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Vincent J. Hughes
State Senator, District 7, State Senate
In the General Assembly
Senate District 7 D · 550 floor votes this session, 3% not voting
Bills and resolutions they introduced (prime sponsor): 73 (0 became law) — SB 1115, SB 1161, SB 1162, SB 1163, SB 1164, SB 1165, SB 1166, SB 1167, SB 1168, SB 1169, SB 1170, SB 1171 …
Statements of Financial Interests
| Statement | Filed | What it lists |
|---|
2025 statement
STATE SENATOR, SENATE OF PA | 2026-04-29 | 1 income sources · paper |
2024 statement
STATE SENATOR, SENATE OF PA | 2025-04-25 | — · paper |
2023 statement (amendment)
Senator in the General Assembly, 7th District, Pennsylvania Senate | 2024-02-08 | Nothing listed |
2023 statement
STATE SENATOR, SENATE OF PENNSYLVANIA | 2024-01-25 | 1 income sources, 1 travel, lodging & hospitality, 1 business offices · paper |
Findings
Context Gifts · the statement
Lists 1 source of transportation, lodging or hospitality
Block 12 lists transportation, lodging or hospitality received in 2023: See (iAtita cih ed.. 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: See (iAtita cih ed.
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
How this rule works
Reported by lobbying interests
What principals told the Department of State they gave Vincent J. Hughes: $5,037 in 3 items from 2 principals. 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 |
|---|
Philadelphia 76ers, L.P.
$2,882 in all | Sixers v Brooklyn Nets game where Sheryl Lee Ralph was the bell ringer to start the game · gift · 2025-12-23 | $2,882 |
Comcast Corporation
$2,155 in all | Event tickets, Food/Beverage · gift · 2024-12-23 | $1,378 |
| Event tickets, Food/Beverage · gift · 2024-11-24 | $777 |
From principals' quarterly expense reports (palobbyingservices.pa.gov), searchable there by principal and quarter.
Campaign money: State Senate District 7
$1,660,867raised, 990 itemized contributions
$920from the candidate (incl. loans)
Where their outside money comes from
46%28%20%
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsTribal governmentsPolitical partiesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $920 of their own money and from their earlier campaigns' committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $1,470,428
Largest payees: Senate Democratic Campaign Committee $387,500 Other (described) · Rittenhouse Political Partners $296,000 Other (described) · Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia $53,378 Other (described) · Friends of James Malone $47,000 Other (described) · Friends of Eileen Albillar $46,000 Other (described) · Friends of Chris Thomas $46,000 Other (described) · New Blue Interactive, LLC $42,898 Other (described) · KBS Tax Service Inc $38,045 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 |
|---|
AFSCME PEOPLE
Washington | Political committee | $100,000 |
Greater PA Carpenters PEC
Philadelphia | Political committee | $75,000 |
Keystone Seniors PAC
Dover | Political committee | $60,000 |
Laborers District Council PAC Fund
Philadelphia | Political committee | $35,000 |
Operators for Skill PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $33,500 |
Local Union #98 I.B.E.W. Committee On Political Education
Philadelphia | Political committee | $30,000 |
Education Opportunity PAC
Valley Forge | Political committee | $30,000 |
Tony Schneider
Real Estate · The Glenville Group · Philadelphia | Person or other | $27,500 |
AFSCME Council 13 Political & Legislative
Harrisburg | Political committee | $25,000 |
Bradley P Shopp
CEO · Feinberg Shopp · Harrisburg | Person or other | $22,000 |
Marsha Perelman
Retired · Retired · Wynnewood | Person or other | $21,000 |
Pennsylvania State Education Association PACE
Harrisburg | Political committee | $20,500 |
Ari Dobkin
Founder · Nexum Partners · Jackson | Person or other | $20,000 |
Civil Solutions PAC
Harrisburg | Political committee | $20,000 |
Larry Magid
Concert and Broadway Prod · Self · Philadelphia | Person or other | $18,000 |
Filers: VINCENT HUGHES (2024C0031), HUGHES, VINCENT CITIZENS FOR (9200339). 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 | $75,000 | 59 | |
KEYSTONE SENIORS PAC
Group or PAC · Dover | $60,000 | 52 | |
LABORERS DISTRICT COUNCIL PAC FUND
Labor union · Philadelphia | $35,000 | 13 | |
OPERATORS FOR SKILL PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $33,500 | 157 | |
Local Union #98 I.B.E.W. Committee on Political Education
Labor union · Philadelphia | $30,000 | 6 | |
Education Opportunity PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $30,000 | 20 | |
Tony Schneider
Real Estate, The Glenville Group · Philadelphia | $27,500 | 2 | |
AFSCME COUNCIL 13 POLITICAL & LEGISLATIVE
Labor union · Harrisburg | $25,000 | 19 | |
Bradley Shopp
CEO, Feinberg Shopp · Harrisburg | $22,000 | 3 | |
Marsha Perelman
Retired, Retired · Wynnewood | $21,000 | 7 | |
Ari Dobkin
FOUNDER/PRINCIPAL, Nexum Partners · Jackson | $20,000 | 4 | |
CIVIL SOLUTIONS PAC
Group or PAC · Harrisburg | $20,000 | 21 | |
Larry Magid
Concert and Broadway Prod, Self · Philadelphia | $18,000 | 3 | |
Judi Goldstein
President, Metropolitan Management Corporation · Penn Valley | $17,500 | 6 | |
Constance Williams
Not Employed, Not Employed · Haverford | $17,500 | 6 | |