An amended statement for 2025
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People › State Senate
James Andrew Malone
State Senator, District 36, State Senate
Running in 2026: State Senate District 36 (May 19) “won the primary” · State Senate District 36 (November 3)
In the General Assembly
Senate District 36 D · 495 floor votes this session, 1% not voting
Bills and resolutions they introduced (prime sponsor): 15 (0 became law) — SB 1034, SB 1081, SB 1142, SB 1190, SB 1203, SB 1249, SB 1310, SB 1366, SB 1418, SR 138, SR 257, SR 269 …
Their home
$250,000 – $500,000estimated market value, Lancaster County
An estimate of the market value of the home at the address James Andrew Malone filed on their latest Statement of Financial Interests: Lancaster 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 (amendment) 36th District Senator, Pennsylvania Senate | 2026-02-15 | Nothing listed |
| 2025 statement 36th District Senator, Pennsylvania Senate | 2026-02-14 | 2 income sources, 5 business offices |
| 2025 statement (amendment) 36th District, Pennsylvania Senate | 2026-02-14 | Nothing listed |
| 2024 statement 36th District, Pennsylvania Senate | 2025-01-22 | 3 creditors, 1 income sources, 8 business offices |
| 2024 statement Mayor, East Petersburg Borough | 2025-01-14 | 3 creditors, 1 income sources, 8 business offices |
| 2023 statement Mayor, East Petersburg Borough | 2024-04-06 | 3 creditors, 1 income sources, 1 gifts, 4 business offices |
Findings
An amended statement for 2025
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Rule: An amended statement
Lists 1 source of gifts, worth $1,000
Block 11 lists gifts received in 2023: Polly McDonald (Aunt) ($1,000). 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: Polly McDonald (Aunt) $1,000
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
Campaign money: State Senate District 36
$894,042raised, 1,352 itemized contributions
$6,000from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $6,000 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $340,674
Largest payees: PA DEMS $99,412 Other (described) · PA SDCC $89,552 Other (described) · MANTRA MEDIA LLC $50,000 Other (described) · DELIVER STRATEGIES LLC $43,634 Other (described) · CHELTENHAM PRINTING CO $10,897 Other (described) · CAPITOL PROMOTIONS $8,620 Other (described) · STRIPE $5,882 Other (described) · CAPITOL PRODUCTIONS $3,686 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PA DEMS N/A · N/A · Harrisburg | Person or other | $188,342.04 |
| PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT Chicago | Political committee | $100,000 |
| CITIZENS FOR HUGHES Philadelphia | Political committee | $47,000 |
| AFSCME COUNCIL 13 Harrisburg | Political committee | $37,000 |
| FRIENDS TO ELECT CHRISTINE M TARTAGLIONE Philadelphia | Political committee | $35,000 |
| IBEW LOCAL UNION 743 Reading | Political committee | $25,500 |
| GREATER CARPENTERS PAC Philadelphia | Political committee | $23,500 |
| BILL & SHERYL BULLITT NOT EMPLOYED · NOT EMPLOYED · Narberth | Person or other | $15,000 |
| TOMAS TORRES NOT EMPLOYED · NOT EMPLOYED · Houston | Person or other | $12,500 |
| MARIA FOR PA SENATOR · PA SENATE · Spring House | Person or other | $10,000 |
| PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTER LOCAL 520 PAC Harrisburg | Political committee | $9,000 |
| CENTRAL PA BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES PAC N/A · N/A · Harrisburg | Person or other | $6,411.81 |
| JAMES GRIFFIN RETIRED · NOT APPLICABLE · Palmyra | Person or other | $6,000 |
| JAMES MALONE SENATOR · PA STATE SENATE · East Petersburg | Person or other | $6,000 |
| LAW PAC Harrisburg | Political committee | $6,000 |
Filers: FRIENDS OF JAMES MALONE (20250040), JAMES MALONE (2025C0004), MALONE, JAMES ANDREW (2026C0207). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens for Hughes Candidate or officeholder committee · Philadelphia | $47,000 | 18 | |
| AFSCME COUNCIL 13 Labor union · Harrisburg · registered lobbyist employer | $37,000 | 43 | |
| Friends to Elect Christine M Tartaglione Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $35,000 | 5 | |
| IBEW LOCAL UNION 743 Labor union · Reading | $25,500 | 5 | |
| GREATER CARPENTERS PAC Labor union · Philadelphia | $23,500 | 2 | |
| MARIA FOR PA Candidate or officeholder committee · Spring House | $10,000 | 7 | |
| PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTER LOCAL 520 PAC Labor union · Harrisburg | $9,000 | 2 | |
| James Malone SENATOR, PA STATE SENATE · East Petersburg | $6,000 | 4 | |
| LAW PAC Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $6,000 | 29 | |
| IUPAT DC 21 Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $5,000 | 4 | |
| Int'l Union of Operating Engineers Local 542 PAF Labor union · Fort Washington | $5,000 | 2 | |
| SHEET METAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL 19 Labor union · Philadelphia | $5,000 | 19 | |
| DEMOCRACY FUND Group or PAC · Reading | $5,000 | 22 | |
| PA AUTOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $5,000 | 7 | |
| PLUMBERS UNION LOCAL 690 ELECTION POLITICAL ACTION FUND Labor union · Philadelphia | $5,000 | 18 |