Jack Wagner (politician)
Wagner is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and a recipient of the Purple Heart and other military commendations for service in the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1968.While a student at IUP, Wagner worked as a paramedic with Citizens Ambulance Service serving Indiana County and taught evening emergency responder courses at Admiral Peary Area Vocational Technical School in Ebensburg.He organized a community meeting which no public officials attended, prompting him to make the decision to seek political office that evening.[9] Woods served as acting president from the date of Masloff's swearing-in on May 6, 1988, until he resigned on November 6, 1989, after being indicted on charges of racketeering and extortion.In 1994, however, he instead decided to run in the special election triggered by the death of Democratic State Senator Eugene Scanlon.Wagner ran for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in the 2002 Democratic primary on a ticket with then-auditor general Bob Casey Jr.[22] Wagner had been considered a potential candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania in 2010, prior to his gubernatorial announcement.[23] Despite earning the endorsement[24] of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the state's largest newspaper, Wagner finished second in the four person Democratic primary field.[26] On March 28, Wagner picked up the endorsements from four labor unions, representing about 60% of the city's 3,000 workers, including its police officers and firefighters.
Jack Wagner (disambiguation)Auditor General of PennsylvaniaEd RendellTom CorbettBob Casey Jr.Eugene DePasqualePennsylvania SenateEugene ScanlonWayne FontanaPittsburgh City CouncilJim FerloThomas FlahertyPittsburghPennsylvaniaDemocraticAlma materIndiana University of PennsylvaniaUnited States Marine CorpsVietnam WarCommonwealthPennsylvania Auditor GeneralState SenateCity CouncilPurple HeartIndiana CountyEbensburgTom FlahertyRichard CaliguiriSophie Masloff1993 Pittsburgh mayoral electionPittsburgh Mayorstate partyDan Onorato2002 Pennsylvania gubernatorial electionLieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania2002 Democratic primaryDemocratic State CommitteeCatherine Baker KnollPhiladelphia mayor2004 Pennsylvania Auditor General electionAuditor General2008 Pennsylvania Auditor General electionBarack Obamaex officioDelaware River Port Authority2010 Pennsylvania gubernatorial electiongovernorPhiladelphia Inquirerfinished secondAllegheny County2013 Pittsburgh mayoral electionLuke Ravenstahlpolice officersfirefightersprimary electionBill PedutoChelsaAllegheny County ControllerPennsylvania House of Representatives22nd DistrictRoman Catholic2002 Pennsylvania lieutenant gubernatorial electionWilkes University Election Statistics ProjectVote SmartWayback MachinePennsylvania State SenateBob Casey