THE BRITTANY BLOAM RECORD / PA HOUSE DISTRICT 45
Brittany Bloam's record, backers and agenda show why James Julius is the district-first choice.
2 / WHO BACKS HER
Their own materials point to the stakes: control of the Pennsylvania House.
DID YOU KNOW?THE NETWORK
WHY HERE? WHY NOW?
EMILY's List; Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates; Working Families Party; OnePA; Vote Mama; Represent PA; Run for Something; States Win; Our Revolution; Steel City Stonewall Democrats; Conservation Voters of PA; DLCC.
DID YOU KNOW?REQUIRED PRIORITIES
DO THEY FIT DISTRICT 45?
Others include universal background checks, an “assault weapons” ban, universal childcare, climate justice and anti-racism.
DID YOU KNOW?THE LEVERAGE
WHOSE PRIORITIES WILL SHE CARRY TO HARRISBURG?
Reports document $123,392.15 in cash and in-kind help. Working Families says it worked “hand-in-hand” with Bloam.
2 / WHO BACKS HER
States Win calls Bloam the “qualified progressive candidate.” Our Revolution placed her among Pennsylvania's progressive leaders. Run for Something says it works exclusively with progressive candidates—and lists Bloam. The progressive Working Families Party—which backs AOC and says it helped elect Summer Lee—says it worked “hand-in-hand” with Bloam's campaign.
OPEN THE COMPLETE BACKING RECORD“QUALIFIED PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE.”
STATES WIN / OUR REVOLUTION / RUN FOR SOMETHING
WORKING FAMILIES PARTY / THE SAME PROGRESSIVE NETWORK—THEN AND NOW
Repeated Working Families Party backing and a jointly endorsed New York City slate.
OPEN THE PARTY'S RECORDThe Working Families Party says it played a pivotal role in helping elect her.
OPEN THE PARTY'S RECORDTHE PARTY'S “CLEAR PROGRESSIVE CHAMPION”OPEN THE PARTY'S ENDORSEMENT
10,602 to 7,695 across the current district.
VIEW OFFICIAL PRECINCT RESULTSMONTHS OF “HAND-IN-HAND” CAMPAIGN WORKOPEN THE PARTY'S OWN ACCOUNT
The party also reports field and Election Day support.
OPEN BLOAM'S FILINGThe 58%–42% figure is the rounded two-candidate subtotal calculated from all 63 current District 45 precincts in the Allegheny County Elections Division's official 2023 General Election results. The Working Families Party's “nearly $25,000” memo and the later $27,517.15 filing describe the same mail program at different reporting dates; they are not additive.
VOTE MAMA / ENDORSEMENT REQUIREMENTS
THE OUTSIDE OPERATION / OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN FILINGS
Six progressive or abortion-rights political organizations and committees associated with 14 sitting Democratic state lawmakers supplied $123,392.15—60% of Bloam's itemized cash and in-kind campaign support through the June 10 filing. Her campaign then paid New York and Chicago firms $99,582.41 to produce mail and digital ads. Those are separate records, but together they show the outside political machine behind her campaign.
MONEY IN / SIX POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
$80,017.15Progressive or abortion-rights organizationsOPEN SUPPORT LEDGERMONEY IN / LAWMAKER COMMITTEES
$43,375Committees associated with 14 sitting Democratic state lawmakersOPEN LAWMAKER LEDGERMONEY OUT / NEW YORK + CHICAGO FIRMS
$99,582.41Paid to New York and Chicago firms for mail and digital productionOPEN VENDOR LEDGEROFFICIAL FILINGS THROUGH THE JUNE 10, 2026 REPORT
THEY CALL HER PROGRESSIVE. THEIR MONEY, ORGANIZATIONS, AND REQUIRED POSITIONS SHOW WHAT THAT LABEL MEANS.
