Melissa Hart (politician)

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Hart announced in July 2007 that she would run against Altmire in 2008. Despite speculation that retired athlete and former gubernatorial candidate Lynn Swann would run for the seat, [18] Hart was unopposed for the Republican nomination. [19] In the general election, she was again defeated by Altmire, this time by a much larger margin.

Later career

Following Hart’s departure from the House in 2007, she rejoined her law firm, Keevican Weiss Bauerle & Hirsch (now Keevican Weiss & Bauerle), where she worked to build and chair the government relations section. She later returned to her original law firm, Hergenroeder Rega Ewing & Kennedy in 2017 to work with a group of attorneys with whom she had begun her legal career. In 2018, Hart was elected to the Board of Directors of Enterprise Bank. Also in 2018, Hart co-founded, with Tim Watkins and her former House colleague, Thaddeus McCotter, a political strategy, creative, and media firm, RPC Strategies, LLC. [20]

Hart sought to retake her state senate seat in a 2012 special election triggered when her successor, Jane Orie, was forced to resign after being convicted of corruption and forgery. However, she lost the Republican primary to state Representative Randy Vulakovich. [21]

In December 2021, Hart announced her intent to run for governor of Pennsylvania in the 2022 Republican primary. [22] [23] She dropped out on May 13, 2022 and endorsed former Congressman Lou Barletta. Her name stilled appear on the ballot though and garnered 54,000 votes. [24] [25]

Personal life

Hart is Roman Catholic and holds anti-abortion views. She is opposed to federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. In January 2006, she addressed an anti-abortion rally in Washington, D.C., urging young people who oppose abortion to enter public service.[ citation needed ]

She has opposed abortions for rape and incest cases. She has sponsored laws to promote assistance to women and children such as safe haven laws which prevent mothers from being charged with abandonment when they bring their child to a safe place such as a hospital or police station to allow the child to be adopted.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Kathryn E. Granahan represented Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives (1956–1963) as a Democrat.

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References

  1. ↑ "SESSION OF 1991 175TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 1" (PDF). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate Legislative Journal. Pennsylvania General Assembly. January 1, 1991. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "SESSION OF 2001 185TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No.1" (PDF). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate Legislative Journal. Pennsylvania General Assembly. January 2, 2001. p. 28. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "HART, Melissa A." US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Melissa Hart drops out of Pa. Governor race, endorses Lou Barletta". 13 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Melissa Hart drops from Pennsylvania Governor race, endorses Lou Barletta". 13 May 2022.
  6. ↑ Order Sons of Italy in America Archived 2006-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
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  9. ↑ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate – 2001-2002" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.
  10. ↑ Remarks by The Honorable Melissa Hart, Co-Chair of the 2004 Platform Committee, as Prepared for Delivery at the 2004 Republican National Convention August 30, 2004.
  11. ↑ "Keystone State Yearbook Committee". PoliticsPA. 2001. Archived from the original on 2002-08-03.
  12. ↑ Hart GOP's rising star Archived 2006-12-10 at the Wayback Machine Brown, David M. Pittsburgh Tribune Review September 11, 2005
  13. ↑ "An Interview with Congresswoman Melissa Hart". Archived from the original on 2006-11-17. Retrieved 2006-11-09.
  14. ↑ kdka.com – New Poll Shows Hart-Altmire Race Is A Dead-Heat Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ "CHT's Senate and Election Page - feedback on 'Latest House Polling Chart'". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-11-06.
  16. ↑ "CNN.com – Elections 2006". CNN.
  17. 1 2 Brown, David M. (June 27, 2007). "Hart returns to Pittsburgh law firm". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review . Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  18. ↑ "88 In '08?". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 12, 2007.
  19. ↑ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Unofficial List of Candidates
  20. ↑ "Keevican Weiss Bauerle and Hirsch - Home". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  21. ↑ McNulty, Timothy (June 17, 2012). "Vulakovich beats Hart for run at Orie's seat". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette .
  22. ↑ Terruso, Julia (December 4, 2021). "Former Western Pa. Congresswoman Melissa Hart says she's running for governor". The Philadelphia Inquirer .
  23. ↑ "Former Pa. Congresswoman Melissa Hart says she's running for governor". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . December 4, 2021.
  24. ↑ "Another Republican candidate for governor drops out of race and endorses Barletta". WGAL News 8. Hearst Television, Inc. May 13, 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  25. ↑ "Here are the key primary election results from Pennsylvania". NPR. May 17, 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
Melissa Hart
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Pennsylvania's 4th district
In office
January 3, 2001 –January 3, 2007
Pennsylvania State Senate
Preceded by Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 40th district
1991–2001		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the  U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
2001–2007		Succeeded by
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byas Former US Representative Order of precedence of the United States
as Former US Representative		Succeeded byas Former US Representative
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