Perry A. Stambaugh | |
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Member of the PennsylvaniaHouseofRepresentatives from the 86th district | |
Assumed office January 5, 2021 [1] | |
Preceded by | Mark Keller |
Personal details | |
Born | Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,U.S. | March 8,1960
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Widowed |
Children | Garrett Stambaugh Griffin Stambaugh |
Residence(s) | Green Park,Pennsylvania,U.S. |
Alma mater | Penn State University |
Occupation | Magazine editor and farmer |
Website | repperrystambaugh |
Perry A. Stambaugh (born March 8,1960) is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,District 86. He first took office following the 2020 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election. [2] [3]
Stambaugh graduated from Penn State University and operates a family farm in Green Park in Perry County,Pennsylvania. He supports measures to improve deployment of high-speed Internet to rural areas,as well as state constitutional reforms,such as electing state appellate judges on a district (not statewide) basis and eliminating property taxes to fund schools. [4] [5] He also backs state legislative and congressional term limits. [6]
Before running for the state House,Stambaugh spent most of his nearly 40-year professional career as a rural and agricultural magazine editor on local,statewide,and national levels—notably with the former Pennsylvania Farmer magazine (now American Agriculturist);Penn Lines magazine,published by the Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association;and RE Magazine,produced by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. [7]
Stambaugh currently sits on the Commerce (as Republican secretary),Environmental Resources &Energy,Transportation,and Labor &Industry committees,including the Labor &Industry Employment and Unemployment Compensation Subcommittee. [8]
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