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. Incumbent Democratic Governor Ed Rendell successfully ran for re-election. Pennsylvania's first female lieutenant governor,Catherine Baker Knoll,was also running for re-election.
Robert C. Jubelirer is a Republican political leader in Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1975 to 2006. He served as President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania State Senate for all but two years from 1984 to 2006,and served as the 29th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania between 2001 and 2003.
In the early morning hours of July 7,2005,the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed pay increases for state lawmakers,judges,and top executive-branch officials. The vote took place at 2 am without public review or commentary and Governor Ed Rendell signed the bill into law. The raise increased legislators' base pay from 16% to 34% depending on position.
Jeffrey E. Piccola is an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 15th District from 1995 to 2012 including as Republican Whip from 2001 to 2006. He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 104th District from 1977 to 1995.
John Eichelberger of Blair Township,Pennsylvania is an American politician and former Pennsylvania State Senator. He is a member of the Republican Party. He represented the 30th district of the Pennsylvania State Senate.
Jane Clare Orie is an American politician,attorney,and convicted felon who served in both Houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. While in the State Senate,she represented the 40th district,including portions of Allegheny County and Butler County,and served as the Majority Whip. Orie is also a former member of the State House,where she represented the 28th district. She resigned from the State Senate in May 2012,following her conviction on 14 counts of forgery,conflict of interest and theft of services,and served the minimum two-and-a half years of a two-and-a-half to ten-year prison sentence. She was disbarred by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on December 10,2014.
Joseph B. Scarnati III is an American politician from the U.S. State of Pennsylvania. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Pennsylvania State Senate as the member from the 25th District from 2001 to 2020,and was the president pro tempore from 2007 to 2020.
In 2007,Pennsylvania Attorney General Republican Tom Corbett began investigating $3.8 million in public bonuses which were paid to state legislative staffers in the Pennsylvania General Assembly to work on party politics and campaigns. While the bonuses themselves are not illegal,state law forbids state employees from performing campaign work while on the job and forbids payment for campaign work out of taxpayer funds.
Jacob Doyle Corman III is an American politician who served as the president pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate from 2020 to 2022.
The 2006 Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 7,2006,with even-numbered districts being contested. Necessary primary elections were held on May 16,2006. State Senators are elected for four-year terms,with half of the Senate seats up for a vote every two years. Members elected in 2006 were inaugurated on January 2,2007.
PoliticsPA.com is a website centered on the politics of Pennsylvania.
John A. Lawless is a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Mike Long is an American lobbyist,political strategist,and former legislative aide in Pennsylvania.
Robert Richard Guzzardi is an American attorney,real estate developer,conservative financier,and political activist. He is best known for his efforts to elect "reform Republican" candidates to the Pennsylvania General Assembly after the 2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy.
Donna Malpezzi is an attorney in Pennsylvania,where she is chief counsel for Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Dominic F. Pileggi. She also worked as chief counsel for the previous Senate Majority Leader,David J. Brightbill and moved to Pileggi's office after Brightbill was defeated following the 2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy. Prior to that,she was an attorney in the office of Senator F. Joseph Loeper.
Pennsylvania held statewide elections on November 8,2011,to fill judicial positions and allow judicial retention votes. The necessary primary elections were held on May 17,2011.
Guy Lorin Reschenthaler is an American politician,attorney,judge,and U.S. Navy veteran. A Republican,he is the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district and was previously a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate,representing the 37th district. He served as a district judge and in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) during the Iraq War. He is serving as the Republican Chief Deputy Whip in the 118th Congress.
Pennsylvania held statewide elections on November 3,2015,to fill judicial positions,to fill a vacancy in the Pennsylvania State Senate,to allow judicial retention votes,and to fill numerous county,local and municipal offices.
Cris E. Dush is an American politician. A Republican,he has been a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate since 2020,elected from the 25th District. From 2014 to 2020,Dush was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,elected from the 66th House district,which then encompassed Jefferson County and Indiana County.
The 2021 Pennsylvania elections were held on November 2,2021,to fill judicial positions on the Supreme Court,Superior Court,and Commonwealth Court,to allow judicial retention votes,and to fill numerous county,local and municipal offices.
