Westtown Township is a township in Chester County,Pennsylvania,United States. The population was 10,827 at the 2010 census.
Andrew E. Dinniman is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 19th District from June 2006 until 2020.
Barbara McIlvaine Smith is an American politician. A Democrat,she is a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 156th district from 2007 to 2010. She previously served on the West Chester,Pennsylvania Borough Council and was the Council's vice-president from 2004 to 2006. She is an enrolled member of the federally recognized Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma.
The 28th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is in southwestern Pennsylvania and has been represented by Rob Mercuri since 2021.
Elinor Zimmerman Taylor was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 156th legislative district from 1977 through her retirement in 2006. Taylor served in the House Republican leadership as Majority Caucus Chair.
Tarah C. Toohil is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2011 to 2021. She is currently a judge on the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas.
Carolyn Comitta is an American politician,educator and financial officer. A Democrat,she is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the 19th district. Previously,Comitta was the first woman to serve as Mayor of West Chester,the seat of Chester County,Pennsylvania,and served two terms in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing the 156th district.
Ryan Edward Mackenzie(born August 3,1982) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative-elect from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2012 to 2024. Before redistricting,he represented the 134th district until his final term,when he was moved to the 187th district.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in numerous other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on April 26. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey was reelected to a second term in a close race,defeating Democratic nominee Katie McGinty and Libertarian Party nominee Edward Clifford. With a margin of 1.43%,this election was the second-closest race of the 2016 Senate election cycle,behind only the election in New Hampshire.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania were held on November 8,2016,to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on April 26.
West Chester University is a public research university in and around West Chester,Pennsylvania. The university is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity". With 17,275 undergraduate and graduate students as of 2022,WCU is the largest of the 10 state-owned universities belonging to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and the sixth largest university in Pennsylvania. It also maintains a Center City Philadelphia satellite campus on Market Street.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6,2018,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Pennsylvania,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. This was one of ten Democratic-held Senate seats up for election in a state that Donald Trump won in the 2016 presidential election. The primary elections were held on May 15. Incumbent Democratic Senator Bob Casey Jr. ran for re-election to a third term. Casey,who faced no primary opposition,defeated the Republican nominee,Lou Barletta,Green Party nominee Neal Gale,and Libertarian Party nominee Dale Kerns. Casey was the first senator to be elected to a third term from Pennsylvania since Arlen Specter in 1992,and the first Pennsylvania Democrat to be popularly elected to three terms in the Senate.
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 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 only Democratic-held governorship up for election in a state that Donald Trump won in the 2016 presidential election.
Jordan Norley is an American politician and financial adviser. A Democrat,he has served twice as interim Mayor of West Chester,the seat of Chester County,Pennsylvania. His first term as mayor was from 2017 to 2018,and his second was from 2021 to 2022.
Dianne Taylor Herrin is an American politician and energy efficiency consultant. A Democrat,she was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing the 156th district from 2021-2022. She previously served as Mayor of West Chester,the seat of Chester County,Pennsylvania.
Dan K. Williams is an American politician and pastor. A Democrat,he has represented the 74th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2018.
The 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. Democratic state attorney general Josh Shapiro defeated Republican state senator Doug Mastriano to win his first term in office. Shapiro succeeded Democratic incumbent Tom Wolf,who was term limited.
Christina Sappey is an American politician serving as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 158th district. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania were held on November 8,2022,to elect representatives for the seventeen seats in Pennsylvania.
The 2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election was held on November 5,2024,to elect the attorney general of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Republican York County district attorney Dave Sunday defeated former auditor general Eugene DePasquale in the general election,becoming the first Republican attorney general since Tom Corbett.. This was the only attorney general seat to change parties in 2024.
