2024 Pennsylvania General Election

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Ballotpedia: La'Tasha Mayes

Latasha was born in Fort Riley, Kansas and raised in West Philadelphia. She earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh and an master's degree in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University. She lives with her partner and their child in Pittsburgh.

Mayes founded and served as CEO of New Voices for Reproductive Justice. She previously worked as a consultant, in a family law clinic at the YWCA, for a county government's Minority, Women, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, and as a trainer and educator at the Center for Victims.

Latasha D. Mayes currently serves as the State Representative for Pennsylvania House District 24. She was first elected in 2022 and is serving her first term.

Supports implementing a guaranteed basic income for economically marginalized families.

- Supports implementing a guaranteed basic income for economically marginalized families.

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Healthcare

Advocates for universal Pre-Kindergarten.

Supports comprehensive, medically accurate, and age-appropriate sex education in schools.

- Advocates for universal Pre-Kindergarten.
- Supports comprehensive, medically accurate, and age-appropriate sex education in schools.

Education

Advocates for a statewide moratorium on fracking.

- Advocates for a statewide moratorium on fracking.

Energy & the Environment

As of September 30, 2024, La'Tasha D. Mayes’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Safety

Supports expanding voting access through vote-by-mail, early in-person voting, satellite voting, and drop boxes.

- Supports expanding voting access through vote-by-mail, early in-person voting, satellite voting, and drop boxes.

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La'Tasha D. Mayes

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