CHECK THE COMPLETE OUTSIDE-OPERATION RECORDTHE FINAL CHOICE / PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE DISTRICT 45
BORN HERE. RAISED HERE. RAISING HIS FAMILY HERE.
DOCUMENTED BACKGROUND
JAMES'S COMMITMENT
THE BRITTANY BLOAM RECORD / PA HOUSE DISTRICT 45
RECORD 01 / THE POLITICAL STAKES
Organizations supporting and working directly with Bloam publicly describe her and their mission as progressive; they also describe District 45 as important to holding the House majority.
States Win called Bloam the qualified progressive candidate and described District 45 as vital because Democrats hold a one-seat House majority.
Our Revolution named Bloam within a strong slate of progressive leaders and said the slate represented Pennsylvania's progressive movement.
Run for Something says it works exclusively with progressive candidates; its official candidate page lists Bloam as a 2026 endorsement.
Working Families Party says it worked hand-in-hand with Bloam's campaign for months and expected to keep working with her through the general election.
In a July 28 interview, Bloam again called maintaining the one-seat House majority 'really vital,' this time so state government can serve as a healthcare-funding backstop amid federal cuts.
House rules give the Speaker presiding authority, allow majority chairs to call standing-committee meetings and hearings, and provide two majority-party members on three-member conference committees.
The practical margin has been one vote: HB 1549 and HB 1200 both passed the House 102–101 in 2025.
Endorsements do not prove that Bloam agrees with every position held by every supporting organization, and supporting a party majority is common. The progressive label and campaign relationship cited here come from the organizations' own published descriptions.
RECORD 02 / HER POLITICAL NETWORK
Progressive is not merely an opponent's label. It is the language, selection standard, and operating model published by organizations supporting Bloam.
States Win called Bloam the qualified progressive candidate and described District 45 as vital to the one-seat House majority.
Our Revolution named Bloam within a strong slate of progressive leaders and said the slate represented Pennsylvania's progressive movement.
Run for Something says it works exclusively with progressive Millennials and Gen-Zers running for local office for the first or second time; its official candidate page lists Bloam as a 2026 endorsement.
The Working Families Party says it is building a party outside the two major parties and sometimes runs candidates through Democratic primaries. Its Pennsylvania organization says it recruits, trains, and elects progressive leaders.
The Working Families Party formally endorsed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2022, supported her again in 2024, and jointly endorsed a 2021 New York City slate with her.
The Pennsylvania Working Families Party says it played an integral role in Summer Lee's election and lists Bloam among its candidates.
The Working Families Party says it worked hand-in-hand with Bloam's campaign for months, provided mail plus field and Election Day support, and expected to keep working with her through the general election.
Vote Mama says every endorsed candidate must commit to every one of its ten pledge priorities; it lists Bloam as endorsed, and her filing reports its $2,500 contribution.
Endorsement and campaign support do not prove that an organization controls a candidate. This record does not establish a DSA, socialist, or dark-money connection.
RECORD 02A / WORKING FAMILIES PARTY
The Working Families Party is not a passive name on an endorsement list. By its own account and Bloam's filing, the progressive political party invested money, mail, field work, Election Day help, and months of campaign collaboration in her success.
Pennsylvania Working Families Party describes itself as a grassroots political party that recruits, trains, and elects progressive leaders.
The Working Families Party's national site says it is building its own party outside the two major parties and sometimes runs candidates through Democratic primaries.
The Working Families Party formally endorsed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Squad in 2022, supported AOC again in its 2024 candidate guide, and jointly endorsed a 2021 New York City slate with her.
The Working Families Party says it played a pivotal role helping elect Summer Lee and Sara Innamorato; its Pennsylvania page lists Brittany Bloam among its candidates.
Its May 18 primary memo says the Working Families Party worked hand-in-hand with Bloam and her campaign for months, supplied nearly $25,000 in in-kind mail, and added field and Election Day support.
That memo says the Working Families Party looked forward to working with Bloam through the general election.
