank Burns
Dist. 74 Dan K Williams (Teamster)
Dist. 77 Harry Scott Conklin
Dist. 79 Charles Caleb Mccoy
Dist. 82 Paul R Takac Jr
Dist. 88 Sara M Agerton
Dist. 95 Carol D Hill-Evans
Dist. 96 Stephanie Nichole Rivera
Dist. 103 Nathan William Davidson
Dist. 104 David Adam Madsen
Dist. 105 Justin Curtis Fleming

Dist. 106 Thomas L Mehaffie

Dist. 112 Kyle James Mullins
Dist. 113 Kyle T Donahue
Dist. 114 Bridget Malloy Kosierowski
Dist. 115 Maureen Madden
Dist. 118 James L Haddock (Teamster)
Dist. 121 Jessica McClay
Dist. 123 John A Deatrich Jr
Dist. 124 Tina M Burns
Dist. 126 Jacklyn H Rusnock
Dist. 127 Manuel Guzman Jr
Dist. 128 Andrew Wagner
Dist. 129 Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz
Dist. 131 Meriam H Sabih
Dist. 132 Michael Harry Schlossberg
Dist. 133 Jeanne McNeil
Dist. 134 Peter Schweyer
Dist. 135 Stephen P Samuelson
Dist. 136 Robert Freeman
Dist. 137 Jeffrey M Warren
Dist. 138 Jared Bittng
Dist. 140 James George Prokopiak
Dist. 141 Tina Marie Davis
Dist. 142 Joe Hogan
Dist. 143 Timothy J Hayes
Dist. 144 Brian Munroe
Dist. 145 Les Mavus
Dist. 146 Joseph Ciresi
Dist. 147 Margaret Burke
Dist. 148 Megan Griffin-Shelley
Dist. 149 Timothy Patrick Briggs
Dist. 150 Joseph G Webster
Dist. 151 Melissa Anne Cerrato
Dist. 152 Nancy Guenst
Dist. 153 Benjamin V Sanchez
Dist. 154 Napoleon J Nelson
Dist. 155 Danielle Friel Otten
Dist. 156 Christopher Pielli
Dist. 157 Melissa Lynn Shusterman
Dist. 158 Christina D Sappey
Dist. 159 Carol Kazeem
Dist. 160 Elizabeth Rhein Moro
Dist. 161 Leanne Theresa Krueger
Dist. 162 David M Delloso (Teamster)
Dist. 163 Heather Boyd
Dist. 164 Gina H Curry
Dist. 165 Jennifer O'Mara
Dist. 166 Judith Trombetta
Dist. 167 Kristine C Howard (Teamster)
Dist. 168 Lisa Anne Borowski
Dist. 170 Martina A White
Dist. 172 Sean Michael Dougherty
Dist. 173 Patrick Gallagher
Dist. 174 Ed Neilson
Dist. 175 Marylouise Isaacson
Dist. 177 Joseph C Hohenstein
Dist. 178 Monica Weninger
Dist. 179 Jason Dawkins
Dist. 180 Jose A Giral
Dist. 181 Malcolm Kenyatta
Dist. 182 Benjamin R Waxman
Dist. 183 Deirdre J Kamber
Dist. 184 Elizabeth Fiedler
Dist. 185 Regina G Young
Dist. 186 Jordan Alexander Harris
Dist. 187 Rachel Marie Guynn-Cuevas
Dist. 188 Rick C Krajewski
Dist. 189 Tarah Probst
Dist. 190 Gwendolyn Green
Dist. 191 Joanna Elizabeth McClinton
Dist. 192 Morgan Cephas
Dist. 194 Tarik Sharif Khan
Dist. 195 Sierra Denise Mcneil
HD 197 Danilo R Burgos
Dist. 198 Darisha K Parker
Dist. 199 Tawanda Lynne Hunter Stallworth
Dist. 200 Christopher Johnson
Dist. 201 Andre Donte Carroll
Dist. 202 Jared G Solomon
Dist. 203 Anthony A Bellmon

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PA CONFERENCE OF TEAMSTERS
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DELAWARE GENERAL TEAMSTERS LOCAL 326

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Congress

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Rep. Sarah McBride

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State of Delaware Treasurer
Ted Lauzen

