Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Pennsylvania ; House of Representatives
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 1, 2019
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Bryan Cutler (R) ; since June 22, 2020
Majority Leader	Kerry Benninghoff (R) ; since June 22, 2020
Minority Leader	Joanna McClinton (D) ; since November 12, 2020
Structure
Seats	203
Political groups	Majority Republican (112); Minority Democratic (90); Vacant (1);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article II, section 1, Pennsylvania Constitution
Salary	$87,180/year
Elections
Last election	November 3, 2020; (203 seats)
Next election	November 8, 2022; (203 seats)
Meeting place
	House of Representatives Chamber; Pennsylvania State Capitol; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Website
	Pennsylvania House of Representatives

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. It has 203 seats and is currently controlled by the Republican Party. Each member represents one district and is elected for a two year term. There are no term limits.^[2]^[3]

Composition

House of Representatives leadership

As of November 12, 2020 Speaker of the House of Representatives: Bryan Cutler

Majority Party (R)^[4]	Leadership Position	Minority Party (D)^[5]
Kerry Benninghoff	Floor Leader	Joanna McClinton
Donna Oberlander	Whip	Jordan Harris
Vacant	Caucus Chairperson	Dan Miller
Martina White	Caucus Secretary	Tina Davis
Stan Saylor	Appropriations Committee Chairman	Matt Bradford
Kurt Masser	Caucus Administrator	Mike Schlossberg
Martin Causer	Policy Committee Chairman	Ryan Bizzarro

