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Nikil Saval
State Senator, District 1, State Senate
In the General Assembly
Senate District 1 D · 550 floor votes this session, 0% not voting
Bills and resolutions they introduced (prime sponsor): 24 (0 became law) — SB 1085, SB 1086, SB 1089, SB 1139, SB 1263, SB 1314, SB 1322, SB 1333, SB 1336, SB 1357, SB 1363, SB 1364 …
Statements of Financial Interests
Findings
Context Gifts · the statement
Lists 1 source of gifts, worth $500
Block 11 lists gifts received in 2025: Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau ($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: Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau $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 2025
The filer marked this statement as an amendment (income). Amendments correct or add to a statement already filed.
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Rule: An amended statement
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Context Gifts · the statement
Lists 1 source of gifts
Block 11 lists gifts received in 2024: Citizens Bank Way, Philadelphia, PA 19148. 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: Citizens Bank Way, Philadelphia, PA 19148
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
Block 11 lists gifts received in 2023: Black. 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: Black
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 (offices). Amendments correct or add to a statement already filed.
What to check- What changed from the original statement
Rule: An amended statement
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Context Amendments · the statement
An amended statement for 2023
The filer marked this statement as an amendment (offices). Amendments correct or add to a statement already filed.
What to check- What changed from the original statement
Rule: An amended statement
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Campaign money: State Senate District 1
$300,103raised, 950 itemized contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
81%10%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $243,595
Largest payees: Tamarack Consulting LLC $76,954 Other (described) · Rise Political Strategies $62,110 Other (described) · Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Campaign Committee $35,000 Other (described) · New Way Forward Strategies $17,000 Other (described) · NGP VAN $9,242 Other (described) · Commonwealth Compliance Solutions, LLC $8,800 Other (described) · Mailchimp $5,579 Other (described) · PA United $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 |
|---|
Greater PA Carpenters PEC
Phila | Political committee | $15,000 |
Simran R Sidhu
Social Impact · Spring Point Partners · Phila | Person or other | $9,000 |
Kim Kamens
Sales · Amuneal · Philadelphia | Person or other | $8,500 |
Pennsylvania Working Families Party
Brooklyn | Political committee | $5,300 |
Roland Kassis
Founder · Kassis Ventures · Philadelphia | Person or other | $5,000 |
Daniel J. Rhoads Jr
Self-Employed · Self-Employed · Huntingdon Valley | Person or other | $5,000 |
PFT Committee to Support Public Education
Phila | Political committee | $4,500 |
David Seltzer
Consultant · Mercator Advisors LLC · Philadelphia | Person or other | $4,500 |
Sarah D Anton
Not Employed · Not Employed · Philadelphia | Person or other | $4,500 |
Jay Costa for State Senate
Pittsburgh | Political committee | $4,250 |
Amanda Branson Gill
Filmmaker · Self-Employed · Merion Station | Person or other | $4,100 |
Christopher Pappo
Not Employed · Not Employed · Philadelphia | Person or other | $4,000 |
Eric Cramer
Attorney · Berger Montague PC · Philadelphia | Person or other | $3,750 |
LAWPAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $3,500 |
Daniel Curran
Professor · University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia | Person or other | $3,150 |
Filers: Friends of Nikil Saval (20190266), SAVAL, NIKIL (2024C0237). 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 | $15,000 | 59 | |
Simran Sidhu
Social Impact, Spring Point Partners · Phila | $9,000 | 2 | |
Kim Kamens
Sales, Amuneal · Philadelphia | $8,500 | 4 | |
PENNSYLVANIA WORKING FAMILIES PARTY
Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $5,300 | 4 | |
Daniel Rhoads
CEO, RHOADS INDUSTRIES · Huntingdon Valley | $5,000 | 4 | |
PFT COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION
Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $4,500 | 20 | |
David Seltzer
Consultant, Mercator Advisors LLC · Philadelphia | $4,500 | 4 | |
JAY COSTA FOR STATE SENATE
Candidate or officeholder committee · Pittsburgh | $4,250 | 13 | |
Amanda Gill
Filmmaker, Self-Employed · Merion Station | $4,100 | 5 | |
Christopher Pappo
Not Employed, Not Employed · Philadelphia | $4,000 | 2 | |
Eric Cramer
Attorney, Berger Montague PC · Philadelphia | $3,750 | 3 | |
LAWPAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $3,500 | 86 | |
Paul Dlugolecki
Partner, Self Employed · Mechanicsburg | $3,100 | 7 | |
Carl Dellmuth
Not Employed, Not Employed · Philadelphia | $3,000 | 4 | |
Joseph Cautilli
Business Owner, Behavior Analysis and Therapy Partners · Philadelphia | $2,500 | 2 | |