Marc Scaringi

(pronounced skah RIN jee)
Marc A. Scaringi (born September 4, 1970) is the first person to officially file and declare candidacy for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2012. His campaign effort is to unseat current U.S. Senator Robert Casey, Jr. (D-PA). Scaringi is a lawyer and member of the Republican Party. He owns Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C. in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with his wife Melanie Walz Scaringi.
Background
Scaringi is a native of Pittsburgh, living in Murrysville before attending Georgetown University. Growing up he attended the Franklin Regional School District, and his parents still reside in Greensburg, Westmoreland County.
After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in History from Georgetown, Scaringi volunteered in 1994 for Pittsburgh's Rick Santorum in his bid for U.S. Senate. Upon Santorum's victory, Scaringi became the senator's legislative correspondent in Washington, DC from 1995 until 1996, working policy issues. Following, Scaringi was an aide to then state Senator Mike Fisher on his campaign for PA Attorney General in 1996, working as Director of Coalitions. He then filled the role of AG Fisher's Executive Assistant from 1997 until 2001, and attending classes for law school during the evenings.
In 2001, Scaringi earned his Juris Doctorate from Widener University School of Law and entered back into the private sector, joining the family-owned law offices of Walz & Walz in Newport, Pennsylvania. The practice became Walz, Walz, Scaringi & Scaringi from 2002 until 2005. In 2005, Scaringi and his wife established Scaringi & Scaringi in Harrisburg, PA, where he is Firm Manager. He practices business and corporate law.
Scaringi is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the United States Middle District Court of Pennsylvania. He holds membership in the American Bar Association, Section of Business Law.
2012 U.S. Senate campaign
On November 23, 2010, it was reported that Scaringi had officially filed his Statement of Candidacy to seek the Republican nomination for .
Scaringi brought attention to the TSA airport security debacle when he released a letter that he had written to the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano. He received a phone call from the office of the secretary in follow up to the letter demanding the immediate halt to full body scan searches that had been enacted nationwide by the Transportation Security Agency just prior to the busy 2010 Thanksgiving travel season. The letter was made public and published by several media and online sources. Scaringi stated that the "TSA policy raises grave questions and may violate the 4th Amendment right of Americans to be protected from unreasonalbe searches."
In December 2010, Scaringi attended the 112th Annual Pennsylvania Society dinner in New York, garnering attention from Marcellus Shale industry leaders for his articles denouncing President Obama's plan for eliminating certain tax benefits for oil and gas firms and a bill introduced by Casey calling for nationalizing regulation of of Marcellus Shale extraction. The negative economic effect of the president's tax policy, according to a study by LSU economist Joseph Mason, would include eliminating "154,000 U.S. jobs from 2001 through 2012, with more than 5,300 jobs lost in Pennsylvania and more than 40,000 during the next 10 years." Pennsylvania governor elect Tom Corbett, like Scaringi, is in favor of natural gas drilling in the Commonwealth as a means for reinvigorating the state's economy but with an eye toward maintaining environmental protections.
Scaringi's campaign is built on the campaign slogan of "Speak Out. Step Up.", meant as a call to action for the American people with the message that big government is no longer acceptable. Conservatisem, personal responsibility and self reliance are needed to reshape the country.
The campaign includes a Facebook page, which can be found through the search "Scaringi For U.S. Senate 2012."

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