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The house cannot hold an official session in the absence of the speaker or their designated speaker pro tempore. Speaker K. Leroy Irvis was the first African-American elected speaker of any state legislature in the United States since the Reconstruction era. Current Speaker Joanna McClinton is the first female and first female African-American ...
Pennsylvania House, District 31 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Steve Santarsiero (incumbent) 20,640 : 57.74 : Republican: Anne Chapman 15,105 42.26 Total votes
The speakership is the oldest elected statewide office in the Commonwealth. Since its first session in 1682—presided over by William Penn—over 130 house members have been elevated to the speaker's chair. The house cannot hold an official session in the absence of the speaker or their designated speaker pro tempore.
Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks with Eileen Miller on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, after signing a distracted driving law Miller championed. Miller’s son Paul Miller Jr., died in 2010 when a distracted ...
Jim Prokopiak’s election to the Bucks County seat will give Democrats a 102-100 majority in the House, which they have sought to defend in four special elections in the past year.
(The Center Square) – With flags at the capitol flying at half-mast, Pennsylvania legislators began to move forward to fill the vacancy left by House by Rep. Matt Gergely, D-McKeesport, who died ...
Pages in category "Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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