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Darisha K. Parker
State Representative, District 198, State House
Running in 2026: State House District 198 (May 19) “won the primary” · State House District 198 (November 3)
In the General Assembly
House District 198 D · 1,509 floor votes this session, 0% not voting
Bills and resolutions they introduced (prime sponsor): 16 (0 became law) — HB 1051, HB 1057, HB 1100, HB 1101, HB 1928, HB 2464, HB 2695, HB 2811, HB 2812, HB 2813, HB 2814, HB 2815 …
Statements of Financial Interests
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|
2025 statement
Legislator, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2026-03-09 | 1 income sources, 3 gifts |
2024 statement
Legislator, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2025-04-24 | 1 income sources, 1 gifts |
2024 statement
LEGISLATOR, PA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 2025-04-24 | — · paper |
2023 statement
Legislator, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2024-02-12 | 1 income sources, 1 gifts |
2023 statement (amendment)
Legislator, Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 2024-02-12 | Nothing listed |
Findings
Context Gifts · the statement
Lists 3 sources of gifts, worth $2,560
Block 11 lists gifts received in 2025: Comcast ($1,400); Mayor of Philadelphia ($350); Mayor of Philadelphia ($810). 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
Gifts: Comcast $1,400Gifts: Mayor of Philadelphia $350Gifts: Mayor of Philadelphia $810
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 Gifts · the statement
Lists 1 source of gifts, worth $1,500
Block 11 lists gifts received in 2024: Quaker City Alumnae Association ($1,500). 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
Gifts: Quaker City Alumnae Association $1,500
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 Gifts · the statement
Lists 1 source of gifts, worth $500
Block 11 lists gifts received in 2023: Independence Blue Cross ($500). 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
Gifts: Independence Blue Cross $500
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 Darisha K. Parker: $912 in 2 items from 2 principals. 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 |
|---|
Comcast Spectacor, LLC
$800 in all | Event Tickets (hospitality) · gift · 2025-12-19 | $800 |
Pfizer Inc.
$112 in all | Dinner · gift · 2026-06-18 | $112 |
From principals' quarterly expense reports (palobbyingservices.pa.gov), searchable there by principal and quarter.
Campaign money: State House District 198
$1,975,801raised, 1,646 itemized contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
68%13%17%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $60 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $1,356,171
Largest payees: RITTENHOUSE POLITICAL PARTNERS $273,304 Other (described) · ALP IMPACT STRATEGIES $169,197 Other (described) · DILWORTH PAXSON, LLP $118,846 Other (described) · NEW BLUE INTERACTIVE $70,085 Other (described) · CESCAPHE LIMITED LLC $66,359 Other (described) · BRILLIANT CORNERS RESEARCH $41,800 Other (described) · GRAB & GO $36,897 Other (described) · NGP VAN $30,064 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 |
|---|
GREATER PA CARPENTERS PEC
Philadelphia | Political committee | $84,600 |
IBEW 98 COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION
Philadelphia | Political committee | $50,000 |
LABORERS DISTRICT COUNCIL PAC
Philadelphia | Political committee | $50,000 |
STEPHEN KELLY
CHAIRMAN · IMAGINE360 · Gladwyne | Person or other | $35,000 |
JOSEPH NEUBAUER
NOT EMPLOYED · NOT EMPLOYED · Philadelphia | Person or other | $30,000 |
STEAMFITTERS LOCAL UNION 420
Philadelphia | Political committee | $28,700 |
LINDY COMMUNITIES
Jenkintown | Person or other | $25,000 |
ROBERT NICOLETTI FAMILY
King Of Prussia | Person or other | $25,000 |
RICHARD OLLER
NOT EMPLOYED · NOT EMPLOYED · Delray Beach | Person or other | $25,000 |
IUPAT DISTRICT COUNCIL 21 PAC
Philadelphia | Political committee | $24,800 |
T. RODERICK HENKELS
NOT EMPLOYED · NOT EMPLOYED · Philadelphia | Person or other | $22,400 |
PLUMBERS UNION LOCAL #690
Philadelphia | Political committee | $20,000 |
UNIVERSITY CITY HOUSING
Bryn Mawr | Person or other | $20,000 |
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 542 PAC
Fort Washington | Political committee | $17,400 |
RICHARD VAGUE
INVESTING · SELF · Philadelphia | Person or other | $16,000 |
Filers: PEOPLE FOR PARKER (20190204), Friends of Parker (20200106), PARKER,DARISHA K. (2024C0639), PARKER, DARISHA K (2026C1120). 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 |
|---|
GREATER PA CARPENTERS PEC
Labor union · Philadelphia | $84,600 | 59 | |
LABORERS DISTRICT COUNCIL PAC
Labor union · Philadelphia | $50,000 | 9 | |
Joseph Neubauer
NOT EMPLOYED, NOT EMPLOYED · Philadelphia | $30,000 | 3 | |
STEAMFITTERS LOCAL UNION 420
Labor union · Philadelphia | $28,700 | 5 | |
IUPAT DISTRICT COUNCIL 21 PAC
Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $24,800 | 2 | |
PLUMBERS UNION LOCAL 690
Labor union · Philadelphia | $20,000 | 13 | |
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 542 PAC
Labor union · Fort Washington | $17,400 | 5 | |
Richard Vague
Investor, Self Employed · Philadelphia | $16,000 | 5 | |
Carl Dranoff
DEVELOPER, DRANOFF PROPERTIES · Philadelphia | $15,000 | 2 | |
Richard Green
Chairman, Firstrust Bank · Conshohocken | $15,000 | 3 | |
Harold Honickman
CHAIRMAN, THE HONICKMAN GROUP · Pennsauken | $15,000 | 2 | |
Pennsylvanians for the Disabled
Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $15,000 | 5 | |
Daniel Rhoads
CEO, RHOADS INDUSTRIES · Huntingdon Valley | $13,700 | 4 | |
Constance Williams
Not Employed, Not Employed · Haverford | $13,700 | 6 | |
COZEN O'CONNOR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $13,500 | 50 | |