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Anita attended Bishop Canevin High School. She holds a bachelor's degree and a law degree from Duquesne University. She lives in Kennedy Township with her husband, Joe, with whom she has 2 children. 

Anita is the Managing Partner at Kulik Law Offices. She previously worked as a law clerk for the Pennsylvania Superior Court and Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. 

Anita Kulik currently serves as a state representative in State Assembly District District 45. She was first elected in 2016 and is serving her 4th term. She previously served as a Kennedy Township Commissioner from 2003 to 2016. 

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Supports property tax reform, infrastructure repair, and ensuring adequate health care and social services.

Supports property tax reform and infrastructure repair. 

As a state representative, proposed grant funding to remove blighted properties to help attract businesses and revitalize main streets.

Supports landslide insurance legislation to protect people from heavy rains and flooding.

- Supports property tax reform and infrastructure repair. 
- As a state representative, proposed grant funding to remove blighted properties to help attract businesses and revitalize main streets.
- Supports landslide insurance legislation to protect people from heavy rains and flooding.
- Supports organized labor rights.

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Supports "appropriate provisions for health care and social services."

Supports ensuring "appropriate provisions" for health care and social services.

- Supports ensuring "appropriate provisions" for health care and social services.

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Advocates for sufficient funding for public schools.

- Advocates for sufficient funding for public schools.

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As of September 30, 2024, Anita Astorino Kulik’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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James is originally from Pittsburgh. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Robert Morris University and his master's in business administration from Carnegie Mellon University. James lives in Canonsburg with his wife and their children.

James is the founder and owner of VISIMO, an AI company serving federal agencies including the Department of Defense and the Department of Education. 

James Matthew Julius' campaign for State Representative is his first run for public office. 

Believes in creating a ripple effect of economic benefits by reducing the tax burden and ensuring a prosperous future for the state.

Supports offering tax credits and grants to businesses that support apprenticeships to revitalize key industries and prepare the workforce for future AI impacts.

Supports offering tax credits and grants to businesses that support apprenticeships in order to revitalize key industries.

Supports collaborating with public universities and the private sector to identify AI's impact on employment and develop retraining programs for at-risk workers.

Supports collaborating with public universities and the private sector to identify the impact of artificial intelligence on employment and develop retraining programs for at-risk workers.

Believes in modernizing and enhancing Pennsylvania's transportation systems to meet current and future needs.

Believes in modernizing Pennsylvania's transportation systems to meet current and future needs.

- Supports reducing the tax burden.
- Supports offering tax credits and grants to businesses that support apprenticeships in order to revitalize key industries.
- Supports collaborating with public universities and the private sector to identify the impact of artificial intelligence on employment and develop retraining programs for at-risk workers.
- Believes in modernizing Pennsylvania's transportation systems to meet current and future needs.

Opposes telehealth abortions, advocating for in-person medical supervision due to the procedure's significance.

Opposes telehealth abortions, advocating for in-person medical supervision.

Believes domestic infant adoption (DIA) should be reformed to make it more accessible and affordable for families.

Believes adoption should be reformed to make it more accessible and affordable for families.

- Opposes telehealth abortions, advocating for in-person medical supervision.
- Believes adoption should be reformed to make it more accessible and affordable for families.

Supports allowing parents to direct a portion of their taxes to the educational institutions of their choice, including private and charter schools.

Supports school voucher programs which enable parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including religious and private schools.


Supports introducing a financial health assessment for schools, including a creditworthiness score, as part of their eligibility for funding.

Supports a Universal Public Education Tax, affirming that "all taxpayers contribute to a general fund dedicated to supporting public K-12 education."

- Supports school voucher programs which enable parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including religious and private schools.

- Supports introducing a financial health assessment for schools, including a creditworthiness score, as part of their eligibility for funding.
- Supports a Universal Public Education Tax, affirming that "all taxpayers contribute to a general fund dedicated to supporting public K-12 education."

Supports maximizing natural gas and coal production by encouraging investment in natural gas and advancing clean coal technology, aiming to reduce environmental impact while optimizing production efficiency.

Supports expanding nuclear energy as a clean, reliable power source and advocates for next-generation reactors with enhanced safety, lower costs, and reduced waste.

- Supports maximizing natural gas and coal production by encouraging investment in natural gas and advancing clean coal technology, aiming to reduce environmental impact while optimizing production efficiency.
- Supports expanding nuclear energy as a clean, reliable power source and advocates for next-generation reactors with enhanced safety, lower costs, and reduced waste.

Believes in funding community health centers, preventive health screenings, and wellness programs to reduce the need for expensive emergency care and specialist treatments.

- Believes in funding community health centers, preventive health screenings, and wellness programs to reduce the need for expensive emergency care and specialist treatments.

As of September 30, 2024, James Matthew Julius’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws, including introducing tax bills. 
- State representatives and their staff respond to constituent concerns and questions through emails, phone calls, and website announcements. 
- State representatives oversee the executive branch and can vote to overrule a veto by the Governor.  
- They are elected to two-year terms and have a salary of $106,000, with a 1-3% annual increase

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