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State of Delaware Senate
District 1 Dan Cruce
District 5 Ray Siegfried
District 7 Spiros Mantzavinos
District 9 Jack Walsh
District 12 Nicole Poore
District 13 Marie Pinkney
District 14 Kyra Hoffner
District 15 Nisha Lodhavia

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District 3 Branden Fletcher-Dominguez
District 6 Ed Mulvihill
District 7 Larry Lambert
District 8 Matt Powell
District 12 Dr. Robert Bahnsen Jr.
District 14 Claire Snyder-Hall
District 16 Franklin Cooke
District 19 Kim Williams
District 20 Ruby Keeler Schae􀆯er
District 21 Frank Burns
District 26 Madinah Wilson-Anton
District 27 Chris Muntz
District 28 William Carson
District 31 Sean Lynn

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New Castle County
Recorder of Deeds
David Tackett

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DISTRICT COUNCIL

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District 1 Councilperson Brandon Toole
District 4 Councilperson Curtis Linton

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United States House of Representatives

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District 1
Donald Norcross (D)
District 2
Jeff Van Drew (R)
District 3
Herb Conaway (D)
District 4
Chris Smith (R)
District 5
Joshua Gottheimer (D)
District 6
Frank Pallone (D)
District 7
Rebecca Bennett (D)
District 8
Rob Menendez (D)
District 9
Nellie Pou (D)
District 10
LaMonica McIver (D)
District 11
Analilia Mejia (D)
District 12
Adam Hamawy (D)

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The Donkey and the Elephant

by Helen Kampion

The donkey and elephant have long represented the Democratic and Republican Parties. But how did they choose them? Did they spend months deliberating? Was a law passed? Was there a public vote? Actually neither party set out to find an icon. The acceptance of these symbols grew out of negative comments and political cartoons. Here’s how it happened.

Democrats

The Democratic Party’s first association with the donkey came about during the 1828 campaign of Democrat Andrew Jackson. Running on a populist platform (by the people, for the people) and using a slogan of “Let the People Rule,” Jackson’s opponents referred to him as a jackass (donkey). Much to their chagrin, Jackson incorporated the jackass into his campaign posters. During Jackson’s presidency the donkey was used to symbolize his stubbornness by his opponents.

After Andrew Jackson left office, political cartoonists furthered the Democrat and donkey connection. An 1837 cartoon depicted Jackson leading a donkey which refused to follow, portraying that Democrats would not be led by the previous president.

The habit of associating the donkey and the Democratic Party had begun.

Republicans

The earliest connection of the elephant to the Republican Party was an illustration in an 1864 Abraham Lincoln presidential campaign newspaper, Father Abraham. It showed an elephant holding a banner and celebrating Union victories. During the Civil War, “seeing the elephant” was slang for engaging in combat so the elephant was a logical choice to represent successful battles.

The elephant appeared again in an 1872 issue of Harper’s Weekly where it depicted Liberal Republicans.

For whatever reason, political cartoonists and the public did not yet associate the elephant with the Republican Party.

THOMAS NAST, Political Cartoonist

Thomas Nast is widely credited with perpetuating the donkey and elephant as symbols for the Democratic and Republican Parties. Nast first used the donkey in an 1870 issue of Harper’s Weekly to represent an anti-war faction with whom he disagreed and in 1871, he used the elephant to alert Republicans that their intra-party fighting was detrimental to the upcoming elections.

However, it was his 1874 Harper’s Weekly cartoon entitled “Third Term Panic” (pictured below) that solidified the use of symbols.

Republican Ulysses Grant had been president for two terms and was contemplating a third (it wasn’t until 1951 when the 22nd Amendment limited presidents to two terms). The cartoon depicted a donkey wearing a lion’s skin emblazoned with the words “Caesarism” (an undemocratic attempt to wield imperial power) frightening away an elephant wearing the words, “Republican Vote.” After this cartoon appeared, Nast used the elephant again and again to represent the “Republican Vote.” Eventually the “Vote” fell away and the elephant and Republican Party became synonymous.

It’s amazing to think that an insult, a war phrase, and dry humor influenced the symbols which came to represent two of the most powerful political parties in the world.

Below are two additional cartoons that include the donkey and elephant created by Thomas Nast, both of which were featured on the cover of Harper's Weekly.