Madeleine Dean
{{Short description|American politician (born 1959)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Madeleine Dean
|image = Madeleine Dean Official Portrait 116th Congress.jpg
|state = Pennsylvania
|district = {{ushr|PA|4|4th}}
|term_start = January 3, 2019
|term_end =
|predecessor = Scott Perry (Redistricting)
|successor =
|state_house1 = Pennsylvania
|district1 = 153rd
|term_start1 = April 24, 2012
|term_end1 = November 30, 2018
|predecessor1 = Josh Shapiro
|successor1 = Ben Sanchez
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|6|6}}
|birth_place = Glenside, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Democratic
|spouse = Patrick Cunnane
|children = 3
|education = La Salle University (BA)
Widener University (JD)
University of Pennsylvania
|signature = Signature of Madeleine Dean.svg
|website = {{URL|dean.house.gov|House website}}
}}
Madeleine Dean Cunnane (born June 6, 1959) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/pennsylvania-house-district-4|title=Pennsylvania Election Results: Fourth House District|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=November 7, 2018|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106234236/https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/pennsylvania-house-district-4|url-status=live}} for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district since 2019.{{cite news|title=Suburban Philly lawmaker drops lieutenant governor bid to run for Congress|url=http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2018/02/suburban_philly_lawmaker_drops.html|publisher=Penn Live|access-date=February 22, 2018|archive-date=February 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222155407/http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2018/02/suburban_philly_lawmaker_drops.html|url-status=live}} The district includes almost all of Montgomery County, a suburban county north of Philadelphia, as well as a northeastern portion of Berks County. Before being elected to Congress, Dean was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, representing the 153rd district{{cite web|title=Representative Madeleine Dean's Biography|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/136484/madeleine-dean#.UK5iHeRZUZk|publisher=Project Vote Smart|access-date=November 22, 2012|archive-date=May 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526142231/http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/136484/madeleine-dean#.UK5iHeRZUZk|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Madeleine Dean|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/House_bio.cfm?id=1613|publisher=Pennsylvania House of Representatives|access-date=November 22, 2012|archive-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111121939/http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/House_bio.cfm?id=1613|url-status=live}} in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Early life and education
The youngest of seven children, Madeleine Dean was born to Bob and Mary Dean in Glenside, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Abington Senior High School. She graduated magna cum laude from La Salle University, and earned her Juris Doctor at the Widener University Delaware Law School. She also studied politics and public service at the Fels Institute of Government of the University of Pennsylvania.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=February 15, 2021|title=About Congresswoman Madeleine Dean|url=https://dean.house.gov/about|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215194040/https://dean.house.gov/about|archive-date=February 15, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=U.S. House of Representatives}}
Career
After law school, Dean returned to the Philadelphia area and practiced law with the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers, going on to serve as executive director. She then opened a small, three-woman law practice in Glenside, and served as in-house counsel for her husband's growing bicycle business.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=February 15, 2021|title=Meet Madeleine|url=https://www.mad4pa.com/meet-mad-1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112215622/https://www.mad4pa.com/meet-mad-1|archive-date=January 12, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2021|website=Reelect Madeline Dean}}
While raising three young sons, Dean turned to teaching. She served 10 years as an assistant professor of English at her alma mater, La Salle University, in Philadelphia, where she taught writing and ethics.{{Cite news|last=Waller|first=Allyson|date=January 26, 2021|title=Here Are the House Managers in Trump's Second Impeachment Trial|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/us/politics/house-impeachment-managers.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 15, 2021|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215043648/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/us/politics/house-impeachment-managers.html}}
= Early political career =
Dean got her start in politics soon after graduating from high school, when she was elected to an Abington Township committee seat.{{Cite news|last1=Roebuck|first1=Jeremy|last2=Tamari|first2=Jonathan|date=February 9, 2021|title=Montco's Bruce Castor and Madeleine Dean bring very different approaches to Trump's impeachment trial|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/bruce-castor-madeleine-dean-trump-impeachment-trial-20210209.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 15, 2021|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212190630/https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/bruce-castor-madeleine-dean-trump-impeachment-trial-20210209.html}}
She volunteered on her first campaign, for Joe Hoeffel's reelection to the state legislature, in the same district seat she later held. On that campaign she met her future husband, Patrick Cunnane, then a 19-year-old elected committeeman.{{when|date=December 2019}}
= Pennsylvania House of Representatives =
