Dan Truitt | |
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Member of the PennsylvaniaHouseofRepresentatives from the 156th district | |
In office January 4, 2011 –November 30, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Barbara McIlvaine Smith |
Succeeded by | Carolyn Comitta |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican (before 2018) Libertarian (after 2018) [1] |
Spouse | Michele |
Residence | West Chester,Pennsylvania |
Alma mater | Drexel University Villanova University West Chester University [2] |
Occupation | Engineer,politician |
Daniel Truitt is an American politician and engineer,and member of the Libertarian Party. [3] In 2010,while a member of the Republican Party,he was elected to represent the Chester County-based 156th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,defeating Democratic incumbent Rep. Barbara McIlvaine Smith. He was in turn defeated in his 2016 bid for re-election by West Chester Mayor Carolyn Comitta,another Democrat. [4]
Truitt left the GOP and joined the Libertarian Party in 2018,and,in April 2022,became the chairman of the Chester County Libertarian Party. [5]
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