Bloam's official reports record three Working Families Party in-kind direct-mail entries: $9,659.90 and $9,099.33 from Working Families Party PAC in Brooklyn, plus $8,757.92 from Pennsylvania Working Families Party in Philadelphia—a total of $27,517.15.
The Working Families Party's support does not prove it controls Bloam. This record does not claim that AOC or Summer Lee endorsed Bloam, or that Bloam is affiliated with DSA. The party initially backed Joe Crowley over AOC in the 2018 Democratic primary; its repeated alliance with AOC followed her upset victory. The AOC and Lee references establish the party's endorsements and political track record. Its pre-primary 'nearly $25,000' memo and Bloam's later-filed $27,517.15 total describe the same direct-mail program at different reporting dates; they are not added together here.
RECORD 02B / THE PRICE OF PROGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT
District 45 voters rejected the Working Families Party's self-described progressive champion in 2023. After Innamorato won countywide, her administration chose higher revenue over deeper service cuts and helped negotiate a 36 percent county millage-rate increase. The same party is now investing money and campaign work in Bloam. The paid-leave record supplies additional policy overlap, not the causal basis for the tax claim.
The political bridge: Working Families Party endorsed Sara Innamorato for county executive in 2023, called her the 'clear progressive champion,' and praised her 'bold progressive vision.' The party later said it worked hand-in-hand with Bloam's campaign for months.
The District 45 verdict: Aggregating the Allegheny County Elections Division's official 2023 General Election precinct results across all 63 precincts in the current district shows Joe Rockey defeating Innamorato 10,602 to 7,695—roughly 58 percent to 42 percent, a 2,907-vote margin. Rockey carried six municipalities, Innamorato carried three, and Pennsbury Village tied.
Innamorato's first budget choice: She proposed a 2.2-mill increase—more than 46 percent—and said, 'We cannot cut our way to a balanced budget. We're not going to drastically cut critical services.' PublicSource reported that her administration chose a millage increase rather than expense cuts.
Her proposed budget increased operating spending by 3 percent. Innamorato said people and municipal leaders were asking county government to do more for police, fire, and social services. Her budget message paired reported efficiencies with preserving services and new or increased investments in economic development, affordable housing, elections, sustainability, and an electric county fleet.
While defending the increase, Innamorato touted what WESA described as expansive campaign-policy proposals already underway: a county wage increase, added satellite voting and ballot-return locations, a mental-health alternative-response pilot, and deeply affordable housing. She said the tax revenue would let the county continue, modernize, and make services accessible to more people.
The enacted result: Innamorato and County Council's budget chair negotiated a 1.7-mill agreement. Council enacted it 10–5, moving the rate from 4.73 to 6.43 mills—roughly 36 percent.
What the final budget preserved or expanded: It restored Department of Human Services funding Innamorato had proposed adding, funded emergency rental assistance and child care, avoided county layoffs, and gave most departments larger budgets than in 2024. The official agreement also funded CCAC, Pittsburgh Regional Transit, affordable housing, first-time homebuyer programs, workforce development, Main Streets, blight removal, and business attraction.
The Bloam connection: The Working Families Party's own memo says it worked hand-in-hand with Bloam, supplied nearly $25,000 in in-kind mail before the primary, added field and Election Day help, and planned to keep working with her through November. Bloam's later filings record $27,517.15 in Working Families Party mail.
Supporting policy overlap—not the cause of the tax increase: Innamorato promoted up to 12 weeks of state paid family leave while in the House; her county administration later proposed up to 18 employer-funded weeks. Bloam called for a state-funded statewide program but did not identify its revenue source in her forum answer.
A separate inherited fiscal warning: A July 2026 Retirement Board report identifies a $1.4 billion pension liability and a 39.8 percent funded ratio. It says the problem grew for more than 20 years and warns that inaction could ultimately require higher taxes, service reductions, layoffs, or some combination.
