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Malcolm Kenyatta

Seeking Office: AUDITOR GENERAL

Party: Democratic

District: Statewide

Quick Facts:

  • Politician and activist
  • Earned a BA in Public Communications from Temple University
  • Earned an MS in Strategic and Digital Communications from Drexel University
  • Completed Harvard Kennedy School’s Executives in State and Local Government program
  • Ran for Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2018, for District 181, one of the districts of the City of Philadelphia
    He won the election in 2018, making him one of the youngest elected to the State House, and the first openly-LGBTQ person of color elected to either chamber
  • Elected as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 2016 and 2022
  • Was jointly selected with 16 others to give the keynote at the Democratic National Convention in 2020
  • Was one of 20 electors chosen by the Pennsylvania Democratic Party to vote in the Electoral College in 2020
  • Ran for US Senate in 2022, but lost the democratic primary to Lt. Governor John Fetterman
  • Simultaneous to his US Senate bid, he remained on the ballot for his State House seat for District 181, which he won in 2022
  • Appointed by President Biden in 2023 to chair the Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans
  • In the 2024 Primary election, Kenyatta defeated Mark Pinsley, making him the first openly gay man nominated by any major party for any statewide office in Pennsylvania

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Malcolm for PA PAC | PO Box 3307 | Philadelphia, PA 19130

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