Gabby Mendez Gets Day Of Action
By Bob Small
Pennsylvania House District 162 is most of Ridley, the 1st and 2nd wards of Darby Township and the boroughs of Folcroft, Glenolden, Norwood, Prospect Park, Ridley Park, Rutledge and Sharon Hill.
It’s been generally Republican but Democrat David Deloso holds it now.
Deloso was business agent for Teamsters Local 107 for a decade before taking office.
He is a graduate of Academy Park High School and attended Mansfield University.
He is married with children.
Seeking to unseat him is Gabriella Mendez a graduate of Interboro High School to West Chester University where she majored in political science and minored in Spanish.
When she was 14 her mother died of ovarian cancer a. How her family and friends handled it taught her “the value of resilience and community,” she said.
“I believe in people over politics and refuse to conform to the typical mold of political candidates,” she said.
She is having a day of action, Tuesday, Oct. 26, with much of it occuring during Folcroft Community Day, on Delmar Drive, noon to 6 p.m.; and a special rally at 2 p.m. at the Ridley High School parking lot, 901 Morton Ave.
Gabby has been endorsed by the Delaware County Young Republicans and Philly’s Log Cabin Young Republicans
For a profile, see Gabriella Mendez: Young and Eager to Serve Her .
Gabby Mendez Gets Day Of Action