The 58–42 figure is the two-candidate result aggregated across the current district, not a claim that every municipality chose Rockey: he carried six, Innamorato carried three, and Pennsbury Village tied. Bloam had no role in the county budget, and this record does not claim she endorsed its tax increase. The county's fiscal strain predated Innamorato: officials cited a structural deficit, expiring pandemic aid, falling assessed values, rising costs, and stagnant revenue. Her administration also reported cutting contracts and positions and seeking efficiencies. The budget funded core public-safety and infrastructure functions as well as social and environmental priorities; not every expenditure was ideological. Council, not the executive alone, enacted the final increase. Paid leave did not cause the 2025 tax increase, the county proposal remains unenacted, and Bloam's funding model differs. The pension problem also long predates Innamorato.
RECORD 03 / CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Official filings show outside political organizations and Harrisburg lawmaker committees investing heavily in Bloam, while her campaign relied on New York and Chicago firms to package its mail and digital message. Those facts support the political judgment that outside interests are trying to buy District 45.
$80,017.15 came from six progressive or abortion-rights political organizations: $47,500 cash and $32,517.15 in-kind campaign services.
$75,017.15 of that subtotal came from five organizations that explicitly made abortion rights part of their mission, candidate requirements, or Bloam support.
Six-network ledger: Working Families Party $27,517.15 in-kind; Represent PA $20,000 cash; EMILY's List $15,000 cash; States Win $5,000 cash plus $5,000 in-kind; One PA Progressive Action $5,000 cash; Vote Mama $2,500 cash.
The Working Families Party separately says it worked 'hand-in-hand' with Bloam's campaign for months and supplied mail, field, and Election Day support.
Committees associated with 14 sitting Democratic state lawmakers—13 representatives and one senator—supplied another $43,375.
Largest lawmaker-committee totals: Tina Davis $13,000; Arvind Venkat $11,000; Nick Pisciottano $6,775; Bridget Kosierowski $5,000; Emily Kinkead $2,000; nine additional committees $5,600 combined.
Combined, the six political organizations and 14 lawmaker-associated committees supplied $123,392.15 of $204,442.43 in itemized cash and in-kind campaign support through the June 10 filing—60.36%.
Bloam's campaign separately paid $70,237.41 to BerlinRosen in New York for direct mail and $29,345 to Admire Media in Chicago for digital advertising and production.
The 15 payments were dated April 8 through May 18. The $99,582.41 vendor total was 62.96% of $158,169.21 in itemized campaign spending through June 8.
'Trying to buy District 45' is a political judgment, not an allegation of illegal conduct. The support figures include cash and in-kind campaign services; the vendor figure is spending by Bloam's campaign. The vendors did not donate or independently spend that amount, and support does not prove organizational control.
RECORD 03A / CAMPAIGN SUPPORT
Official filings document substantial support from progressive or abortion-rights political organizations and committees associated with sitting Democratic lawmakers.
$80,017.15 came from six progressive or abortion-rights political organizations: $47,500 cash and $32,517.15 in-kind campaign services.
$75,017.15 of that subtotal came from five organizations that explicitly made abortion rights part of their mission, candidate requirements, or Bloam support.
Six-network ledger: Working Families Party $27,517.15 in-kind; Represent PA $20,000 cash; EMILY's List $15,000 cash; States Win $5,000 cash plus $5,000 in-kind; One PA Progressive Action $5,000 cash; Vote Mama $2,500 cash.
Committees associated with 14 sitting Democratic state lawmakers—13 representatives and one senator—supplied another $43,375.
Largest lawmaker-committee totals: Tina Davis $13,000; Arvind Venkat $11,000; Nick Pisciottano $6,775; Bridget Kosierowski $5,000; Emily Kinkead $2,000; nine additional committees $5,600 combined.