Having worked and volunteered in politics for decades, and her children grown, Dean was asked to become a public servant herself, serving as Abington Township commissioner, and ran for state representative in 2012.{{Cite news|url=http://www.montgomerynews.com/timeschronicle/news/election-madeleine-dean-defeats-nick-mattiacci-ken-krawchuk-for-the/article_4a2ec757-7292-5cbb-9b1e-92bdc4a276ac.html|title=ELECTION 2012: Madeleine Dean defeats Nick Mattiacci, Ken Krawchuk for the 153rd seat|last=Freeman|first=Jarreau|date=November 6, 2012|work=Times Chronicle|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-date=April 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404081846/https://www.montgomerynews.com/timeschronicle/news/election-madeleine-dean-defeats-nick-mattiacci-ken-krawchuk-for-the/article_4a2ec757-7292-5cbb-9b1e-92bdc4a276ac.html|url-status=live}} In the State House, she prioritized social issues such as addiction, equal rights, access to healthcare, ethics, criminal justice reform, and gun violence.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Dean and Dan Frankel co-founded the gun violence prevention caucus, PA SAFE Caucus. The caucus is a self-described coalition of legislators and advocates dedicated to curbing the sale of illegal guns.{{Cite news|url=http://www.pahouse.com/PASafe/InTheNews/NewsRelease/?id=72304|title=Lawmakers, gun-safety advocates announce formation of PA SAFE|date=March 15, 2016|publisher=PA SAFE Caucus|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-date=January 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118124138/http://www.pahouse.com/PASafe/InTheNews/NewsRelease/?id=72304|url-status=live}}
In 2015, Dean was appointed to the Governor's Commission for Women,{{Cite news|url=https://www.governor.pa.gov/governor-wolf-names-new-members-to-the-pennsylvania-commission-for-women/|title=Wolf Names 26 to the Pennsylvania Commission for Women|date=October 7, 2015|publisher=Governor Tom Wolf|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-date=January 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181342/https://www.governor.pa.gov/governor-wolf-names-new-members-to-the-pennsylvania-commission-for-women/|url-status=live}} a commission designed to advise the governor on policies and legislation that promote equality issues ranging from sexual assault to business initiatives. In 2017, she was elected chair of the Southeast Delegation of the Pennsylvania House Democrats, composed of 22 House Democrats representing nine counties.{{Cite news|url=http://pahouse.com/SouthEastDelegation/InTheNews/NewsRelease/?id=80281|title=House Democrats' Southeast Delegation leadership team elected|date=January 4, 2017|publisher=Southeast Delegation|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-date=January 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118125643/http://pahouse.com/SouthEastDelegation/InTheNews/NewsRelease/?id=80281|url-status=live}}
She served on several committees, including Appropriations, Judiciary, Policy, Urban Affairs, State Government, and Finance, of which she was vice-chair.
Dean stated in 2014: "We know that the number one issue with voters is education and how we fund our public schools". Regarding the Pennsylvania education budget for 2013, the then-state Representative said: "How we educate our kids tells us how our economy will be." In that same instance, she highlighted the issue of public school funding.{{cite web|last1=Pennington|first1=Maura|title=PA lawmakers put education at top of agenda in election year|url=https://www.watchdog.org/issues/education/pa-lawmakers-put-education-at-top-of-agenda-in-election/article_a41ba011-61ad-54c3-82b5-b4f66cc36d16.html|website=Watchdog|access-date=February 23, 2018}}{{dead link|date=August 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
U.S. House of Representatives
= Elections =
== 2018 ==
{{see also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania#District 4}}
In February 2018, after a significant change in Pennsylvania's congressional districts mandated by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Dean announced she would end her campaign for lieutenant governor and instead run for Congress in the 4th district.{{cite news|url=http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2018/02/suburban_philly_lawmaker_drops.html|title=Suburban Philly lawmaker drops lieutenant governor bid to run for Congress|newspaper=The Patriot-News|date=February 22, 2018|first=John L.|last=Micek|access-date=November 12, 2018|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614071917/https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2018/02/suburban_philly_lawmaker_drops.html|url-status=live}} The district had previously been the 13th, represented by two-term fellow Democrat Brendan Boyle. But the 13th's share of Philadelphia, including Boyle's home, was drawn into the 2nd district, and Boyle opted to run for reelection there.{{cite news |last=Kopp |first=John |date=February 22, 2018 |title=Brendan Boyle to seek re-election in redrawn Philly congressional district |url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/brendan-boyle-seek-re-election-redrawn-philly-congressional-district/ |work=Philly Voice |location=Philadelphia, PA |access-date=February 22, 2018 }}
On May 15, Dean defeated two challengers, Shira Goodman and former Congressman Joe Hoeffel, in the Democratic primary.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/15/us/elections/results-pennsylvania-primary-elections.html|title=Pennsylvania Primary Election Results|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 17, 2018|access-date=November 12, 2018|archive-date=September 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915194658/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/15/us/elections/results-pennsylvania-primary-elections.html|url-status=live}} In the general election she defeated Republican money manager Dan David with 63.45% of the vote to his 36.55%.{{cite web|title=2018 General Election: Representative in Congress|url=https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=11&ElectionID=63&ElectionType=G&IsActive=1|access-date=November 12, 2018|date=November 6, 2016|publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State|archive-date=September 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911125030/https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=11&ElectionID=63&ElectionType=G&IsActive=1|url-status=live}} She was one of four Democratic women elected to Congress from Pennsylvania in 2018. The others were Mary Gay Scanlon, Chrissy Houlahan and Susan Wild. The state's delegation had previously been all male.