Membership, 2021–2022

District	Representative	Party	Residence	Counties Represented	First elected
1	Pat Harkins	Dem	Erie	Erie	2006
2	Robert Merski	Dem	Erie	Erie	2018
3	Ryan Bizzarro	Dem	Erie	Erie	2012
4	Curt Sonney	Rep	Harborcreek Township	Erie	2004
5	Barry Jozwiak	Rep	Bern Township	Berks	2014
6	Brad Roae	Rep	East Mead Township	Crawford, Erie	2006
7	Mark Longietti	Dem	Sharpsville	Mercer	2006
8	Timothy R. Bonner	Rep		Butler, Mercer	2020
9	Chris Sainato	Dem	New Castle	Lawrence	1994
10	Aaron Bernstine	Rep	New Beaver	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	2016
11	Marci Mustello	Rep	Butler Township	Butler	2019^{[note 1]}
12	Daryl Metcalfe	Rep	Cranberry Township	Butler	1998
13	John Lawrence	Rep	Franklin Township	Chester, Lancaster	2010
14	Jim E. Marshall	Rep	Beaver Falls	Beaver, Butler	2006
15	Josh Kail	Rep	Beaver	Beaver, Washington	2018
16	Robert F. Matzie	Dem	Ambridge	Allegheny, Beaver	2008
17	Parke Wentling	Rep	Hempfield Township	Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer	2014
18	K.C. Tomlinson	Rep	Bensalem	Bucks	2020
19	Jake Wheatley	Dem	Pittsburgh	Allegheny	2002
20	Emily Kinkead	Dem	Pittsburgh	Allegheny	2020
21	Sara Innamorato	Dem	Pittsburgh	Allegheny	2018
22	Peter Schweyer	Dem	Allentown	Lehigh	2014
23	Dan Frankel	Dem	Pittsburgh	Allegheny	1998
24	Edward Gainey	Dem	Pittsburgh	Allegheny	2012
25	Brandon Markosek	Dem	Monroeville	Allegheny	2018
26	Tim Hennessey	Rep	Pottstown	Chester, Montgomery	1992
27	Daniel J. Deasy	Dem	Pittsburgh	Allegheny	2008
28	Robert Mercuri	Rep	Wexford	Allegheny	2020
29	Meghan Schroeder	Rep	Warminster	Bucks	2018
30	Lori Mizgorski	Rep	Allison Park	Allegheny	2018
31	Perry Warren	Dem	Newtown	Bucks	2016
32	Anthony M. DeLuca	Dem	Penn Hills	Allegheny	1982
33	Carrie DelRosso	Rep	Oakmont	Allegheny, Westmoreland	2020
34	Summer Lee	Dem	Pittsburgh	Allegheny	2018
35	Austin Davis	Dem	White Oak	Allegheny	2018
36	Jessica Benham	Dem	Pittsburgh	Allegheny	2020
37	Mindy Fee	Rep	Manheim	Lancaster	2012
38	Nickolas Pisciottano	Dem	West Mifflin	Allegheny	2020
39	Mike Puskaric	Rep	Elizabeth	Allegheny, Washington	2010
40	Natalie Mihalek	Rep	Upper St. Clair	Allegheny, Washington	2018
41	Brett Miller	Rep	East Hempfield Township	Lancaster	2014
42	Dan Miller	Dem	Mount Lebanon	Allegheny	2013
43	Keith Greiner	Rep	West Lampeter Township	Lancaster	2012
44	Valerie Gaydos	Rep	Moon Township	Allegheny	2018
45	Anita Astorino Kulik	Dem	Kennedy Township	Allegheny	2016
46	Jason Ortitay	Rep	South Fayette Township	Allegheny, Washington	2014
47	Keith J. Gillespie	Rep	Hellam Township	York	2002
48	Tim O'Neal	Rep	South Strabane	Washington	2018
49	Bud Cook	Rep	West Pike Run Township	Fayette, Washington	2016
50	Pam Snyder	Dem	Jefferson	Fayette, Greene, Washington	2012
51	Matt Dowling	Rep	Fayette County	Fayette, Somerset	2016
52	Ryan Warner	Rep	Perryopolis	Fayette, Westmoreland	2014
53	Steve Malagari	Dem	Lansdale	Montgomery	2018
54	Bob Brooks	Rep	Murrysville	Allegheny, Westmoreland	2018
55	Jason Silvis	Rep	Murrysville	Armstrong, Westmoreland	2020
56	George Dunbar	Rep	Penn Township	Westmoreland	2010
57	Eric Nelson	Rep	Hempfield Township	Westmoreland	2016
58	Eric Davanzo	Rep	Smithton	Westmoreland	2020
59	Vacant			Somerset, Westmoreland
60	Jeff Pyle	Rep	Ford City	Armstrong, Butler, Indiana	2004
61	Liz Hanbidge	Dem	Lower Gwynedd Township	Montgomery	2018
62	James Struzzi	Rep	Indiana	Indiana	2018
63	Donna Oberlander	Rep	Clarion	Armstrong, Clarion, Forest	2008
64	Lee James	Rep	Oil City	Butler, Venango	2012
65	Kathy Rapp	Rep	Warren	Crawford, Forest, Warren	2004
66	Brian Smith	Rep		Indiana, Jefferson	2020
67	Martin Causer	Rep	Port Allegany	Cameron, McKean, Potter	2002
68	Clint Owlett	Rep	Liberty	Bradford, Potter, Tioga	2018
69	Carl Walker Metzgar	Rep	Berlin	Bedford, Somerset	2008
70	Matthew D. Bradford	Dem	Worcester Township	Montgomery	2008
71	James Rigby	Rep	Johnstown	Cambria, Somerset	2018
72	Frank Burns	Dem	East Taylor Township	Cambria	2008
73	Tommy Sankey	Rep	Houtzdale	Cambria, Clearfield	2012
74	Dan K. Williams	Dem	Sadsbury Township	Chester	2018
75	Michael Armanini	Rep		Clearfield , Elk	2020
76	Stephanie Borowicz	Rep	Lock Haven	Centre, Clinton	2018
77	Scott Conklin	Dem	Rush Township	Centre	2006
78	Jesse Topper	Rep	Bedford	Bedford, Franklin, Fulton	2014
79	Louis Schmitt Jr.	Rep	Altoona	Blair	2018
80	James V. Gregory	Rep	Hollidaysburg	Blair	2018
81	Rich Irvin	Rep	Warriors Mark Township	Centre, Huntingdon, Mifflin	2014
82	John D Hershey	Rep		Franklin, Juniata, Mifflin	2018
