Jay Breneman is a public servant from Erie, Pennsylvania. This site is an informational profile built from archived campaign material from 2016 to 2018. It summarises the themes he emphasised and the writing he published during that period. It is not run by him or on his behalf, and nothing here should be read as a current statement from him.
Background in brief
According to the archived pages, Breneman served about six and a half years in the US Army and left in 2009 as a staff sergeant. He later worked as a social worker, ran for public office in 2013 and served on Erie County Council, where he was described as a former chairman. In the years covered by the archive he sought election first as mayor of Erie (a primary in 2017) and later as a state representative (a primary in May 2018). The pages do not say how either race ended, and this profile does not claim to.
Three themes
The original home page was organised around three headings, which remain a useful way to read the rest of the material:
- People. Safety and education for young people, and better lives for seniors and veterans, drawn from his role as a father and a social worker.
- Neighbourhoods. Safe places where young families and older residents can live and play.
- Economy. Family-sustaining jobs, with support for local entrepreneurs and companies of every size.
Where to read more
- The vision statement summarises his stated priorities for the Erie region.
- The news and releases page lists essays, press statements and opinion pieces.
- Highlights include a piece about dialogue between leaders and residents, a summary of his work on county grant oversight, and the essay Charting a New Course Together.
- A 2017 summary of the mayoral platform is in the platform announcement.
A note on sources
Everything here is based on text preserved by an internet archive. Facts have not been independently checked, and political positions are presented as the candidate’s own claims.