== 2020 ==
{{see also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania#District 4}}
Dean ran for reelection and defeated the Republican nominee, military veteran and political commentator Kathy Barnette,{{cite web|last=Shuey|first=Karen|title=Conservative commentator seeks 4th Congressional District seat|url=https://www.readingeagle.com/news/politics/conservative-commentator-seeks-th-congressional-district-seat/article_72f46f7c-5746-11ea-8cdf-87d64fec3dcb.html|website=Reading Eagle|date=February 26, 2020|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-date=October 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013062359/https://www.readingeagle.com/news/politics/conservative-commentator-seeks-th-congressional-district-seat/article_72f46f7c-5746-11ea-8cdf-87d64fec3dcb.html|url-status=live}} with 59.5% of the vote to Barnette's 40.5%.{{cite web|title=2020 Presidential Election - Representative in Congress|url=https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=11&ElectionID=undefined&ElectionType=undefined&IsActive=undefined|website=Pennsylvania Department of State|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304001900/https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=11&ElectionID=undefined&ElectionType=undefined&IsActive=undefined|url-status=live}}
== 2022 ==
{{see also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania#District 4}}
Dean stood for re-election in 2022, but her district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. Dean faced Republican nominee Christian Nascimento, a vice president of product at Comcast and former Methacton School Board president, and won 61.3% of the vote.{{Cite news |date=2022-11-08 |title=Pennsylvania Fourth Congressional District Election Results |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-pennsylvania-us-house-district-4.html |access-date=2023-02-09 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web |title=2022 General Election Official Returns - Representative in Congress |url=https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=11&ElectionID=94&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0|website=Pennsylvania Department of State}}
=Tenure=
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On January 12, 2021, Dean was named an impeachment manager (prosecutor) for the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump.{{Cite web|date=January 12, 2021|title=Pelosi Names Impeachment Managers|url=https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/11221-0|access-date=January 13, 2021|website=Speaker Nancy Pelosi|language=en|archive-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211012154/https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/11221-0|url-status=live}}
On July 29, 2024, Dean was announced as one of six Democratic members of a bipartisan task force investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.{{cite web |title=House leaders announce members of bipartisan task force investigating Trump assassination attempt |website=CBS News |date=July 29, 2024 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-assassination-attempt-house-task-force-members-announced/ |accessdate=2024-07-31}}
= Committee assignments =
= Caucus memberships =
- Congressional Progressive Caucus{{Cite web|title=Caucus Members|url=https://progressives.house.gov/caucus-members|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=Congressional Progressive Caucus|language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114215407/https://progressives.house.gov/caucus-members|url-status=live}}
- Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
- New Democrat Coalition{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://newdemocratcoalition-himes.house.gov/members|publisher=New Democrat Coalition|access-date=February 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208100356/https://newdemocratcoalition-himes.house.gov/members|archive-date=February 8, 2018|url-status=dead}}
- Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment{{cite web|title=Membership|author=|url=https://bush.house.gov/era/about/membership|format=|publisher=Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment|date=|accessdate=12 September 2024}}
Political positions
Dean voted to provide Israel with support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.{{Cite news |last=Demirjian |first=Karoun |date=2023-10-25 |title=House Declares Solidarity With Israel in First Legislation Under New Speaker |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/house-israel-vote.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last1=Washington |first1=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |date=2023-10-25 |title=Roll Call 528 Roll Call 528, Bill Number: H. Res. 771, 118th Congress, 1st Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023528 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en}}
On February 28, 2024 Dean called for a bilateral ceasefire in Gaza, stating "we must all rally behind an end to the violence and heartbreak Dean, Madeleine. “Congresswoman Madeleine Dean Calls for a Bilateral Ceasefire in Gaza and Israel.” Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, 28 Feb. 2024, dean.house.gov/2024/2/congresswoman-madeleine-dean-calls-for-a-bilateral-ceasefire-in-gaza-and-israel.