Combined, the six political organizations and 14 lawmaker-associated committees supplied $123,392.15 of $204,442.43 in itemized cash and in-kind campaign support through the June 10 filing—60.36%.
Cash and in-kind services are identified separately. Contributions and endorsements document support; they do not, by themselves, prove organizational control.
RECORD 03B / CAMPAIGN SPENDING
Official filings document a professionally produced mail and digital campaign operation centered in New York and Chicago.
Bloam's campaign paid $70,237.41 to BerlinRosen in New York for direct mail.
It paid $29,345 to Admire Media in Chicago for digital advertising and production.
The 15 payments were dated April 8 through May 18.
The $99,582.41 vendor total was 62.96% of $158,169.21 in itemized campaign spending through June 8.
This is spending by Bloam's campaign. The vendors did not donate or independently spend these amounts, and vendor location does not establish ideological control.
RECORD 04 / ENDORSEMENT REQUIREMENTS
Vote Mama says every endorsed candidate must support every pledge priority. Its official Bloam page and the filed $2,500 contribution establish the endorsement relationship. Four of those required priorities are also publicly championed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Summer Lee.
The rule: Vote Mama says every endorsed candidate must support every priority in its Candidate Pledge. Its FAQ answers 'Yes' when asked whether candidates must commit to all policy priorities.
The endorsement: Vote Mama publicly lists Brittany Bloam as an endorsed candidate.
The money: Bloam's official filing reports a $2,500 Vote Mama contribution dated May 14, 2026.
Four defining overlaps: Vote Mama's required pledge, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's published record, and Summer Lee's published record all support abortion access, protection of gender-affirming care, climate justice, and an assault-weapons ban with expanded or universal background checks.
A fifth shared priority—universal childcare—is documented here in the full record but omitted from the short visible list so the page stays focused.
1 / Abortion: access to abortion, birth control, maternal healthcare, and reproductive care.
2 / Family policy: paid family leave, universal childcare, and pay equality.
3 / Healthcare: expanded affordable coverage, Medicaid, lower prescription costs, and stronger maternal and mental healthcare.
4 / Education: fully funded public education, opposition to censorship, and inclusive school practices addressing disparities.
5 / Firearms: universal background checks and an assault-weapons ban.
6 / LGBTQ policy: equality for the LGBTQ+ community and protection of gender-affirming care.
7 / Anti-racism: policies that actively confront and dismantle systemic inequities.
8 / Immigration: policies intended to keep families together and promote dignity, safety, and opportunity.
9 / Environment: climate justice and strong environmental protections.
10 / Elections: expanded protection of voting access and a fair, secure, accessible electoral process.
This establishes policy overlap, not an endorsement of Bloam by Ocasio-Cortez or Lee, coordination among them, or identical positions on every policy detail. The cited records do not include Bloam's executed pledge form; the documented chain is Vote Mama's published rule, its official Bloam page, and the filed contribution.
THE DISTRICT-FIRST CHOICE / WHY JAMES JULIUS
James Julius has a documented District 45 background and has published clear commitments on affordability, infrastructure, energy, jobs, first responders, constituent service, and innocent life.
DOCUMENTED BACKGROUND — James Julius's campaign biography says he was born and raised in Robinson Township, built his business in the district, and is raising his family here.
DOCUMENTED BACKGROUND — WESA independently reported that he is a lifelong Southwestern Pennsylvania resident, founded an artificial-intelligence company, and organized his campaign around Build, Grow, and Protect priorities.
JAMES'S COMMITMENT — His published local agenda calls for lower household and energy costs, an all-of-the-above energy strategy, better roads and infrastructure, Western Pennsylvania jobs, and strong police, fire, and EMS services.
JAMES'S COMMITMENT — His published life position commits to defending preborn life and equal protection under Pennsylvania law.
Background facts and campaign commitments are different from a legislative voting record. James Julius has not served in the General Assembly; this record presents his stated commitments as commitments, not accomplishments.