Katie McGinty

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Katie McGinty
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Chief of Staff to the Governor of Pennsylvania
In office
January 20, 2015 –July 23, 2015
McGinty celebrates the signing of the World Mine Property Agreement with President Bill Clinton, Mike Finley, and Ian Mayer in 1996 President Bill Clinton celebrates after the signing of the World Mine Property Agreement.jpg
McGinty celebrates the signing of the World Mine Property Agreement with President Bill Clinton, Mike Finley, and Ian Mayer in 1996

After law school, McGinty clerked for a federal judge but did not ultimately take the bar exam or practice law. [9] She won a Congressional Fellowship after crafting a strategy to bring technology jobs back to the United States and became a legislative assistant to Al Gore when he was serving as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee. In 1993, she became a deputy assistant to President Bill Clinton. She chaired the White House Council on Environmental Quality from 1995 to 1998. She moved to India in 1999 where she worked at the Tata Energy Research Institute, forging new partnerships between US and Indian clean energy companies to help address climate change, an effort that supported the negotiation of new environmental agreements between the US and India.

In 2003 she was appointed as the secretary of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection, serving in Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell's administration for over five years. [12]

In the private sector, McGinty led a business cleaning up and redeveloping "brownfield properties" and developing renewable energy projects. As an Operating Partner with a private equity fund, she helped build successful growth strategies for mid-stage clean energy, water, and efficiency companies. She also started her own small company, and has been a Director on public and private company boards. Specifically, McGinty served as Chair of the Audit Committee of Iberdrola USA, as Chair of the Nuclear Subcommittee of the Board of NRGEnergy, and as member of the boards of Weston Solutions, ECORE International Inc., Thar Energy, and Proton Energy Systems. McGinty also served on the Advisory Boards of early stage companies including Petra Solar, AE Polysilicon, Plextronics and GridPoint.

McGinty currently serves on the boards of the Energy Futures Initiative, the Committee of Seventy, and the American Sustainable Business Council.

McGinty is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions. She received Honorary Doctorates from Muhlenberg University, Dickinson College, and Clarion State University. She was named a Global Leader for Tomorrow at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland. She was awarded the Ansel Adams Award by the Wilderness Society for Exceptional Commitment to Conservation. And she was named Woman of the Year by the Women's Council on Energy and the Environment.

Political campaigns

2014 Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign

On April 12, 2013, McGinty announced she would be a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in 2014. [4] McGinty finished fourth in the primary behind Allyson Schwartz, Rob McCord, and eventual general election winner Tom Wolf, who appointed her his chief of staff. She served in that capacity from January 2015 until July 2015, amid speculation that she was considering running for the United States Senate in the 2016 election. [13]

2016 U.S. Senate campaign

On August 4, 2015, McGinty officially announced her candidacy for the United States Senate in 2016. She was endorsed by EMILY's List, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, and President Barack Obama. [14] [15]

In April 2016, she defeated former U.S. Representative Joe Sestak and then-Mayor of Braddock John Fetterman in the Democratic primary. [16] As of June 30, 2016, financial disclosures showed that McGinty's campaign had spent $4,312,688 and raised $6,713,202. [17]

The Senate election between McGinty and incumbent Republican Pat Toomey was among the most expensive Senate races in America. According to the nonpartisan OpenSecrets, as of October 2016, more than $52 million had been spent on the general and primary election between the two candidates. [18] During the race, McGinty was attacked for awarding state grants to a group where her husband was a consultant when she was on a state Ethics Committee. Due to this and her wealth, several attack ads labeled her "Shady Katie." [19]

In the general election on November 8, 2016, she was defeated by Toomey by the margin of 86,000 votes. McGinty received 47.34% of the vote. [20]

Personal life

McGinty is married to Karl Hausker. They have three daughters and reside in Wayne, Pennsylvania. [21]

Electoral history

2014 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Democratic primary [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Wolf 488,917 57.86
Democratic Allyson Schwartz 149,02717.64
Democratic Robert McCord 142,31116.84
Democratic Katie McGinty64,7547.66
Total votes845,009 100
2016 United States Senate Democratic primary in Pennsylvania [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Katie McGinty 669,774 42.50
Democratic Joe Sestak 513,22132.57
Democratic John Fetterman 307,09019.49
Democratic Joseph Vodvarka85,8375.45
Total votes1,575,922 100.00
United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2016 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Pat Toomey (inc.)2,951,70248.77%
Democratic Katie McGinty2,865,01247.34%
Libertarian Edward T. Clifford III235,1423.89%
Total votes6,051,856 100.00%
Republican hold Swing NA

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