Dean voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.{{Cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Aaron |last2=Wiederkehr |first2=Anna |date=2021-04-22 |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423141050/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=FiveThirtyEight |language=en}}
Electoral history
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| title = Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 2012 special election
153rd legislative district
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Madeleine Dean
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 5,206
| percentage = 56.49
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Nicholas Mattiacci
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 4,009
| percentage = 43.51
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| votes = {{sum|4009|5206}}
| percentage = 100.00
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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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| title = Pennsylvania House of Representatives 2012 election
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
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| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 20,934
| percentage = 64.17
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Nicholas Mattiacci
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 11,369
| percentage = 34.85
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Libertarian Party (US)|candidate=Kenneth Krawchuk|votes=320|percentage=0.98}}{{Election box total no change
| votes = {{sum|20934|11369|320}}
| percentage = 100.00
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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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| title = Pennsylvania House of Representatives 2014 election
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| votes = 16,984
| percentage = 100.00
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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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| title = Pennsylvania House of Representatives 2016 election
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| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 24,496
| percentage = 66.25
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Anthony Scalfaro III
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 12,478
| percentage = 33.75
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| percentage = 100.00
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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Madeleine Dean
|votes = 42,625
|percentage = 72.6
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Shira Goodman
|votes = 9,645
|percentage = 16.4
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Joe Hoeffel
|votes = 6,431
|percentage = 11.0
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 58,701
| percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district, 2018
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Madeleine Dean
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 211,524
| percentage = 63.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Dan David
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 121,467
| percentage = 36.5
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 332,991
| percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Madeleine Dean (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=264,637|percentage=59.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Kathy Barnette|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=179,926|percentage=40.5}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=444,563|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=2022 Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Madeleine Dean (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=224,799|percentage=61.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Christian Nascimento|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=141,986|percentage=38.7}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=366,785|percentage=100.0}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Madeleine Dean (incumbent)|votes=269,066|percentage=59.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=David Winkler|votes=186,457|percentage=40.9}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=455,523|percentage=100.0}}
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Other political campaigns
=Lieutenant governor=
{{main|2018 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election#Lieutenant Governor}}
In November 2017, Dean announced her candidacy for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, facing, among others, incumbent Mike Stack in the Democratic primary.{{Cite news|url=http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/politics/state/pa-madeleine-dean-lieutenant-gov-20171129.html|title=State Rep. Madeleine Dean to run for lieutenant governor|last=Navratil|first=Liz|date=November 29, 2017|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=November 11, 2018|archive-date=November 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111215347/http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/politics/state/pa-madeleine-dean-lieutenant-gov-20171129.html|url-status=live}} She dropped out to run for Congress.
Personal life
Dean lives in Lower Merion Township, with her husband, Patrick "P.J." Cunnane. Cunnane is an entrepreneur in the bicycle industry and managed Advanced Sports International. They have three grown sons and three grandchildren. Her son, Pat, was senior writer and deputy director of messaging in the Obama administration.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/383584-former-obama-staffer-dishes-on-white-house-life-in-west-winging/|title=Former Obama staffer dishes on White House life in 'West Winging It'|newspaper=The Hill|last=Kurtz|first=Judy|date=April 18, 2018|access-date=January 5, 2019|archive-date=January 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106055151/https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/383584-former-obama-staffer-dishes-on-white-house-life-in-west-winging|url-status=live}} Dean is Roman Catholic.{{cite web |title=Religious affiliation of members of 118th Congress |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/12/PF_2023.01.03_congress_LIST.pdf |website=Pew Research Center |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316090407/https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/12/PF_2023.01.03_congress_LIST.pdf |archive-date=2023-03-16 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://rollcall.com/2021/02/24/ask-for-help-madeleine-dean-son-reflect-addiction/ | title='Do it now. Ask for help now': Rep. Madeleine Dean and her son reflect on his addiction | date=February 24, 2021 }}
See also
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- [https://dean.house.gov/ Congresswoman Madeleine Dean] official U.S. House website
- [http://madeleinedean.com/ Madeleine Dean for Congress]
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- [http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/House_bio.cfm?id=1613 Madeleine Dean (D)] state legislature profile
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