Alex Rahn has over twenty years of experience assisting corporate, government, association, non-profit, and advocacy clients with bipartisan government relation strategies in Pennsylvania, and at the Federal level.

Before joining AxAdvocacy, Alex served as Vice-President of Wanner Associates, a full-service government affairs and association management firm where he focused extensively on state and federal funding initiatives, economic development, higher education, real estate, transportation, broadband, technology, environment, energy, labor, and workforce legislative issues. In his time as a government relations consultant, Alex was involved in several successful initiatives, such as a $145 million Pennsylvania COVID Hospitality Industry Recovery Program relief package which was the first Act of the 2021/2022 Legislative Session. Alex also assisted in obtaining $625,000 in funding for economic development training as part of the FY2022-2023 annual Pennsylvania budget, a $9million grant in 2011 to assist a manufacturer of large-format lithium-ion batteries, obtaining a 2% increase in 2019 for those who care for seniors and the physically disabled, budget language (Act 55 of 2013) that established funding rate guidelines for Child Welfare services and obtaining millions in state and federal and Federal/Congressional Directed Funding.

During the COVID shutdown in 2020, Alex successfully lobbied to pass remote online notarization (ACT 97) that benefits both the real estate industry and homeowners, removing a sunset on municipal recycling grants (ACT 40 of 2017), and advocated for legislation(Act 68 of 2018) that established the Elevator Safety Board to ensure the safety of elevators during construction, installation, maintenance, inspections, and operations.
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Before joining Wanner Associates, Alex owned his own boutique campaign consulting and government relations firm providing for candidates and organizational clients on the municipal, state, and federal levels. Alex also served as the Southeast PA Political Director for Senator Arlen Specter and spent more than ten years working on the staff of Congressman Curt Weldon, including as District Director and Campaign Manager. Alex served as Republican Chair and Committee Person within Pennsylvania, and is a former Borough Councilman, PA Army National Guard member, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from West Chester University. Before attending West Chester, Alex was trained as a cook at Bucks County Community College and worked as Assistant Manager for several years at Kelly’s Seafood, a family owned restaurant in Northeast Philadelphia, where he was raised.

For the fifth consecutive year, Pennsylvania missed the state constitutional deadline to pass a state budget by June 30th. After further negotiations following July 4th, legislative leaders from the House and Senate asked their members to return the weekend of July 10th to vote on the package. Both bodies moved budget and related bills on Friday and Saturday, and returned on Sunday, July 12, to pass the General Fund bill (HB2400) in the House by 167–35 and in the Senate by 44–6.

The final package totals $50.8 billion in spending, which is a $1.8 billion increase over last year’s budget. However, it does not include any new revenue sources or draw on the Commonwealth’s $8 billion in Rainy Day surplus. Instead, the new budget uses $2 billion in special fund transfers and delays $2.6 billion in payments to Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) and the Community HealthChoices program.

In addition, the budget package establishes the Innovate in PA 2.0 tax credit program, authorizing the Department of Revenue to issue $125 million in insurance-premium-tax credits to support Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ venture funds and to provide grants for life sciences and biotechnology initiatives.

It also designates new Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zones, including one at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The budget increases the Child Care Worker Retention and Recruitment program by $5 million (bringing the total to $30 million) and provides additional funding for WEDnetPA to expand employer-led job training.

According to the PA Chamber, tax provisions maintain the scheduled phase-down of the Corporate Net Income Tax, reducing the rate from 7.49% to 6.99% in 2027 and keeping the Commonwealth on track to reach 4.99% by 2031. Improvements enacted in 2024 to Pennsylvania’s treatment of Net Operating Losses remain in effect, gradually increasing the deduction limit for post-2025 losses from 40% to 80% by 2029, while pre-2025 losses remain capped at 40%.