VOTE YES NOT YASS:BECAUSE BILLIONAIRES SHOULD NOT DECIDE OUR COURTS OR CLASSROOMS
Jeffrey Yass was born in Queens, but he built his empire in Pennsylvania starting in the early ‘80’s on the Philly Stock Exchange. In 1987, he and five college friends co-founded Susquehanna International Group (SIG). Now one of the largest trading firms in the U.S., SIG has over 3000 employees and is a powerhouse on Wall Street.
But before he bet on Wall Street, Yass was betting on horses. Literally. His college paper on racing odds was published in Gambling Times. That gambler’s instinct paid off when his net worth jumped from $27.6 billion in 2024 to $59 billion in 2025. He is the richest person in Pennsylvania and the 25th richest person in the world.
Yass isn’t only playing the ponies, he’s playing politics. He donates heavily to Republican causes, and he’s a major backer of conservative super PACs. In the 2024 election, Yass donated approximately $100 million, making him one of the most influential political donors in this country.
He has poured millions of dollars into defunding public education and funneling cash into charter school schemes that drain resources from our classrooms. Now he is pouring millions of dollars into overturning what should be a non-partisan judicial retention election.
Flip your ballot and start from the bottom with all five judges: Donohue, Dougherty, Wecht, Dubow, and Wojcik.
Vote YES for all five retention judges and don’t forget Brandon Neuman, Stella Tsai, and Eric Taylor. Every seat counts.
Yass may be betting big but we’re not folding.