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Arvind Venkat
State Representative, District 30, State House
Running in 2026: State House District 30 (May 19) “won the primary” · State House District 30 (November 3)
In the General Assembly
House District 30 D · 1,509 floor votes this session, 0% not voting
Bills and resolutions they introduced (prime sponsor): 31 (1 became law) — HB 865, HB 1043, HB 1044, HB 1470, HB 1490, HB 1828, HB 1881, HB 1925, HB 1974, HB 2076, HB 2120, HB 2304 …
Statements of Financial Interests
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|
2025 statement
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2026-02-04 | 3 income sources, 2 business offices |
2024 statement
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2025-01-30 | 3 income sources, 2 business offices |
2023 statement (amendment)
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2024-02-12 | Nothing listed |
2023 statement
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2024-01-20 | 3 income sources, 2 travel, lodging & hospitality, 2 business offices |
Findings
Worth a look Lobbying · the statement
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS reported $432 in gifts to them in 2024; the statement doesn't list it
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS's lobbying expense reports name this official as receiving Reimbursement for hotel and travel for speaking at an event. ($432, 2024-04-05). Principals name an official once their gifts reach $250 in a year, or hospitality passes $650 (65 Pa.C.S. § 13A05(b)(3)), the same thresholds at which the official lists them (§ 1105(b)(6)–(7)). The statement for 2024 lists no gift or hospitality from them.
What to check- Whether the statement lists it under another name (a parent company, the lobbying firm, the charity it went to)
- Whether the report's recipient is this person (name and position as written)
- Whether an amended statement adds it
Gifts: PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS $432
Rule: Lobbying gifts not on the statement
“identify, by name, position and each occurrence, a State official or employee who receives from a principal or lobbyist anything of value which must be included in the statement under section 1105(b)(6) or (7)”65 Pa.C.S. § 13A05(b)(3) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works
Context Gifts · the statement
Lists 2 sources of transportation, lodging or hospitality, worth $2,200
Block 12 lists transportation, lodging or hospitality received in 2023: National Conference of State Legislators ($1,000); Milbank Memorial Fund ($1,200). 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: National Conference of State Legislators $1,000Travel, lodging & hospitality: Milbank Memorial Fund $1,200
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 Arvind Venkat: $432 in 1 item 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 |
|---|
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
$432 in all | Reimbursement for hotel and travel for speaking at an event. · gift · 2024-04-05 | $432 |
From principals' quarterly expense reports (palobbyingservices.pa.gov), searchable there by principal and quarter.
Campaign money: State House District 30
$572,963raised, 1,352 itemized contributions
$197from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
58%31%10%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $197 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $284,883
Largest payees: LAKE RESEARCH PARTNERS $31,756 Other (described) · HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $30,000 Other (described) · DELIVER STRATEGIES $26,861 Other (described) · CARVER MURPHY $25,044 Other (described) · BRITTANY FOR PA $11,000 Other (described) · ACTBLUE $9,908 Other (described) · NGP VAN $7,708 Other (described) · FRIENDS OF SARA AGERTON $7,000 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 |
|---|
USACS PAC
Canton | Political committee | $25,000 |
IBEW LOCAL NO. 5
N/A · N/A · Pittsburgh | Person or other | $22,000 |
GUHA BALA
PRESIDENT · VELAN STUDIOS INC. · Latham | Person or other | $20,000 |
PAA PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $10,000 |
IBEW LOCAL NO.5
Pittsburgh | Political committee | $10,000 |
B&B PAC
N/A · N/A · Duncannon | Person or other | $9,184.68 |
DONALD WHITING
PHYSICIAN · AHN · Gibsonia | Person or other | $8,500 |
HIGHMARK PAC
Camp Hill | Political committee | $7,000 |
PRITHVI RAJ
COO · SQUAREFOOT · New York | Person or other | $6,000 |
PA RADIOLOGY PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $6,000 |
EDWARD BALABAN
NOT EMPLOYED · NOT EMPLOYED · Penllyn | Person or other | $5,500 |
RAVI AND CHITRA UPPALURI
PHYSICIAN · BWH · Chestnut Hill | Person or other | $5,250 |
BRAHMA SHARMA MD FACC
PHYSICIAN · VA MEDICAL · Mars | Person or other | $5,000 |
PA MEDICAL PAC
Mechanicsburg | Political committee | $5,000 |
GAURAV ARORA
PHYSICIAN · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PHYSICIANS · Sewickley | Person or other | $5,000 |
Filers: Friends of Arvind Venkat (20220092), VENKAT, ARVIND (2024C0150), ARVIND VENKAT (2026C0026). 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 |
|---|
PAA PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $10,000 | 79 | |
B & B PAC
Group or PAC · Duncannon | $9,185 | 38 | |
HIGHMARK PAC
Group or PAC · Camp Hill | $7,000 | 128 | |
PA RADIOLOGY PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $6,000 | 4 | |
Edward Balaban
Not Employed, Not Employed · Penllyn | $5,500 | 2 | |
PA MEDICAL PAC
Group or PAC · Mechanicsburg | $5,000 | 48 | |
Local 66 PAC Club
Labor union · Pittsburgh | $5,000 | 26 | |
PENNSYLVANIA AUTOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $5,000 | 17 | |
STEAMFITTERS LOCAL UNION 449
Labor union · Harmony · registered lobbyist employer | $5,000 | 10 | |
GREATER PA CARPENTERS PAC
Labor union · Philadelphia | $5,000 | 20 | |
Insulators International PAC
Group or PAC · Lanham | $5,000 | 29 | |
PA ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS PAC
Group or PAC · Wyomissing | $4,000 | 5 | |
PENN OSTEOPATHIC MED PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $4,000 | 21 | |
Z PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $4,000 | 14 | |
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $3,500 | 50 | |