Hadley Haas, Parent, Community Advocate & Candidate for PA House District 44
If you ask Hadley Haas where she is from, she couldn’t be more proud to tell you: Pittsburgh. This community has given her strength in some of her family’s toughest times and rallied with her to support others with open arms when they needed the same support. Her life has become, sometimes intentionally and sometimes through the genuine desire to serve, about helping others and paving the way for the next generation to be stronger than ours. Hadley’s story is one of resilience and seeing ways to help others in even her toughest moments.
Dr. Arvind Venkat, working for PA 30 every single day.
“My life has always been focused on family, service, and community. My parents immigrated to the United States, and I saw how hard they worked to build a good life for our family. It was this ethic of hard work and commitment to service that inspired me to become a physician.”
Nicole Ruscitto, Educator, Community Advocate & Candidate for PA Senate District 37
Born and raised in PA’s 37th district, Nicole Ruscitto is a dedicated educator, coach, and mom, who brings a deep-rooted connection to the district she is running to represent. She grew up in a family of public educators and experienced firsthand the values of hard work, resilience, and solidarity that define District 37.
She followed in her family’s footsteps in her own 27-year career as a public educator. She has served as a vocal advocate for both her students and her fellow teachers and later represented her community as a councilwoman, where she worked on causes ranging from protecting public health to economic development.
She and her husband, a local educator and football coach, live in Jefferson Hills with their younger son, while the older one is a student-athlete at the University of Pittsburgh.
Chris DeLuzio, US Congress, District 17: fighting for our future.
Congressman Chris Deluzio is a Thornburg native, Iraq War veteran, and voting rights attorney. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, Chris served as an officer in the Navy and deployed overseas multiple times.
As a lawyer, Chris worked to protect voting rights and our elections as the policy director at Pitt Cyber and previously at the Brennan Center for Justice. He was part of the Pitt Faculty Organizing Committee with the United Steelworkers, fighting successfully for a union.
Chris lives with his wife, Zoë, three young children, and their dog, Yankee Doodle, in Allegheny County.
