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Ethan E. Nicholas
Running in 2026: State House District 12 (May 19)
Statements of Financial Interests
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 statement STATE REPRESENTATIVE, COMMONWEALTH OF PA | 2026-03-02 | 1 creditors · paper |
Findings
None.
Campaign money: State House District 12
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $20,724 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $181,609
Largest payees: Coldspark $95,252 Other (described) · Ethan Nicholas $10,724 Other (described) · Friends of Ethan Nicholas $10,000 Other (described) · Unity Printing $8,917 Other (described) · Treesdale Country Club $4,722 Other (described) · Twelve Oaks Mansion Inc $4,500 Other (described) · Amazon $4,202 Other (described) · USPS $3,247 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FRIENDS OF ETHAN NICHOLAS Cranberry Twp | Political committee | $10,724.48 |
| Ethan Nicholas President · Pittsburgh Business Exchange · Pittsburgh | Person or other | $10,000 |
| Victoria Nicholas Retired · Retired · Butler | Person or other | $10,000 |
| Joshua Adamek Founder/Owner · AVID Management Group LP · Ingomar | Person or other | $6,000 |
| Gail Paserba CEO · International Quality Consultants · Butler | Person or other | $5,000 |
| Brookdale Realty LLC Realty · Brookdale Realty LLC · Pittsburgh | Person or other | $5,000 |
| William Thomas Ward President · Ward Transportation & Logistics · Hollidaysburg | Person or other | $5,000 |
| Tricia Staible President · Robinson Fans · Zelienople | Person or other | $5,000 |
| Brian Patten Consultant · BPA · Baden | Person or other | $5,000 |
| Brian Scott Linville Banker · JP Morgan · Pittsburgh | Person or other | $5,000 |
| Daniel Lynch Retired · Retired · Naples | Person or other | $5,000 |
| Alihan Hanoglu Chef/Owner · Alihan's Mediterranean Cuisine · Pittsburgh | Person or other | $5,000 |
| Joe Calloway Owner · RE360 Property Management · Pittsburgh | Person or other | $5,000 |
| John Putzier President · Redline Performance Management · Butler | Person or other | $5,000 |
| Robert Cochran President & CEO · #1 Cochran · Allison Park | Person or other | $5,000 |
Filers: FRIENDS OF ETHAN NICHOLAS (20260088), NICHOLAS, ETHAN E (2026C0217). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRIENDS OF ETHAN NICHOLAS Candidate or officeholder committee · Cranberry Twp | $10,724 | 3 | |
| Ethan Nicholas CEO, The Pittsburgh Business Exchange · Pittsburgh | $10,000 | 3 | |
| Joshua Adamek Founder/Owner, AVID Management Group LP · Ingomar | $6,000 | 2 | |
| Gail Paserba CEO, IQC Inc · Butler | $5,000 | 3 | |
| William Ward CEO, Ward Trucking · Hollidaysburg | $5,000 | 8 | |
| Giovanni's Italian Cuisine LLC Business · Pittsburgh | $5,000 | 2 | |
| Dennis Crawford Retired, Retired · Mars | $2,750 | 2 | |
| Mark Snyder Owner, Snyder Associated Companies · Kittanning | $2,500 | 3 | |
| Joyce Cully retired, Retired · Renfrew | $2,000 | 2 | |
| David Shrager ATTORNEY, SELF · Pittsburgh | $2,000 | 8 | |
| Johnathan Garlow CEO, Ford Office Technologies · Uniontown | $2,000 | 4 | |
| Brian Kanterman Insurance Sales Specialist, Millers Phillips · Mars | $1,500 | 3 | |
| Kimberly Geyer County Commissioner, County of Butler · Valencia | $1,141 | 2 | |
| Citizens For Kozak Candidate or officeholder committee · Beaver Falls | $1,000 | 2 | |
| PA REALTORS PAC Group or PAC · Lemoyne | $1,000 | 66 |