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Marjorie Margolies
Marjorie Margolies (b. June 21, 1942) was a 2014 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 13th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. She lost the Democratic nomination in the primary on May 20, 2014[1]
Margolies formerly held the 13th District seat in Congress for a single term from 1993-1995.[2]
Biography
Margolies is the President of Women’s Campaign International (WCI). She is also an adjunct professor at the Fels Institute of Govnrnment at the University of Pennsylvania. Margolies is a former journalist for NBC and a best-selling author.[3]
Margolies served as the 13th District representative from 1993-1995. She lost her bid for re-election in 1994 due, according to popular belief, a single vote--the deciding vote which enabled the passage of President Clinton's tax-increasing budget. The vote contradicted a promise she had made not to raise taxes.[4]
Elections
2014
- See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2014 or See also: Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District elections, 2014
Margolies ran for election to the U.S. House, representing the 13th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. Margolies lost the Democratic nomination in the primary on May 20, 2014. She was defeated by Brendan Boyle.[1]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brendan Boyle |
40.6% | 24,524 | ||
| Marjorie Margolies | 27.4% | 16,528 | ||
| Valerie Arkoosh | 16.7% | 10,066 | ||
| Daylin Leach | 15.4% | 9,313 | ||
| Total Votes | 60,431 | |||
| Source: Results via Associated Press |
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She filed her candidacy with the Federal Election Commission May 30, 2013.[5]
Margolies' son is married to Chelsea Clinton. Upon joining the race, Margolies stated that she “did not run on Clinton’s coattails” in 1992 and that she would not do so in 2014.[4]
Race background
On February 26, 2013, PoliticsPA and The Hill previewed three Pennsylvania races that were showing early promise of a competitive primary or a possible partisan switch. The 13th District was included in their list. Of the eighteen total House seats up for election in 2014, Republicans held thirteen.
The 13th District seat was held by a Democrat, Allyson Schwartz. Schwartz vacated her seat in 2014 because she ran for governor against incumbent Tom Corbett (R).[6]
| Democratic primary - U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Marjorie Margolies | Brendan Boyle | Daylin Leach | Valerie Arkoosh | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| Global Strategy Group (internal poll) August 13-15, 2013 | 43% | 15% | 7% | 2% | +/-4.8 | 422 | |||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Endorsements
Margolies was endorsed in the Democratic primary by:
- Former President Bill Clinton - Clinton is headlining a fundraising event for Margolies in April to help her reclaim the seat she lost nearly 20 years ago. In 1993, Margolies cast the decisive vote to pass Clinton's economic policy, which included unpopular tax increases. She was then voted out of office in 1994.[7]
- Rep. Steny Hoyer, the U.S. House Minority Whip from Maryland’s 5th Congressional District.[8]
- State Rep. Madeleine Dean[8]
- State Sen. LeAnna Washington[8]
Media
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Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Margolies’ son is married to Chelsea Clinton.[9]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Marjorie + Margolies + Pennsylvania + Congress"
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District
- Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Associated Press, "Pennsylvania - Summary Vote Results," May 20, 2014
- ↑ Marjorie 2014, "Meet Marjorie," accessed June 25, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ Marjorie 2014, "Meet Marjorie," accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Washington Post, "Marjorie Margolies running for Congress again," May 29, 2013
- ↑ The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Political judo: Marjorie Margolies turns weakness to strength," May 31, 2013
- ↑ The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Allyson Schwartz files to run for Pa. governor," April 8, 2013
- ↑ Philly.com, "Bill Clinton to headline Phila. fundraiser for Margolies," March 11, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 PoliticsPA, "PA -13: Hoyer backs Margolies," June 24, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "The Clinton-in-Law," accessed December 9, 2013
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