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Paul Takac

State Representative, District 82, State House

Running in 2026: State House District 82 (May 19) “won the primary” · State House District 82 (November 3)

In the General Assembly

House District 82 D · 1,509 floor votes this session, 0% not voting

Bills and resolutions they introduced (prime sponsor): 13 (0 became law) — HB 1424, HB 1667, HB 1980, HB 2063, HB 2199, HB 2265, HB 2302, HB 2544, HB 2581, HB 2656, HB 2765, HB 2791 …

Statements of Financial Interests

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2025 statement (amendment)
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
2026-03-02Nothing listed
2025 statement
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
2026-02-226 creditors, 1 income sources
2024 statement
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
2025-04-307 creditors, 3 income sources, 1 travel, lodging & hospitality
2023 statement (amendment)
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
2024-02-06Nothing listed
2023 statement
State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
2024-02-045 creditors, 3 income sources, 1 business offices, 1 business interests

Findings

Context Amendments · the statement

An amended statement for 2025

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

Context Gifts · the statement

Lists 1 source of transportation, lodging or hospitality, worth $1,000

Block 12 lists transportation, lodging or hospitality received in 2024: RNG Coalition ($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

Travel, lodging & hospitality: RNG Coalition $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

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

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Reported by lobbying interests

What principals told the Department of State they gave Paul Takac: $77 in 1 item from 1 principal. 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.

PrincipalWhat, whenValue
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
$77 in all
Ticket for MLK event. · gift · 2023-01-15$77

From principals' quarterly expense reports (palobbyingservices.pa.gov), searchable there by principal and quarter.

Campaign money: State House District 82

$120,883raised, 681 itemized contributions
$15,000from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders

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How it was spent: $76,834

Largest payees: Micaela Hayes $15,984 Other (described) · House Democratic Campaign Committee $12,500 Other (described) · LV Print Center $9,289 Other (described) · NGP Van Moto $6,109 Other (described) · Deliver Strategies, LLC $4,586 Other (described) · Paul Takac $3,986 Other (described) · ANN WILKEN $3,254 Other (described) · Google $3,024 Other (described)

Expenditures on their reports filed in 2025–2026; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.

Top contributorsTypeTotal
Friends of Matt Bradford
Norristown
Political committee$9,258.74
Todd Vogel
Retired · Retired · Seattle
Person or other$4,863.63
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO Council 13
Harrisburg
Political committee$4,000
Peter Francis
Retired · Retired · Marion
Person or other$4,000
Climate Cabinet PAC
San Francisco
Political committee$2,500
Greater PA Carpenters PEC
Philadelphia
Political committee$2,500
Friends of Arvind Venkat
Wexford
Political committee$2,500
Teresa Welch
Retired · Retired · Corvallis
Person or other$2,500
POMPAC
Middletown
Political committee$2,050
LAWPAC
Harrisburg
Political committee$2,000
PA Campground Owners Association PAC
Harrisburg
Political committee$2,000
The DT PAC
Harrisburg
Political committee$2,000
Eric Clancy
Exec. VP · Delta Development Group · Camp Hill
Person or other$2,000
Evan Myers
SR VP · AccuWeather · State College
Person or other$1,516
Daniel Trevino
professor · Penn State University · Port Matilda
Person or other$1,500

Filers: Friends of Paul Takac (20210220), TAKAC, PAUL R. JR. (2024C0123), PAUL R. TAKAC JR. (2026C0070). 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.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
FRIENDS OF MATT BRADFORD
Candidate or officeholder committee · Norristown
$9,25920
Todd Vogel
Not Employed, N/A · Seattle
$4,86411
Peter Francis
NOT EMPLOYED, NOT EMPLOYED · Marion
$4,0003
CLIMATE CABINET PAC
Group or PAC · San Francisco
$2,5006
GREATER PA CARPENTERS PEC
Labor union · Philadelphia
$2,50059
FRIENDS OF ARVIND VENKAT
Candidate or officeholder committee · Wexford
$2,50020
Teresa Welch
Not Employed, NOT EMPLOYED · Corvallis
$2,5006
POMPAC
Group or PAC · Middletown
$2,05025
LAWPAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg
$2,00086
PA Campground Owners Association PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg
$2,0008
THE DT PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg
$2,00066
Eric Clancy
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, DELTA DEVELOPMENT GROUP · Camp Hill
$2,00026
Evan Myers
COO, AccuWeather · State College
$1,5164
Daniel Trevino
professor, Penn State University · Port Matilda
$1,5002
Theodore Spencer
Consultant, Self · New York
$1,5005