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Aerion Abney
State Representative, District 19, State House
Running in 2026: State House District 19 (May 19) “won the primary” · State House District 19 (November 3)
In the General Assembly
House District 19 D · 233 floor votes this session, 0% not voting
Bills and resolutions they introduced (prime sponsor): 15 (0 became law) — HB 1034, HB 1209, HB 1212, HB 1493, HB 1496, HB 1520, HB 1523, HB 2130, HB 2490, HB 2552, HB 2774, HB 503 …
Statements of Financial Interests
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|
2025 statement
State Representatives, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2026-03-08 | 1 creditors, 2 income sources, 1 travel, lodging & hospitality, 2 business offices |
2024 statement
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2025-05-01 | 1 creditors, 2 income sources, 2 business offices |
2023 statement
Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2024-02-09 | 2 income sources |
2023 statement (amendment)
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2024-02-09 | Nothing listed |
Findings
Context Gifts · the statement
Lists 1 source of transportation, lodging or hospitality, worth $1,054
Block 12 lists transportation, lodging or hospitality received in 2025: Arnold Ventures ($1,054). Pennsylvania has no gift limit; the Ethics Act requires listing them (65 Pa.C.S. § 1105(b)(6)–(7)).
What to check- Whether any giver is a registered lobbyist or lobbying principal
- Whether the same giver appears in other years
Travel, lodging & hospitality: Arnold Ventures $1,054
Rule: Gifts, travel and hospitality listed
“The name and address of the source and the amount of any gift or gifts valued in the aggregate at $250 or more and the circumstances of each gift.”65 Pa.C.S. § 1105(b)(6) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Context Amendments · the statement
An amended statement for 2023
The filer marked this statement as an amendment (blocks not named). Amendments correct or add to a statement already filed.
What to check- What changed from the original statement
Rule: An amended statement
How this rule works
Reported by lobbying interests
What principals told the Department of State they gave Aerion Abney: $1,809 in 3 items from 1 principal. A report names an official once a principal's gifts to them reach $250 in a year, or its hospitality passes $650 (65 Pa.C.S. § 13A05). Matched by name and office.
| Principal | What, when | Value |
|---|
Action Now Initiative, LLC
$1,809 in all | Food and lodging at Public Safety Boot Camp in New Orleans, LA · gift · 2025-09-13 | $778 |
| Food and lodging at Public Safety Boot Camp in New Orleans, LA · gift · 2025-09-12 | $594 |
| Food and lodging at Public Safety Boot Camp in New Orleans, LA · gift · 2025-09-11 | $437 |
From principals' quarterly expense reports (palobbyingservices.pa.gov), searchable there by principal and quarter.
Campaign money: State House District 19
$104,289raised, 196 itemized contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
36%25%37%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $91,521
Largest payees: Rise Political Strategies $35,324 Other (described) · House Dem Campaign Cmte $15,000 Other (described) · Black women wise women llc $3,250 Other (described) · Aerion Abney $2,847 Other (described) · Jamaal Craig $2,500 Other (described) · NGP VAN $2,000 Other (described) · BMco $2,000 Other (described) · Frogs Club $1,650 Other (described)
Expenditures on their reports filed in 2025–2026; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.
| Top contributors | Type | Total |
|---|
Local 66 PAC Club
Pittsburgh | Political committee | $10,000 |
PENNSYLVANIA LABORERS DISTRICT COUNCIL PAC FUND
Pittsburgh | Political committee | $7,500 |
LOCAL 0449 STEAMFITTERS UNION PAC
Harmony | Political committee | $5,500 |
IBEW LOCAL NO 5 PAC
Pittsburgh | Political committee | $5,000 |
GREATER PA CARPENTERS PEC
Philadelphia | Political committee | $5,000 |
OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 66
Youngstown | Political committee | $2,500 |
Bob Mistick
Owner · Mistick Construction · Pittsburgh | Person or other | $2,500 |
LAWPAC (PA ASSOC. FOR JUSTICE)
Harrisburg | Political committee | $2,000 |
MUSIC PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $2,000 |
PSEA-PACE FOR STATE ELECTIONS
Harrisburg | Political committee | $1,500 |
PA OPTOMETRIC PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $1,500 |
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA PAC
Pittsburgh | Political committee | $1,500 |
PA DUQUESNE LIGHT (PENNDUPAC)
Pittsburgh | Political committee | $1,500 |
Michele Beener
Owner · Aspire Grant & Development LLC · Somerset | Person or other | $1,489 |
GREENLEE PARTNERS STATE PAC
Media | Political committee | $1,000 |
Filers: ABNEY, AERION FRIENDS OF (20150344), ABNEY, AERION ANDREW (2024C0514), ABNEY, AERION ANDREW (2026C0912). From the Department of State's campaign finance export; reports filed in 2025–2026.
Their donors also gave to
Their largest donors who also funded other 2026 state candidates.
| Donor | To them | Candidates funded | By party |
|---|
Local 66 PAC Club
Labor union · Pittsburgh | $10,000 | 26 | |
PENNSYLVANIA LABORERS DISTRICT COUNCIL PAC FUND
Labor union · Pittsburgh | $7,500 | 16 | |
LOCAL 0449 STEAMFITTERS UNION PAC
Labor union · Harmony | $5,500 | 5 | |
IBEW LOCAL NO 5 PAC
Labor union · Pittsburgh | $5,000 | 3 | |
GREATER PA CARPENTERS PEC
Labor union · Philadelphia | $5,000 | 59 | |
Bob Mistick
BUILDER, MISTICK CONSTRUCTION · Pittsburgh | $2,500 | 2 | |
LAWPAC (PA ASSOC. FOR JUSTICE)
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $2,000 | 25 | |
MUSIC PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $2,000 | 8 | |
PSEA-PACE FOR STATE ELECTIONS
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $1,500 | 27 | |
PA OPTOMETRIC PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $1,500 | 102 | |
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA PAC
Group or PAC · Pittsburgh | $1,500 | 3 | |
PA DUQUESNE LIGHT (PENNDUPAC)
Group or PAC · Pittsburgh | $1,500 | 14 | |
Michele Beener
President, Aspire Grant & Development · Somerset | $1,489 | 6 | |
GREENLEE PARTNERS STATE PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $1,000 | 69 | |
1776 PAC (UFCW)
Labor union · Plymouth Meeting | $1,000 | 31 | |