Five Years in the Pennsylvania Legislature, with Rick Krajewski - 185

About this episode

Rep. Rick Krajewski discusses his experiences and insights from serving in the Pennsylvania Legislature.

Today we have Rep. Rick Krajewski, who represents the 188th District--entirely contained within West Philadelphia--in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. A DSA member and longtime organizer, Rick primaried the longtime incumbent in 2020, and has spent the last several years learning the political ropes. We discuss the state of play in Harrisburg, what he has learned and gotten done in office, the prospects of Democrats taking full control of the state government in the elections this year, and more. Enjoy!

People in this episode

Hosts: Ryan Cooper, Alexi the Greek

Guest: Rick Krajewski

Topics covered

• Pennsylvania politics
• legislative experience
• Democratic Party
• local governance
• organizing

Keywords

• Pennsylvania
• legislature
• Rick Krajewski
• Democrats
• Harrisburg
• politics
• organizing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DSA, Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Places: Pennsylvania, West Philadelphia

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