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Scott Martin
State Senator, District 13, State Senate
In the General Assembly
Senate District 13 R · 550 floor votes this session, 1% not voting
Bills and resolutions they introduced (prime sponsor): 56 (2 became law) — SB 1353, SB 160, SB 1000, SB 1001, SB 1002, SB 1003, SB 1004, SB 1220, SB 1230, SB 1231, SB 1232, SB 1233 …
Statements of Financial Interests
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|
2025 statement
STATE SENATOR, SENATE OF PA | 2026-04-29 | 1 business offices · paper |
2024 statement
STATE SENATOR, SENATE OF PA | 2025-04-16 | 1 business interests · paper |
2023 statement
STATE SENATOR, SENATE OF PA | 2024-02-06 | 1 creditors, 1 travel, lodging & hospitality, 1 business interests · paper |
Findings
Context Gifts · the statement
Lists 1 source of transportation, lodging or hospitality
Block 12 lists transportation, lodging or hospitality received in 2023: actin Pope, Assocs apo, Manny. 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: actin Pope, Assocs apo, Manny
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
Reported by lobbying interests
What principals told the Department of State they gave Scott Martin: $114 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.
| Principal | What, when | Value |
|---|
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
$114 in all | Four tickets and two parking passes for wrestling match. · gift · 2023-01-20 | $114 |
From principals' quarterly expense reports (palobbyingservices.pa.gov), searchable there by principal and quarter.
Campaign money: State Senate District 13
$1,252,288raised, 591 itemized contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
35%59%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $2,000 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $1,170,684
Largest payees: SRCC $205,000 Other (described) · MJM STRATEGIES LLC $102,142 Other (described) · LANCASTER COUNTY CLUB $53,571 Other (described) · MJM STRATEGIES, LLC $50,675 Other (described) · FRIENDS OF TRACY PENNYCUIK $50,000 Other (described) · FRIENDS OF TOM JONES $50,000 Other (described) · FRIENDS OF ROSEMARY BROWN $50,000 Other (described) · FRIENDS OF FRANK FARRY $50,000 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 |
|---|
CHAMBER PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $42,000 |
MOVING PA FORWARD PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $35,000 |
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS FOR ECONOMIC PROGRESS
Reading | Political committee | $35,000 |
LANCASTER CO AGRICULTURE AND BUSINESS PA
Bird-In-Hand | Political committee | $31,000 |
STEPHEN CAPOFERRI
CEO · RIVER ROCK ACADEMY · Lancaster | Person or other | $30,000 |
PA FUTURE FUND
Harrisburg | Political committee | $25,000 |
COMMONWEALTH CHILDREN'S CHOICE FUND
Harrisburg | Political committee | $25,000 |
HAPAC - STATE
Harrisburg | Political committee | $15,100 |
HIGHMARK PAC
Camp Hill | Political committee | $15,000 |
THOMAS W. PONESSA
PRESIDENT/OWNER · T. W. PONESSA · Lancaster | Person or other | $15,000 |
TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $14,500 |
PENNSYLVANIA AMERICAN WATER PAC
Mechanicsburg | Political committee | $13,500 |
MALADY & WOOTEN PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $13,000 |
INDEPENDENCE PAC
Philadelphia | Political committee | $13,000 |
OPERATORS FOR SKILL PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $12,500 |
Filers: FRIENDS OF SCOTT MARTIN (2011150), SCOTT F. MARTIN (2024C0111). 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 |
|---|
CHAMBER PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $42,000 | 94 | |
Moving PA Forward PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $35,000 | 6 | |
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS FOR ECONOMIC PROGRESS
Candidate or officeholder committee · Reading | $35,000 | 21 | |
LANCASTER CO AGRICULTURE AND BUSINESS PA
Group or PAC · Bird In Hand | $31,000 | 2 | |
COMMONWEALTH CHILDRENS CHOICE FUND
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $28,500 | 12 | |
PA FUTURE FUND
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $25,000 | 22 | |
Matthew Kirk
President, BENECAN GROUP INC · Lancaster | $22,000 | 3 | |
HAPAC-STATE
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $17,600 | 69 | |
HIGHMARK PAC
Group or PAC · Camp Hill | $15,000 | 128 | |
Thomas Ponessa
PRESIDENT/OWNER, Ponessa Behavioral Health · Lancaster | $15,000 | 2 | |
TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $14,500 | 31 | |
PA AMERICAN WATER PAC
Group or PAC · Mechanicsburg | $13,500 | 52 | |
MALADY & WOOTEN PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $13,000 | 111 | |
INDEPENDENCE PAC
Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $13,000 | 38 | |
OPERATORS FOR SKILL PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $12,500 | 157 | |