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Timothy P. Kearney
State Senator, District 26, State Senate
Running in 2026: State Senate District 26 (May 19) “won the primary” · State Senate District 26 (November 3)
In the General Assembly
Senate District 26 D · 550 floor votes this session, 1% not voting
Bills and resolutions they introduced (prime sponsor): 27 (2 became law) — SB 971, SB 972, SB 1008, SB 1101, SB 1204, SB 1275, SB 1291, SB 1297, SB 131, SB 1467, SB 1494, SB 219 …
Statements of Financial Interests
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|
2025 statement
Senator, Pennsylvania Senate | 2026-03-07 | 1 income sources, 10 gifts, 1 business offices, 1 business interests |
2024 statement
Senator, Pennsylvania Senate | 2025-04-29 | 1 income sources, 4 gifts, 1 travel, lodging & hospitality, 1 business offices, 1 business interests |
2023 statement
Senator, Pennsylvania Senate | 2024-04-29 | 1 creditors, 1 income sources, 2 gifts, 2 business offices, 1 business interests |
Findings
Context Gifts · the statement
Lists 10 sources of gifts, worth $8,396.65
Block 11 lists gifts received in 2025: IBX ($675); Comcast ($500); Aqua ($500); Amerihealth Caritas/Keystone First ($250); Pfizer ($1,000); The Foundation of Delaware County ($500); Sun East Federal Credit Union ($250); PECO Energy Company ($750); WAWA Store ($911.65); Philadelphia Union - Jacquie Thomas ($3,060). 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: IBX $675Gifts: Comcast $500Gifts: Aqua $500Gifts: Amerihealth Caritas/Keystone First $250Gifts: Pfizer $1,000Gifts: The Foundation of Delaware County $500Gifts: Sun East Federal Credit Union $250Gifts: PECO Energy Company $750Gifts: WAWA Store $911.65Gifts: Philadelphia Union - Jacquie Thomas $3,060
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 4 sources of gifts, worth $3,798
Block 11 lists gifts received in 2024: WAWA - Communications and Community Care Team ($480); Penn State University ($1,000); PECO ($500); Philadelphia Union - Jacquie Thomas ($1,818). 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: WAWA - Communications and Community Care Team $480Gifts: Penn State University $1,000Gifts: PECO $500Gifts: Philadelphia Union - Jacquie Thomas $1,818
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 transportation, lodging or hospitality, worth $1,554.20
Block 12 lists transportation, lodging or hospitality received in 2024: Center for New Energy Economy ($1,554.20). 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: Center for New Energy Economy $1,554.20
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 2 sources of gifts, worth $4,708
Block 11 lists gifts received in 2023: PECO - Mike Innocenzo ($1,300); Philadelphia Union - Jacquie Thomas ($3,408). 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: PECO - Mike Innocenzo $1,300Gifts: Philadelphia Union - Jacquie Thomas $3,408
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 Timothy P. Kearney: $2,571 in 4 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 |
|---|
PECO ENERGY COMPANY
$2,550 in all | Contribution to non-profit Senior Community Services for the Senior Expo · gift · 2025-09-15 | $750 |
| Contribution to non-profit Senior Community Services for the Senior Expo · gift · 2024-07-02 | $500 |
| hospitality · transportation, lodging or hospitality · 2023-10-01 | $1,300 |
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
$21 in all | Flashlight and tote bag, Legislative breakfast. · gift · 2026-04-24 | $21 |
From principals' quarterly expense reports (palobbyingservices.pa.gov), searchable there by principal and quarter.
Campaign money: State Senate District 26
$105,765raised, 169 itemized contributions
$0from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
41%31%22%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
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How it was spent: $94,623
Largest payees: PA SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $35,000 Other (described) · PRINCETON STRATEGIES $24,483 Other (described) · SPRINGHAVEN COUNTRY CLUB $10,499 Other (described) · EVERY ACTION $3,259 Other (described) · FRIENDS OF EILEEN ALBILLAR $2,500 Other (described) · FRIENDS OF CHRIS THOMAS $2,500 Other (described) · DELAWARE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY $2,400 Other (described) · NGP-VAN, INC $1,068 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 |
|---|
IBEW LOCAL UNION 654
Upper Chichester | Political committee | $6,500 |
GREATER PA CARPENTERS PEC
Philadelphia | Political committee | $5,000 |
IUPAT DISTRICT COUNCIL 21
Philadelphia | Political committee | $5,000 |
JACQUIE THOMAS
SR. DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATI · PHILADELPHIA UNION · Chester | Person or other | $5,000 |
JAY COSTA FOR STATE SENATE
Pittsburgh | Political committee | $5,000 |
PA AUTOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION
Harrisburg | Political committee | $4,000 |
PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE
Harrisburg | Political committee | $3,500 |
AFSCME AFL-CIO COUNCIL 13 PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $2,500 |
PLUMBERS UNION LOCAL 690 ELECTION POLITICAL ACTION FUND
Philadelphia | Political committee | $2,500 |
BRICKLAYERS & ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS LOCAL 1 PA/DE PAC FUND
Philadelphia | Political committee | $2,500 |
OPERATORS FOR SKILL PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $2,000 |
PAUL DE BOTTON
REAL ESTATE · SELF-EMPLOYED · Villanova | Person or other | $2,000 |
NICOLE ROBINSON
REAL ESTATE · SELF-EMPLOYED · Penn Valley | Person or other | $2,000 |
RICHARD EIEL
Swarthmoe | Person or other | $1,950 |
LINDA GRYN
Aldan | Person or other | $1,700 |
Filers: Friends of Tim Kearney (20170278), TIM KEARNEY (2022C0856), TIM KEARNEY (2026C1314). 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 | $5,000 | 59 | |
IUPAT DISTRICT COUNCIL 21
Group or PAC · Philadelphia · registered lobbyist employer | $5,000 | 5 | |
JAY COSTA FOR STATE SENATE
Candidate or officeholder committee · Pittsburgh | $5,000 | 13 | |
PA AUTOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $4,000 | 7 | |
PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE
Group or PAC · Harrisburg · registered lobbyist employer | $3,500 | 2 | |
PLUMBERS UNION LOCAL 690 ELECTION POLITICAL ACTION FUND
Labor union · Philadelphia | $2,500 | 18 | |
BRICKLAYERS & ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS LOCAL 1 PA/DE PAC FUND
Labor union · Philadelphia | $2,500 | 15 | |
OPERATORS FOR SKILL PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $2,000 | 157 | |
Nicole Robinson
REAL ESTATE, SELF-EMPLOYED · Penn Valley | $2,000 | 2 | |
Linda Gryn
PRINCIPAL, LINGROUP · Aldan | $1,700 | 2 | |
PECO PAC
Group or PAC · Philadelphia | $1,500 | 66 | |
1776 PAC
Group or PAC · Plymouth Meeting | $1,500 | 49 | |
THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
Group or PAC · Arlington | $1,500 | 7 | |
Thomas Lee
Not Employed, Not Employed · Swarthmore | $1,500 | 2 | |
Brian Hogan
NOT EMPLOYED, NOT EMPLOYED · Swarthmore | $1,500 | 2 | |