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Benjamin V. Sanchez
State Representative, District 153, State House
Running in 2026: State House District 153 (May 19) “won the primary” · State House District 153 (November 3)
In the General Assembly
House District 153 D · 1,509 floor votes this session, 0% not voting
Bills and resolutions they introduced (prime sponsor): 23 (0 became law) — HB 1311, HB 1312, HB 1313, HB 1314, HB 1315, HB 1410, HB 1458, HB 1471, HB 1488, HB 1553, HB 1606, HB 2043 …
Their home
$750,000 – $1,000,000estimated market value, Montgomery County
An estimate of the market value of the home at the address Benjamin V. Sanchez filed on their latest Statement of Financial Interests: Montgomery County's assessment times the county's Common Level Ratio factor, shown as a range. The address isn't published here. Assessments trail the market and can be appealed, so treat it as a rough figure. How this works.
Statements of Financial Interests
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|
2025 statement
State Representative - 153rd Legislative District, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2026-02-24 | 7 income sources, 1 travel, lodging & hospitality, 3 business offices |
2024 statement (amendment)
State Representative - 153rd Legislative District, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2025-05-01 | Nothing listed |
2024 statement
State Representative - 153rd Legislative District, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2025-02-17 | 6 income sources, 3 business offices |
2023 statement
State Representative - 153rd Legislative District, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2024-01-30 | 4 income sources, 1 travel, lodging & hospitality, 3 business offices |
Findings
Context Gifts · the statement
Lists 1 source of transportation, lodging or hospitality, worth $4,987
Block 12 lists transportation, lodging or hospitality received in 2025: Arnold Ventures LLC, assoc. w/ Action Now Initiative, LLC ($4,987). 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 LLC, assoc. w/ Action Now Initiative, LLC $4,987
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 2024
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
Context Gifts · the statement
Lists 1 source of transportation, lodging or hospitality, worth $2,008.65
Block 12 lists transportation, lodging or hospitality received in 2023: Justice Action Network Foundation (Criminal Justice Conv.) ($2,008.65). 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: Justice Action Network Foundation (Criminal Justice Conv.) $2,008.65
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
Reported by lobbying interests
What principals told the Department of State they gave Benjamin V. Sanchez: $3,495 in 7 items from 1 principal (1 of them transportation, lodging or hospitality). 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
$3,495 in all | hospitality · transportation, lodging or hospitality · 2025-10-17 | $922 |
| 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 |
| Food at the Public Safety Boot Camp in Austin, TX. · gift · 2025-01-18 | $81 |
| Food and reception attendance at the Public Safety Boot Camp in Austin, TX. · gift · 2025-01-17 | $539 |
| Food and reception attendance at the Public Safety Boot Camp in Austin, TX. · gift · 2025-01-16 | $144 |
From principals' quarterly expense reports (palobbyingservices.pa.gov), searchable there by principal and quarter.
Campaign money: State House District 153
$52,331raised, 83 itemized contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
15%67%12%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $64,369
Largest payees: HDCC $22,878 Other (described) · MCDC $3,750 Other (described) · FRIENDS OF MEGAN GS $3,500 Other (described) · NGP VAN, INC. $2,003 Other (described) · ABINGTON-ROCKLEDGE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE $2,000 Other (described) · 1910 BAR AND GRILLE $1,943 Other (described) · FRIENDS OF BRIDGET MALLOY KOSIEROWSKI $1,422 Other (described) · PAYA SERVICES $1,399 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 |
|---|
CPA-PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $7,000 |
KEYSTONE SENIORS PAC
Dover | Political committee | $5,000 |
LAWPAC (PA ASSOC. FOR JUSTICE)
Harrisburg | Political committee | $3,000 |
IUPAT DC21 POLITICAL ACTION FUND
Philadelphia | Political committee | $2,500 |
THE DT PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $2,500 |
FRIENDS OF MATT BRADFORD
Norristown | Political committee | $2,500 |
AFSCME COUNCIL 13
Harrisburg | Political committee | $1,500 |
AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOP PAC PA
Harrisburg | Political committee | $1,250 |
PABAR PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $1,250 |
STEAMFITTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 420 COPE
Philadelphia | Political committee | $1,000 |
PECOPAC
Philadelphia | Political committee | $1,000 |
MALADY AND WOOTEN PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $1,000 |
CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
Washington | Political committee | $1,000 |
PLUMBERS UNION LOCAL 690 ELECTION POLITICAL ACTION FUND
Philadelphia | Political committee | $1,000 |
BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS LOCAL 1 PA/DE PAC FUND
Philadelphia | Political committee | $1,000 |
Filers: FRIENDS OF BEN SANCHEZ (20180336), BENJAMIN V. SANCHEZ (2024C0113), BENJAMIN V. SANCHEZ (2026C0156). 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 |
|---|
CPA PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $7,000 | 37 | |
KEYSTONE SENIORS PAC
Group or PAC · Dover | $5,000 | 52 | |
LAWPAC (PA ASSOC. FOR JUSTICE)
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $3,000 | 25 | |
IUPAT DC21 Political Action Fund
Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $2,500 | 17 | |
THE DT PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $2,500 | 66 | |
FRIENDS OF MATT BRADFORD
Candidate or officeholder committee · Norristown | $2,500 | 20 | |
AFSCME COUNCIL 13
Labor union · Harrisburg · registered lobbyist employer | $1,500 | 43 | |
AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOP PAC PA
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $1,250 | 31 | |
PABAR PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $1,250 | 18 | |
STEAMFITTERS LOCAL UNION NO 420 COPE
Labor union · Philadelphia | $1,000 | 2 | |
PECO PAC
Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $1,000 | 66 | |
MALADY & WOOTEN PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $1,000 | 111 | |
CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Washington | $1,000 | 28 | |
PLUMBERS UNION LOCAL 690 ELECTION POLITICAL ACTION FUND
Labor union · Philadelphia | $1,000 | 18 | |
BRICKLAYERS & ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS LOCAL 1 PA/DE PAC FUND
Labor union · Philadelphia | $1,000 | 15 | |