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Belmont Village, Philadelphia

Along with East Falls and Manayunk, Belmont Village is part of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 194 and Pennsylvania Senate, District 7.

Buckshot War

The Buckshot War was the outbreak of unrest in Philadelphia that transpired after the Pennsylvania gubernatorial and legislative elections in 1838 when both the Whig and Democratic parties claimed control over the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Capitolwire

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives hold a contract with GovNetPA to supply access to Capitolwire for over 40 selected staff members.

Carol Aichele

Aichele defeated two other candidates in the primary, including future State Representative Duane Milne, and succeeded retiring Republican incumbent Joseph Carpenter.

Chelsa Wagner

She is a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 22nd District which includes the South Side and part of the North Side of the city of Pittsburgh, as well as parts of the suburbs of Baldwin, Whitehall and Castle Shannon.

Corey O'Brien

In the Democratic primary, O'Brien finished with the second-highest vote total, narrowly ahead of former county chief of staff Elizabeth Randol, but behind the top vote getter, former State Representative James Wansacz.

Curt Sonney

Curtis G. "Curt" Sonney is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 4th District made up of parts of Erie County.

Dave L. Reed

In 2002, the 24-year-old Reed challenged Representative Sara Steelman for the 62nd legislative district, winning an upset.

Drive-through

Pennsylvania State Representative Kevin P. Murphy installed a drive-through window designed to speed constituent service.

Galeton, Pennsylvania

Matt E. Baker - State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 68

Greenlee Partners

After the Pennsylvania House of Representatives was taken over by the Republicans in the 1990s, the City of Philadelphia hired Republican lobbyist Holly Kinser and the Republican-leaning Greenlee Partners to lobby the House on its behalf.

Harrison Ridley Jr.

In his lifetime Ridley received more than 80 awards, including recognition from the Philadelphia City Hall and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and an honorary Doctorate in Music from Villanova University (conferred in May, 2008).

Harry Jannotti

A year later, Jannotti lost his ward leadership post to State Representative Ralph Acosta, a loss some attributed to the increasing Hispanic population of the 19th Ward.

James Archbald

He was nominated at the Lackawanna County Convention held at Wilkes-Barre September 4, 1866, to represent the 133rd district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Jenkintown, Pennsylvania

The borough is part of the Thirteenth Congressional District (represented by Rep. Allyson Schwartz), Pennsylvania's 154th Representative District (represented by Rep. Stephen McCarter) and Pennsylvania's 4th Senatorial District (represented by Sen. LeAnna Washington).

Jonathan Saidel

Ultimately came in second in a three-person field, ahead of Doris Smith-Ribner, a former Commonwealth Court Judge from Pittsburgh, and behind the winner, State Representative Scott Conklin of Philipsburg, Centre County.

Merle Phillips

He also was appointed as Northumberland County Commissioner in 2010 to finish Kurt Masser's term after the position was vacated when Masser was elected to the 107th District

Morgan Ringland Wise

He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1874 to 1878, and was later elected as a Democrat to the 46th and 47th Congress.

Nathan Kelley

The elder Nathan was a prosperous farmer who served the area as justice of the peace, appeals court judge and state representative.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 1

The 1st District of an electoral district of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Democrat Pat Harkins.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 10

The 10th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Democrat Jaret Gibbons.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 108

The 108th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Republican Lynda Schlegel-Culver.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 12

The 12th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Republican Daryl Metcalfe.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 120

However, Republican Tom Corbett won the district in his race for governor in 2010.

The current state representative for the district, Phyllis Mundy, is a Democrat; she easily won reelection to an twelfth term in 2012 with 56 percent of the vote.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 2

The 2nd District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Democrat Florindo Fabrizio.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 3

The 3rd District an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that is represented by Democrat John Hornaman.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 4

The 4th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Republican Curt Sonney.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 5

The 5th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Republican John R. Evans.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 6

The 6th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Republican Brad Roae.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 7

The 7th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Democrat Mark Longietti.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 8

The 8th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Republican Dick Stevenson.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 9

The 9th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Democrat Chris Sainato.

Philadelphia mayoral election, 2007

His opponent, businessman Tom Knox came in second, with congressmen Bob Brady and Chaka Fattah and State Representative Dwight Evans coming in third, fourth, and fifth respectively.

Recognition of same-sex unions in Pennsylvania

In 2006, five state representatives, with Pennsylvania State Representative Scott W. Boyd as a main sponsor, introduced House Bill 2381, proposing an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

Sara Steelman

She was first elected to represent the 62nd legislative district in 1990, defeated Republican Paul Wass.

Shikellamy State Park

The dam was named for Adam T. Bower, Chief Clerk of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1967–68 and Director of Services during the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1967-68, by Act 2001-5 of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

Signe Wilkinson

Wilkinson is the first female cartoonist to win the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning (1992) and was once named "the Pennsylvania state vegetable substitute" by the former speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

The township is part of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 154 (represented by Rep. Lawrence Curry)

Tim Briggs

In 2008, after Democratic incumbent Daylin Leach decided to run for the Pennsylvania State Senate, Briggs successfully ran for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the 149th District.

Triad Strategies

After Mike Manzo was fired by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives amid the "Bonusgate" investigation, he joined Triad Strategies.

United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut, 2014

Former State Senator Dan Debicella, who unsuccessfully challenged Himes as the Republican nominee in 2010; and State Representative John Shaban, will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Himes.


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