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OF 60 DEGREES. ANDREW: COMMITMENT 2019, A BIG PORTION OF WESTERN P.A. WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO ELECT A NEW STATE SENATOR. SHANNON: THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE 37TH STATE SENATE SEAT IS APRIL 2. DEMOCRAT PAM IOVINO AND REPUBLICAN D. RAJA ARE FACING OFF. TONIGHT WE PROFILE THE DEMOCRAT. , SHE SAYS SHE PLANS TO VOTE THE WAY THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT WANT HER TO VOTE. >> PAM IOVINO’S CAREER CENTERS AROUND THE MILITARY. >> MINE HAS BEEN A 25 PLUS YEAR CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND THAT’S I’M LOOKING TO DO, IS GO UP TO HARRISBURG, REPRESENT THE DISTRICT, AND DO WHAT THE ELECTORATE OF THE 37TH SENATORAL DISTRICT, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE. REPORTER THE NAVY VETERAN : ADVANCED TO THE RANK OF CAPTAIN AND THEN WORKED AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WHICH IS WHY SHE SAYS HER TOP , ISSUE OF GUN-REFORM MAKES SENSE. IOVINO SAYS CHANGES TO GUN LAWS ARE NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THE SECOND AMENDMENT. >> IT IS NOT. I’VE SWORN AN OATH TO THAT CONSTITUTION MANY TIMES. I BELIEVE IN IT FIRMLY TO INCLUDE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF OUR CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. SO, SENSIBLE GUN SAFETY TO ME LOOKS LIKE UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND CLOSING GUN SHOW LOOPHOLES WHICH IS ALSO BROADER THAN JUST GUN SHOWS. IT IS ABOUT EXCHANGE, THE SALE BETWEEN TWO PRIVATE CITIZENS SOMETHING LIKE THAT. REPORTER: IOVINO STILL HAS FAMILY IN THE WHITEHALL AREA WHERE SHE’S FROM. WHITEHALL IS PART OF THE 37TH DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDES COMMUNITIES STRETCHING FROM SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS ALL THE WAY WEST THROUGH MOON TOWNSHIP AND SOUTH TO BETHEL PARK AND PETERS TOWNSHIP. >> WHAT THE FOLKS IN THE DISTRICT HAVE TOLD ME ABOUT IS JOBS AND THE ECONOMY, HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION. SO, WITH REGARDS TO JOBS THAT EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO ATTRACT INDUSTRY AND ATTRACT JOBS HERE, WE’D BE FULLY BEHIND AND SUPPORTING THAT. WE ALSO NEED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HERE. WE NEED TO KEEP OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HERE IN THE AREA. AND THAT WOULD COME FROM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY’RE READY FOR THE JOBS THAT EXIST RIGHT NOW, AND THEY’RE READY FOR THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE. REPORTER: SHE ALSO SUPPORTS SOMETHING GOVERNOR WOLF CAP AND ON TWICE A SEVERANCE TAX , ON NATURAL GAS PRODUCERS IN PENNSYLVANIA. SHE SAYS DON’T CONFUSE THAT WITH THE IMAPCT FEE WHICH MITIGATES THE IMPACT GAS PRODUCTION HAS ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES. >> THIS IS OUR RESOURCE. THIS IS PENNSYLVANIA’S. IT IS DONE EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY EXCEPT HERE AND EVEN ADDING A MODEST, REASONABLE SEVERANCE TAX ON TOP OF IMPACT FEES WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS SUGGESTING STILL PUTS US BELOW WHAT IS COLLECTED IN OTHER STATES. REPORTER: I ASKED PAM IOVINO ABOUT THE SOUR NOTE THE TELEVISION ADS TOOK EARLY INTO THE CAMPAIGN. SHE DEFENDS HER ADS AGAINST REPUBLICAN D. RAJA. >> WELL, I DISTINGUISH MY ADS FROM HIS IN THAT MINE ARE THEY’RE FACTUAL, THEY’RE SOURCED, AND THOSE SOURCES ARE CITED IN ANY AD WHETHER IT’S TELEVISION OR LITERATURE THAT WE DO. AND NOTHING THAT’S SAID ABOUT ME IS SOURCED AND IT CAN’T BE CITED BECAUSE THERE IS NO SOUR

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