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Joanna McClinton is a Democrat State House representative for Pennsylvania district 191 and holds an OppScore of -2.35. OppScore is a nonpartisan political rating system that scores politicians from -5.00 to +5.00 across the Five Points of Opportunity, using published voting records and public disclosures.
Joanna McClinton is the Democratic Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 191st district covering parts of Philadelphia and Delaware County since 2015. A former public defender and Villanova Law graduate raised in southwest Philadelphia, she became the first woman and first African American to hold the speakership in 2023 after earlier firsts as caucus chair and floor leader. Her legislative focus centers on criminal justice reform, equitable education funding, and measures expanding healthcare access and anti-discrimination protections.
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