Centre County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 158,172. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County comprises the State College,PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is part of the Central Pennsylvania region of the state.
Melissa Ann Hart is an American lawyer and politician. She was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007,representing western Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. In the 2006 midterm elections,Hart lost her bid for re-election to Democrat Jason Altmire. She challenged Altmire again in the 2008 election,but was defeated again.
Samuel H. "Sam" Smith is an American politician and former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 66th District who served from 1986 to 2015. The district included portions of Jefferson,Indiana and Armstrong counties. He was elected Speaker in January 2011 and served until January 2015,when he was succeeded by Mike Turzai.
The Pennsylvania Republican Party (PAGOP) is the state affiliate of the Republican Party in Pennsylvania. It is headquartered in Harrisburg. Its chair is Lawrence Tabas and is the second largest political party in the state behind the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.
Albert Walter Johnson was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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.
Matthew J. Ryan was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1963 to 1968 and from the 168th district from 1969 to 2003 including as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1981 to 1983 and again from 1995 to 2003.
Keith R. McCall is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives who represented the 122nd District from 1982 to 2011. He served as the Speaker of the House during the 2009–2010 legislative session.
Bryan Dean Cutler is an American politician and former Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. A Republican,Cutler represents the 100th legislative district of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He was first elected in 2006,defeating incumbent Gibson C. Armstrong. He was elected House Majority Leader after the 2018 elections,and he became Speaker on June 22,2020,after the resignation of Mike Turzai.
Michael P. Reese was an American politician. A Republican,he served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2009 until his death in 2021. Reese was secretary of the Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus for the 2019–2020 session,and had been elected to serve as caucus chairman in 2021.
John T. Yudichak is an American politician who served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for 14th District from 2011 to 2022. He previously served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 119th district from 1999 to 2010. In 2024,Yudichak became the eighth president of Luzerne County Community College.
Rod Wilt is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Ivan Itkin was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1973 to 1998. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1998.
John Adda Lawrence is an American politician and businessman,and member of the Republican Party. In 2010,he was elected to represent the 13th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He serves on the Agriculture &Rural Affairs,Appropriations, Committee On Committees,Government Oversight,Professional Licensure,Rules,and Transportation Committees.
Thomas R. Sankey III is a Republican former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Originally,he represented the 74th District from 2013 to 2014. Following redistricting,Sankey represented the 73rd District from 2015 until 2022.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Rick Santorum, former United States Senator from Pennsylvania,was formally announced at a rally in Pittsburgh on May 27,2015. His campaign for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2016 was his second bid for the office,after having been a candidate in 2012,where he received the second most delegates after 2012 nominee Mitt Romney.
Paul Thomas Schemel is an American lawyer and politician serving as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 90th district in Franklin County,Pennsylvania.
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.
Aaron Joseph Bernstine is an American politician who serves in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 8th District as a member of the Republican Party. Prior to redistricting he served from the 10th district.
The 2022 elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were held on November 8,2022,with all districts currently being decided. The term of office for those elected in 2022 began when the House of Representatives convened in January 2023. Pennsylvania State Representatives are elected for two-year terms,with all 203 seats up for election every two years.
