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Chris Gebhard
State Senator, District 48, State Senate
Running in 2026: State Senate District 48 (May 19) “won the primary” · State Senate District 48 (November 3)
In the General Assembly
Senate District 48 R · 550 floor votes this session, 0% not voting
Bills and resolutions they introduced (prime sponsor): 23 (2 became law) — SB 202, SB 327, SB 1020, SB 1021, SB 1210, SB 1255, SB 1321, SB 1361, SB 1369, SB 1498, SB 417, SB 578 …
Statements of Financial Interests
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|
2024 statement
STATE SENATOR, GENERAL ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 48 | 2029-04-25 | 1 creditors, 1 income sources · paper |
2025 statement
STATE SENATOR, GENERAL ASSEMBLY | 2026-08-19 | 1 income sources, 1 business offices, 1 business interests · paper |
2025 statement
STATE SENATOR, GENERAL ASSEMBLY | 2026-02-20 | 1 business offices, 1 business interests · paper |
2023 statement
STATE SENATOR, GENERAL ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 48 | 2024-04-15 | 1 income sources, 1 travel, lodging & hospitality, 1 business interests · paper |
Findings
Worth a look Lobbying · the statement
SidePrize LLC d/b/a PrizePicks reported $3,158 in gifts to them in 2025; the statement doesn't list it
SidePrize LLC d/b/a PrizePicks's lobbying expense reports name this official as receiving Tickets, transportation and lodging - reimbursed ($3,158, 2025-04-08). 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 2025 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: SidePrize LLC d/b/a PrizePicks $3,158
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
Worth a look Lobbying · the statement
SidePrize LLC d/b/a PrizePicks reported $3,158 in gifts to them in 2025; the statement doesn't list it
SidePrize LLC d/b/a PrizePicks's lobbying expense reports name this official as receiving Tickets, transportation and lodging - reimbursed ($3,158, 2025-04-08). 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 2025 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: SidePrize LLC d/b/a PrizePicks $3,158
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 1 source of transportation, lodging or hospitality
Block 12 lists transportation, lodging or hospitality received in 2023: isjele| add enduam. 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: isjele| add enduam
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 Chris Gebhard: $5,475 in 2 items from 2 principals (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 |
|---|
SidePrize LLC d/b/a PrizePicks
$3,158 in all | Tickets, transportation and lodging - reimbursed · gift · 2025-04-08 | $3,158 |
Kooth USA, LLC
$2,317 in all | hospitality · transportation, lodging or hospitality · 2023-02-15 | $2,317 |
From principals' quarterly expense reports (palobbyingservices.pa.gov), searchable there by principal and quarter.
Campaign money: State Senate District 48
$1,277,278raised, 452 itemized contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
25%35%21%17%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $1,288,234
Largest payees: STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC. $548,581 Other (described) · SENATE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $302,000 Other (described) · STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC $152,102 Other (described) · LN CONSULTING $54,130 Other (described) · HARPER POLLING $36,000 Other (described) · LEBANON COUNTRY CLUB $27,334 Other (described) · STATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC. $17,318 Other (described) · BERKS COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE $13,391 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 |
|---|
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIA
N/A · Harrisburg | Person or other | $267,502.33 |
SCOTT HARTMAN
CEO · RUTTERS INC. · York | Person or other | $100,000 |
FRIENDS OF JOE PITTMAN
Indiana | Political committee | $100,000 |
KEYSTONE SENIORS PAC
Dover | Political committee | $75,000 |
FRIENDS OF KIM WARD
Harrisburg | Political committee | $50,000 |
EDWARD H. ARNOLD
RETIRED · N/A · Lebanon | Person or other | $30,000 |
PENNSYLVANIA SENATE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
N/A · N/A · Harrisburg | Person or other | $29,817.97 |
THE PENNSYLVANIA INSURANCE PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $29,625 |
FRIENDS OF SCOTT MARTIN
Lancaster | Political committee | $25,000 |
THE DT PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $19,500 |
PA BANKERS PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Harrisburg | Political committee | $19,000 |
FRIENDS OF FREEDOM AND CONVENIENCE
York | Political committee | $15,002 |
ANDREW MULLER, JR.
OWNER · MULLER RARE COINS · Kutztown | Person or other | $15,000 |
FRIENDS OF JUDY WARD
Hollidaysburg | Political committee | $15,000 |
SENATE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
N/A · Harrisburg | Person or other | $14,940.95 |
Filers: FRIENDS OF CHRIS GEBHARD (20210118), CHRISTOPHER GEBHARD (2026C0216). 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 |
|---|
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Party committee · Harrisburg | $267,502 | 6 | |
FRIENDS OF JOE PITTMAN
Candidate or officeholder committee · Indiana | $100,000 | 5 | |
KEYSTONE SENIORS PAC
Group or PAC · Dover | $75,000 | 52 | |
FRIENDS OF KIM WARD
Candidate or officeholder committee · Harrisburg | $50,000 | 3 | |
THE PENNSYLVANIA INSURANCE PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $32,625 | 41 | |
PENNSYLVANIA SENATE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $29,818 | 2 | |
FRIENDS OF SCOTT MARTIN
Candidate or officeholder committee · Lancaster | $25,000 | 9 | |
Andrew Muller
OWNER, MULLER RARE COINS · Kutztown | $20,000 | 4 | |
THE DT PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $19,500 | 66 | |
PENNSYLVANIA BANKERS PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $19,000 | 45 | |
PAA PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $17,500 | 79 | |
FRIENDS OF FREEDOM & CONVENIENCE
Candidate or officeholder committee · York | $16,002 | 12 | |
Friends of Judy Ward
Candidate or officeholder committee · Hollidaysburg | $15,000 | 9 | |
SENATE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $14,941 | 5 | |
BETTER PENNSYLVANIA PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $14,500 | 55 | |