{"id":326848,"date":"2026-11-13T13:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T13:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/326848\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T13:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T13:16:09","slug":"senator-steve-santarsiero-elected-as-pennsylvania-senate-majority-whip-for-the-new-democratic-majority-caucus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/326848\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Steve Santarsiero Elected as Pennsylvania Senate Majority Whip for the New Democratic Majority Caucus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Press-Release.jpg\" alt=\"Press Release\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>BUCKS COUNTY \u2013 November 12, 2026 \u2212 Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) is proud to announce that he has been elected by his peers in the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus as Majority Whip as part of the 2027-2028 leadership team. Both party caucuses in the Senate elect whips who are responsible for counting votes, organizing senators ahead of votes, and assisting the caucus leadership team with legislative strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful that my colleagues in the Senate Democratic Caucus have trusted me with this important responsibility,\u201d said Senator Santarsiero. \u201cThe Senate Democrats have important priorities for our new majority, including raising the minimum wage and delivering justice for survivors of child sex abuse, that were overlooked for far too long. I\u2019m looking forward to working alongside my colleagues in Senate leadership to turn these priorities into action and deliver results for communities across the 10th District in Bucks County and our entire Commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senator Santarsiero will begin his third term in the Pennsylvania Senate in January 2027. He was first elected to represent the 10th Senate District in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania State Senator Steve Santarsiero is a father, husband, attorney, and former social studies teacher proudly serving the 10th Senate District in Bucks County. Steve serves in the Senate Democratic Leadership as Caucus Secretary and is the Minority Chair of the Senate State Government Committee. Steve believes that public service is a calling and that government should work for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUCKS COUNTY \u2013 November 12, 2026 \u2212 Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) is proud to announce that he has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[132175,18397,28,30,29,87114],"class_list":["post-326848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-2027-28-legislative-session","tag-majority-whip","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-senator-steve-santarsiero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}