Malcolm Kenyatta

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Representative Malcolm Kenyatta is a third-generation North Philadelphia native, thought leader, and legislator, currently serving in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. He earned a B.A. in Public Communications and a minor in Political Science from Temple University, a M.S. in Strategic and Digital Communications from Drexel University and completed the Harvard Kennedy School’s Executives in State and Local Government program.
He has been chosen for multiple prestigious fellowships and international delegations including: the Bertelsmann Leadership Fellow in the Digital Economy, the bipartisan Hunt/Kean Leadership Fellow in Education, and American Jewish Committee (AJC) Project Interchange.
Representative Kenyatta is a barrier-breaking public figure, becoming the first openly LGBTQ+ person of color and one of the youngest members elected to the PA General Assembly in 2018. In 2022, he became the first openly LGBTQ+ person of color to run for the U.S. Senate in American history.
Representative Kenyatta has been a vocal proponent of protecting workers' rights, enacting common-sense gun safety policies, and rooting out government corruption and waste. He has multiple legislative leadership roles: member of the powerful State Government Committee with oversight on state agencies and elections, Minority Chair of the Subcommittee on Campaign Finance and Elections, Minority Chair of Automation and Technology in the Committee on Commerce, and a member of the Finance Committee. Since elected, he has additionally served on Governor Tom Wolf’s Suicide Prevention Task Force, and he has been a member of the Philadelphia Delegation leadership team.
In 2020, he was chosen by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to give the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention along with a group of other ‘Rising Stars’. Representative Kenyatta appears regularly on local and national media outlets including 60 Minutes, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News.
His political career and life have been the subject of two documentaries: an award-winning short, Going Forward and an Al Roker (Today Show)-produced feature length film, Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn. He lives in North Philadelphia with his husband Dr. Matthew Kenyatta and their dog Cleo.

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<h2>I love Pennsylvania.</h2>
I’ve traveled all across this commonwealth and I’ve met so many families just like my own. Good people, who work their butts off and still the basic bargain of a good school, a good job, and a safe community is out of reach. I know it all too well. We deserve a government that works for working families. That starts with being serious about fixing what’s broken.&nbsp;And it means having an Auditor General who isn’t afraid to stand up for those too often forgotten by our government.
I’m running for Auditor General because it’s time for the underdog to be a watchdog for Pennsylvania’s working families. To ask the tough questions, to help reimagine and streamline government, and to help build the coalitions to fix what’s wrong. It’s what I’ve done as a State Representative for nearly five years, working to protect workers' rights, enact common-sense gun safety policies, and root out government corruption and waste. I’ve had multiple legislative leadership roles: as a member of the powerful State Government Committee with oversight on state agencies and elections, minority Chair of the Subcommittee on Campaign Finance and Elections, minority Chair of Automation and Technology in the Committee on Commerce, and a member of the Finance Committee.
As Auditor General, I will rebuild the bureau of school audits, restart the annual compliance audits ended by the current Auditor General, and demand accountability from all our schools — including cyber charter schools.
As Auditor General, I will stand up for our workers by creating a worker liaison and use the power of the office to take on wage theft, employee misclassification, and union busting. Every worker deserves a decent wage and the right to unionize. I’ll also protect pension funds by ensuring they are properly funded and managed.
As Auditor General, I will use the office to measure and support efforts to make communities healthier and safer. We need transparency on how huge hospital nonprofits and long term care providers use state dollars. We need to analyze our approach to community safety and gun violence reduction to target investments in the things that really work to reduce crime, particularly gun crimes.
Folks in every corner of Pennsylvania have welcomed me into their neighborhoods, their homes and their faith communities. They’ve told me their stories and I’ve shared my own. In those conversations we’ve talked about Pennsylvania’s problems, but also its promise. Young people born today will live into the next century. What we do now and how we do it will determine the inheritance we leave.

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Malcolm Kenyatta for Auditor General

CALIFORNIA NURSES

AMERICAN DIABETES

1199 SEIU

Dwight Evans, Congressmember

Matt Cartwright, Congressmember

Madeleine Dean, Congressmember

Susan Wild, Congressmember

Summer Lee, Congressmember

Mary Gay Scanlon, Congressmember

Chris Deluzio, Congressmember

Joanna McClinton, Speaker of the PA House

Jay Costa, PA State Senate Democratic Leader

Jennifer O’Mara, State Rep., South East Delegation Chair

Morgan Cephas, State Rep., Philadelphia Delegation Chair

Nick Pisciottano, State Rep., South West Delegation Chair

Carol Hill Evans, State Rep., Central Caucus Delegation Chair

Bob Merski, State Rep., Northwest Delegation Chair

Patty Kim, State Rep., Central Delegation

Dave Madsen,&nbsp;State Rep., Central&nbsp;Delegation

Justin Fleming,&nbsp;State Rep., Central&nbsp;Delegation

Michael Sturla,&nbsp;State Rep., Central&nbsp;Delegation

Izzy Smith-Wade-El,&nbsp;State Rep., Central&nbsp;Delegation

Paul Takac, State Rep., Central Delegation

Ed Gainey, Mayor of Pittsburgh

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Because it’s time for the underdog to be the watchdog for Pennsylvania’s working families. To ask the tough questions, to help reimagine and streamline government, and to build the coalitions to fix what’s wrong. It’s what I’ve done as a State Representative for half a decade – and it’s the work I’m ready to continue.”

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