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Nikil is married to his wife, Shannon, and they have 2 sons.

Nikil was previously elected leader of South Philadelphia’s Second Ward, co-founded Reclaim Philadelphia, and volunteered as a labor organizer with UNITE HERE. 

Nikil Saval is a state senator in State Senate District 1. He was first elected in 2020 and is serving his first term. 

Supports expanding union rights and addressing employer opposition to organized labor in Pennsylvania.

- Supports raising the minimum wage.
- Supports expanding union rights and addressing employer opposition to organized labor in Pennsylvania.

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Supports expanding funding for Pennsylvania's Pre-K Counts and Head Start programs to eliminate waiting lists and increase access to high-quality early childhood education.

Supports building fossil-free schools and fully funding public education.

Supports expanding maintenance capacity in schools to ensure repairs and safety improvements are made quickly and efficiently.

Supports ending the property tax exemption for wealthy institutions and using the proceeds to fund public education.

Supports requiring a transparent and comprehensive assessment of all existing school buildings, planned renovations, and new construction to identify the total need and cost of building and maintaining safe schools for all students.

Supports providing universal free lunch at schools and canceling school lunch debt.

- Supports expanding funding for Pennsylvania's Pre-K Counts and Head Start programs to eliminate waiting lists and increase access to high-quality early childhood education.
- Supports building fossil-free schools and fully funding public education.
- Supports expanding maintenance capacity in schools to ensure repairs and safety improvements are made quickly and efficiently.
- Supports ending the property tax exemption for wealthy institutions and using the proceeds to fund public education.
- Supports requiring a transparent and comprehensive assessment of all existing school buildings, planned renovations, and new construction to identify the total need and cost of building and maintaining safe schools for all students.
- Supports providing universal free lunch at schools and canceling school lunch debt.

Education

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Believes Pennsylvania should fund universal, high-quality, affordable healthcare for its residents.

Believes Pennsylvania should raise wages for home care workers to 150% of the local minimum wage to address the shortage of quality home care, especially for working-class seniors.

Supports paid family and medical leave policies.

Supports contraception and abortion access.

- Believes Pennsylvania should fund universal, high-quality, affordable healthcare for its residents.
- Believes Pennsylvania should raise wages for home care workers to 150% of the local minimum wage to address the shortage of quality home care, especially for working-class seniors.
- Supports paid family and medical leave policies.
- Supports contraception and abortion access.

Healthcare

As of September 30, 2024, Nikil Saval’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

Believes in implementing safety solutions that do not increase policing.

Opposes the death penalty, citing wrongful convictions and human rights concerns.

Supports reducing reliance on jails by encouraging investment in education, public health, and housing through grant-based programs and conditioning state funding on ending cash bail and diverting people from the criminal system.

Supports allowing parole eligibility for anyone receiving life sentences, including those convicted of second-degree murder.

Supports allowing parole eligibility for anyone receiving life sentences.

Supports increasing opportunities for second chances by allowing life sentences to be commuted by a majority vote of the Board of Pardons, rather than a unanimous vote.

Supports providing monetary compensation to the wrongfully convicted.

- Believes in implementing safety solutions that do not increase policing.
- Opposes the death penalty.
- Supports reducing reliance on jails by encouraging investment in education, public health, and housing through grant-based programs and conditioning state funding on ending cash bail and diverting people from the criminal system.
- Supports allowing parole eligibility for anyone receiving life sentences.
- Supports increasing opportunities for second chances by allowing life sentences to be commuted by a majority vote of the Board of Pardons, rather than a unanimous vote.
- Supports providing monetary compensation to the wrongfully convicted.

Public Safety

Supports banning fracking and coal mining, ending fossil fuel subsidies, and halting new fossil fuel permitting.

Supports using Pennsylvania's $260 million rebate funding to enhance energy efficiency and clean energy use in homes, and advocates for integrating these funds with the Whole-Home Repairs Program to address neglected rental housing and expand clean energy projects.

Supports phasing out fossil fuels, citing public health risks from fossil fuel infrastructure.

Opposes fracking, believing it harms "the climate, human health, and community vitality throughout the state."

Supports establishing a Just Transition Fund to remediate polluted sites, diversify the economy, and create pathways to good union jobs.

- Supports banning fracking and coal mining, ending fossil fuel subsidies, and halting new fossil fuel permitting.
- Supports using Pennsylvania's $260 million rebate funding to enhance energy efficiency and clean energy use in homes, and advocates for integrating these funds with the Whole-Home Repairs Program to address neglected rental housing and expand clean energy projects.
- Supports phasing out fossil fuels, citing public health risks from fossil fuel infrastructure.
- Opposes fracking.
- Supports establishing a Just Transition Fund to remediate polluted sites, diversify the economy, and create pathways to good union jobs.

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- Your state senator represents the interests of your district in the Pennsylvania State Senate. The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Pennsylvania General Assembly. 
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process.
- The State Senator and their staff members respond to constituent concerns and questions through emails, phone calls, and website announcements. 
- The State Senator oversees the executive branch and can vote to overrule a veto by the Governor.   
- There are 50 Pennsylvania state senators, each representing a single district.
- Senators must be at least 25 years old, U.S. citizens, and residents of Pennsylvania for four years. They must also have lived in their district for one year before the election and must remain there throughout their term.
- State senators are elected to four-year terms and have a salary of $106,000, with a 1-3% annual increase.  

Your representative and state lawmaker in the Pennsylvania Senate.

Pennsylvania State Senator, District 1

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