Jim Brewster | |
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| Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 45th district | |
| In office November 17, 2010 [1] –November 30, 2024 [2] | |
| Preceded by | Sean Logan |
| Succeeded by | Nick Pisciottano |
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| Born | 1947or1948(age 76–77) Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | McKeesport,Pennsylvania |
James R. Brewster is an American politician who served as a member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 45th District from 2010 to 2024.
Brewster earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in education from the California University of Pennsylvania. [3]
Brewster is a former vice president for fraud management with Mellon Bank and mayor of McKeesport,Pennsylvania.
On November 2,2010,Brewster won a special election to fill the remaining term of Senator Sean F. Logan,who had resigned his seat on August 24,2010,to take a position at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Brewster was sworn into the Pennsylvania Senate on November 17,2010.
In July 2020,Brewster organized a meeting with bar and restaurant owners and signed a letter to Governor Tom Wolf urging him to lessen the restrictions on them imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. [4]
He announced that he would not seek re-election to his seat in 2024. [5]
In January 2021,although Brewster narrowly defeated his opponent,Republican Nicole Ziccarelli,by 69 votes,the Republican-led State Senate refused to swear in Brewster for his fourth term,despite the fact that his win had already been certified by state officials. [6] [7] Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman attempted to swear Brewster in. In a bizarre move,Republican leaders voted to remove Fetterman from his presiding role and halt Brewster's seating. Senator Jake Corman,when reading out names of the new and re-elected senators,intentionally omitted Brewster's,with Republicans once again voting to confirm the disruptive action. [8]
After a federal court ruling re-affirmed his win over Ziccarelli,Brewster was sworn in on January 13,2021. [9]