The Mann Machine

Although Jennifer Mann hasn't served in the State House for eleven years, her vehicle still sports Legislative Plates...That's not inappropriate considering the local power she wields. Ponies in her stable include Matthew Tuerk, Mike Schlossberg and Pete Schweyer.

Her father was a union boss at Mack, and helped put her in the state house in 1999. When she retired in 2013, she put her protege Mike Schlossberg in the seat and started a lobbying firm, having Sacred Heart Hospital among her clients. Schweyer is also an alumnus of Mann's state office.

While some of her clients have merged with other bigger entities with their own lobbyists, she remains a kingmaker in Allentown. Save for Molovinsky and O'Hare, that local political influence has remained mostly under the radar.