Thomas Kutz

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Thomas Kutz
Member of the PennsylvaniaHouseofRepresentatives
from the 87th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Residence(s) Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education Grove City College (B.A.)
Widener University Commonwealth Law School (J.D.)
Alma mater Cedar Cliff High School
Website repkutz.com

Thomas Holden Kutz [1] (born 1994 [2] ) is an American politician and attorney who currently represents the 87th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican since 2023. [3]

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Early life and education

Kutz was born in Pennsylvania, [2] and grew up in the Mechanicsburg area. [4] He graduated from Cedar Cliff High School in 2013, and later graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Grove City College in 2016. Kutz earned his Juris doctor degree from Widener University Commonwealth Law School in 2022. [2]

Political career

After graduating from college, Kutz worked as an aide for the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. Following law school, he worked as a policy director for the Republican caucus in the Pennsylvania Senate. [2] [5]

In 2019, Kutz was elected to the Lower Allen Township Board of Commissioners. [5]

In March 2022, Kutz announced he would seek the Republican nomination to represent the 87th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. [6] The seat was open after incumbent Greg Rothman chose to seek election to the Pennsylvania Senate. [7] Running on a platform of fiscal conservatism, [6] [8] Kutz won the Republican primary election against businessman Eric Clancy, [9] and later defeated Democrat Kristal Markle in the general election. [7]

In 2024, Rep. Kutz proved successful in his re-election bid. He defeated Democrat John Flood by nearly 25 points.

In October 2023, Thomas Kutz received a unanimous vote to succeed Jenna Geesey as Chair of the Pennsylvania Young Republicans. He served as the Chair of the Cumberland County Young Republicans and Co-Chair of the PAYR prior to this.

Kutz currently sits on the State House's Appropriations Committee, Housing & Community Development Committee, and Insurance Committee. [3]

Personal life

Kutz married his wife Allie on September 17, 2022. [10] The couple currently live in Lower Allen Township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. [5]

Electoral history

2019 Lower Allen Township Board of Commissioners Republican primary election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Thomas Kutz 1,154 31.78
Republican Carolyn Holtzman 714 19.66
Republican H. Edward Black 707 19.47
Republican David M. Murdoch51614.21
Republican Robert J. Hoobler2847.82
Republican Jack R. Simpson2426.66
Write-in 140.39
Total votes3,631 100.00
2019 Lower Allen Township Board of Commissioners Democratic primary election [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John A. Freidhoff 683 85.38
Write-in Thomas Kutz 20 2.50
Write-in Carolyn Holtzman 11 1.38
Other write-ins8610.75
Total votes800 100.00
2019 Lower Allen Township Board of Commissioners election [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic/Republican Thomas Kutz2,99230.87
Democratic/Republican Carolyn Holtzman2,87829.70
Republican H. Edward Black 2,127 21.95
Democratic John A. Freidhoff1,67317.26
Write-in 210.22
Total votes9,691 100.00
2022 Pennsylvania House of Representatives Republican primary election, District 87 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Thomas Kutz 5,762 53.83
Republican Eric Clancy4,90545.82
Write-in 380.35
Total votes10,705 100.00
2022 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election, District 87 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Thomas Kutz 18,878 58.20
Democratic Kristal Markle13,51041.65
Write-in 480.15
Total votes32,436 100.00
2024 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election, District 87 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Thomas Kutz (incumbent) 24,861 61.58
Democratic John Flood15,44038.24
Write-in 720.18
Total votes40,373 100.00

References

  1. ↑ "2022 General Election Tuesday, November 8, 2022 Official Returns CUMBERLAND". electionreturns.pa.gov. Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Thomas Kutz". Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Representative Thomas H. Kutz". Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Home". Thomas Kutz. Kutz For PA. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "Meet Thomas". Thomas Kutz. Kutz For PA. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. 1 2 Sweitzer, Justin (March 11, 2022). "Thomas Kutz of Lower Allen Township launches bid for state House". City & State Pennsylvania. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  7. 1 2 Gleiter, Sue (November 9, 2022). "Township commissioner takes House seat in Cumberland County". PennLIVE Patriot-News . Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Murphy, Jan (March 6, 2023). "Seven open House seats representing southcentral Pa. up for grabs on Nov. 8". PennLIVE Patriot-News. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  9. ↑ Gleiter, Sue (May 17, 2022). "Incumbents Patty Kim, Greg Rothman among victors in central Pa. House, Senate races". PennLIVE Patriot-News. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  10. ↑ Kutz, Thomas [@thkutz] (September 17, 2022). "Marrying my best friend today!!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023– via Twitter.
  11. ↑ Cumberland County 2019a, p. 16.
  12. ↑ Cumberland County 2019a, p. 5.
  13. ↑ "WRITE-INS 2019 MUNICIPAL PRIMARY May 21, 2019 - Dem" (PDF). Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. p. 8. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "SUMMARY REPT-GROUP DETAIL REPORT-EL45A" (PDF). Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. November 12, 2019b. p. 5. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  15. ↑ "Summary Results Report 2022 GENERAL PRIMARY May 17, 2022 Republican Cumberland County" (PDF). Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. June 6, 2022. p. 4. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  16. ↑ "Summary Results Report 2022 GENERAL ELECTION November 8, 2022 Cumberland County" (PDF). Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. November 15, 2022. p. 22. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  17. ↑ "Summary Results Report 2024 GENERAL ELECTION November 5, 2024 Cumberland County". Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. November 19, 2024. p. 4. Retrieved 27 November 2024.

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