Melissa Anne Hart is an American lawyer and politician. She was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007,representing western Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. She was the first Republican woman to represent Pennsylvania at the federal level. Prior to her service in Congress,Hart served in the Pennsylvania Senate,where she chaired the finance committee. She was the first Republican woman elected to serve a full term in the Pennsylvania Senate in 1990 when she was 28 years old. In her first run for office,Hart defeated an incumbent in a senate district that included parts of Allegheny,Westmoreland and Armstrong counties. In the 2006 midterm elections,Hart lost her bid for re-election to Democrat Jason Altmire. She challenged Altmire again in the 2008 election,but was defeated again.
The 2006 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006 and included the races for the Governor of Pennsylvania and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.
Jeffrey Earl Habay is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,who was elected to represent the 30th legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1994 at the age of 28. A native of O'Hara Township,Pennsylvania,he was considered a rising star in the Republican party,eventually being named by his caucus to the position of Majority Deputy Whip. In 2006 he resigned his position after being found guilty of violations of the state Ethics Code,alleging false antrax attacks and using state staffers for personal use.
Dave L. Reed is a Republican former member,and former Majority Leader,of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He represented the 62nd District,made up of parts of Indiana County. In November 2014,Reed was elected House Majority Leader and assumed those duties on December 1. He was sworn into his seventh term on January 6,2015.
John Pippy is an American politician and Brigadier General from the U.S. State of Pennsylvania. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 2003 to 2012 and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1997 to 2003.
Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were held on November 5,2002,with all districts being contested. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms,with the entire House of Representatives up for a vote every two years. The term of office for those elected in 2002 ran from January 7,2003 until November 30,2004. Necessary primary elections were held on May 21,2002.
Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were held on November 7,2000,with all districts being contested. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms,with the entire House of Representatives up for a vote every two years. The term of office for those elected in 2000 ran from January 3,2001 until November 30,2002. Necessary primary elections were held on April 4,2000.
Samuel E. Rohrer is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party,he served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 128th District.
Michael B. Diven was an American politician who served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 22nd District. He was defeated in 2006.
John A. Lawless is a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Jeffrey W. Coy was an American politician who was a member of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Timothy L. Pesci was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,where he represented the 60th legislative district from 1989 to 2000.
The 2000 United States House elections in Pennsylvania was an election for Pennsylvania's delegation to the United States House of Representatives,which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 7,2000.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 6,2012,alongside a presidential election,other elections to the United States Senate in other states,as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Casey,Jr. ran for and won re-election to a second term,defeating Republican nominee Tom Smith,and Libertarian nominee Rayburn Smith.
The 2014 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania,concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2018 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania,concurrently with the election of Pennsylvania's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various local elections. Incumbent Democratic Governor Tom Wolf won re-election to a second term by a double-digit margin,defeating Republican challenger Scott Wagner and two third-party candidates from the Green Party,Paul Glover and Libertarian Party,Ken Krawchuk. The primary elections were held on May 15. This was the first time since Bob Casey Jr.'s landslide State Treasurer win in 2004 that Cumberland County voted for the Democrat in a statewide election.
Matt Dowling is the representative for the 51st District of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Austin Davis is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 35th District. He is the lieutenant governor-elect of Pennsylvania.
The 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Pennsylvania and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. Democratic state attorney general Josh Shapiro easily defeated Republican state senator Doug Mastriano to succeed term-limited incumbent Democratic governor Tom Wolf.
The 2022 elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were held on November 8,2022,with all districts currently being decided. The term of office for those elected in 2022 will begin when the House of Representatives convenes in January 2023. Pennsylvania State Representatives are elected for two-year terms,with all 203 seats up for election every two years. Democrats won a majority of seats in the chamber over the Republicans for the first time since 2010.
