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Joshua D. Kail
State Representative, District 15, State House
Running in 2026: State House District 15 (May 19) “won the primary” · State House District 15 (November 3)
In the General Assembly
House District 15 R · 1,509 floor votes this session, 0% not voting
Bills and resolutions they introduced (prime sponsor): 1 (0 became law) — HB 2478
Statements of Financial Interests
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|
2025 statement
STATE REPRESENTATIVE, REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY | 2026-02-27 | — · paper |
2024 statement
STATE LEGISLATOR HD 15, COMMONWEALTH OF PA-HOUSE | 2025-04-23 | 1 real estate · paper |
2023 statement
STATE LEGISLATOR, COMMONWEALTH OF PA-HOUSE | 2024-02-07 | — · paper |
Findings
Worth a look Lobbying · the statement
Pennsylvania Family Council reported $699 in transportation, lodging or hospitality to them in 2025; the statement doesn't list it
Pennsylvania Family Council's lobbying expense reports name this official as receiving payment ($699, 2025-04-18). 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
Travel, lodging & hospitality: Pennsylvania Family Council $699
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
Reported by lobbying interests
What principals told the Department of State they gave Joshua D. Kail: $869 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 |
|---|
Pennsylvania Family Council
$699 in all | hospitality · transportation, lodging or hospitality · 2025-04-18 | $699 |
Pennsylvania Utility Contractors Association
$170 in all | Dinner at 1700 degree Steakhouse · gift · 2024-02-26 | $170 |
From principals' quarterly expense reports (palobbyingservices.pa.gov), searchable there by principal and quarter.
Campaign money: State House District 15
$259,890raised, 162 itemized contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
43%34%20%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $117,839
Largest payees: ZOOKYS SPORTS TAVERN $12,000 Other (described) · SEVEN OAKS COUNTRY CLUB $10,325 Other (described) · SUMMA INSIGHTS $10,025 Other (described) · RCBC $6,200 Other (described) · PENNSYLVANIA OPPORTUNITY PAC $5,000 Other (described) · PA GOP $5,000 Other (described) · JONATHAN MAYAK $5,000 Other (described) · FRIENDS OF JIM MARSHALL $5,000 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 |
|---|
OPERATORS FOR SKILL PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $27,000 |
BRYAN & STEFANIE WRIGHT
PRESIDENT · W.D. WRIGHT CONTRACTING · Beaver Falls | Person or other | $20,000 |
DJ FRYE
PRESIDENT · FRYE TRANSPORTATION GROUP · Beaver | Person or other | $10,000 |
KYRK PYROS
OWNER · KP BUILDERS, INC. · Pittsburgh | Person or other | $10,000 |
PA LABORERS JOB PAC
Pittsburgh | Political committee | $10,000 |
LOCAL 66 PAC CLUB
Pittsburgh | Political committee | $10,000 |
STEAMFITTERS LOCAL UNION 449
Harmony | Political committee | $10,000 |
C.J. BETTERS
DEVELOPER · CJ BETTERS ENTERPRISES · Aliquippa | Person or other | $10,000 |
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS PAC
Pittsburgh | Political committee | $7,500 |
JONATHAN & HOLLY STEFANIK
PRINCIPAL · STEFANIK'S NEXT GENERATION CONTRACTING CO · Aliquippa | Person or other | $7,500 |
ALLIANCE COAL PAC
Tulsa | Political committee | $5,000 |
GREATER PA CARPENTERS PEC
Philadelphia | Political committee | $5,000 |
PAA PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $5,000 |
PENNSYLVANIA LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL PAC FUND
Pittsburgh | Political committee | $5,000 |
JAKE & BRIANNA MCCRACKEN
HOMEMAKER · HOMEMAKER · Beaver | Person or other | $5,000 |
Filers: CITIZENS FOR JOSHUA KAIL (20170123), JOSHUA KAIL (2024C0241), JOSHUA KAIL (2026C0096). 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 |
|---|
OPERATORS FOR SKILL PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $27,000 | 157 | |
Bryan Wright
PRESIDENT, W.D. WRIGHT CONTRACTING · Beaver Falls | $20,000 | 3 | |
PA LABORERS JOB PAC
Labor union · Pittsburgh | $10,000 | 5 | |
Local 66 PAC Club
Labor union · Pittsburgh | $10,000 | 26 | |
STEAMFITTERS LOCAL UNION 449
Labor union · Harmony · registered lobbyist employer | $10,000 | 10 | |
C.J Betters
Owner, CJ Betters Enterprises · Aliquippa | $10,000 | 4 | |
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS PAC
Labor union · Pittsburgh | $7,500 | 2 | |
Jonathan Stefanik
PRINCIPAL, STEFANIK'S NEXT GENERATION CONTRACTING CO · Aliquippa | $7,500 | 4 | |
ALLIANCE COAL PAC
Group or PAC · Tulsa | $5,000 | 2 | |
GREATER PA CARPENTERS PEC
Labor union · Philadelphia | $5,000 | 59 | |
PAA PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $5,000 | 79 | |
PENNSYLVANIA LABORERS DISTRICT COUNCIL PAC FUND
Labor union · Pittsburgh | $5,000 | 16 | |
David Barensfeld
Chairman, ELLWOOD GROUP · New Brighton | $5,000 | 12 | |
Mark Betters
VICE PRESIDENT, M. BETTERS CONSTRUCTION INC. · Monaca | $5,000 | 2 | |
ESSENTIAL UTILITIES, INC. PAC
Group or PAC · Bryn Mawr | $3,500 | 68 | |