83	Jeff Wheeland	Rep	Loyalsock Township	Lycoming	2014
84	Joseph Hamm	Rep		Lycoming, Union	2020
85	David Rowe	Rep	East Buffalo Township	Snyder, Union	2019 ^{[note 2]}
86	Perry Stambaugh	Rep	Green Park	Cumberland, Perry	2020
87	Greg Rothman	Rep	Silver Spring Township	Cumberland	2015
88	Sheryl M. Delozier	Rep	Lower Allen Township	Cumberland	2008
89	Rob Kauffman	Rep	Chambersburg	Franklin	2004
90	Paul Schemel	Rep	Greencastle	Franklin	2014
91	Dan Moul	Rep	Conewago Township	Adams	2006
92	Dawn Keefer	Rep	Dillsburg	Cumberland, York	2016
93	Paul M. Jones	Rep	York Township	York	2018
94	Stan Saylor	Rep	Red Lion	York	1992
95	Carol Hill-Evans	Dem	York	York	2016
96	Mike Sturla	Dem	Lancaster	Lancaster	1990
97	Steven Mentzer	Rep	Manheim Township	Lancaster	2012
98	David Hickernell	Rep	West Donegal Township	Dauphin, Lancaster	2002
99	David H. Zimmerman	Rep	East Earl Township	Lancaster	2014
100	Bryan Cutler	Rep	Drumore Township	Lancaster	2006
101	Frank Ryan	Rep	Lebanon County	Lebanon	2016
102	Russ Diamond	Rep	Annville	Lebanon	2014
103	Patty Kim	Dem	Harrisburg	Dauphin	2012
104	Sue Helm	Rep	Susquehanna Township	Dauphin, Lebanon	2006
105	Andrew Lewis	Rep	Lower Paxton Township	Dauphin	2018
106	Tom Mehaffie	Rep	Lower Swatara Township	Dauphin	2016
107	Kurt A. Masser	Rep	Ralpho Township	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland	2010
108	Lynda Schlegel-Culver	Rep	Rockefeller Township	Northumberland , Snyder	2010
109	David R. Millard	Rep	Berwick	Columbia	2002
110	Tina Pickett	Rep	Towanda	Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna	2000
111	Jonathan Fritz	Rep	Honesdale	Susquehanna, Wayne	2016
112	Kyle Mullins	Dem	Blakely	Lackawanna	2018
113	Martin Flynn	Dem	Scranton	Lackawanna	2012
114	Bridget Malloy Kosierowski	Dem	Scranton	Lackawanna	2019^{[note 3]}
115	Maureen Madden	Dem	Monroe County	Monroe	2016
116	Tarah Toohil	Rep	Butler Township	Luzerne	2010
117	Karen Boback	Rep	Harveys Lake	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming	2006
118	Mike Carroll	Dem	Avoca	Lackawanna, Luzerne	2006
119	Gerald Mullery	Dem	Newport Township	Luzerne	2010
120	Aaron Kaufer	Rep	Kingston	Luzerne	2014
121	Eddie Day Pashinski	Dem	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	2006
122	Doyle Heffley	Rep	Lower Towamensing Township	Carbon	2010
123	Timothy Twardzik	Rep	Butler Township	Schuylkill	2020
124	Jerry Knowles	Rep	Tamaqua	Berks, Carbon, Schuylkill	2008
125	Joseph Kerwin	Rep	Lykens	Dauphin, Schuylkill	2020
126	Mark Rozzi	Dem	Muhlenberg Township	Berks	2012
127	Manny Guzman Jr.	Dem	Reading	Berks	2020
128	Mark M. Gillen	Rep	Robeson Township	Berks, Lancaster	2010
129	Jim A. Cox	Rep	Spring Township	Berks, Lancaster	2006
130	David Maloney	Rep	Pike Township	Berks	2010
131	Milou Mackenzie	Rep	Lower Saucon Township	Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton	2020
132	Michael Schlossberg	Dem	Allentown	Lehigh	2012
133	Jeanne McNeill	Dem	Whitehall Township	Lehigh	2017
134	Ryan Mackenzie	Rep	Lower Macungie Township	Berks, Lehigh	2012
135	Steve Samuelson	Dem	Bethlehem	Northampton	1998
136	Robert L. Freeman	Dem	Easton	Northampton	1998^[a]
137	Joe Emrick	Rep	Nazareth	Northampton	2010
138	Ann Flood	Rep	Moore Township	Northampton	2020
139	Michael Peifer	Rep	Honesdale	Pike, Wayne	2006
140	John Galloway	Dem	Bristol	Bucks	2006
141	Tina Davis	Dem	Levittown	Bucks	2010
142	Frank Farry	Rep	Langhorne	Bucks	2008
143	Shelby Labs	Rep	Plumstead Township	Bucks	2020
144	Todd Polinchock	Rep	Warrington Township	Bucks	2018
145	Craig Staats	Rep	Richland Township	Bucks	2014
146	Joe Ciresi	Dem	Limerick Township	Montgomery	2018
147	Tracy Pennycuick	Rep	Lower Salford Township	Montgomery	2020
148	Mary Jo Daley	Dem	Narberth	Montgomery	2012
149	Tim Briggs	Dem	Upper Merion Township	Montgomery	2008
150	Joe Webster	Dem	Montgomery County	Montgomery	2018
151	Todd Stephens	Rep	Horsham Township	Montgomery	2010
152	Nancy Guenst	Dem	Hatboro	Montgomery, Philadelphia	2020
153	Ben Sanchez	Dem	Abington Township	Montgomery	2018
154	Napoleon Nelson	Dem	Cheltenham Township	Montgomery	2020
155	Danielle Friel Otten	Dem	Uwchlan Township	Chester	2018
156	Dianne Herrin	Dem	West Chester	Chester	2020
157	Melissa Shusterman	Dem	Schuylkill Township	Chester, Montgomery	2018
158	Christina Sappey	Dem	West Bradford	Chester	2018
159	Brian Joseph Kirkland	Dem	Chester	Delaware	2016
160	Wendell Craig Williams	Rep	Concord Township	Chester, Delaware	2020
161	Leanne Krueger	Dem	Swarthmore	Delaware	2015
162	David M. Delloso	Dem	Ridley Township	Delaware	2018
163	Michael Zabel	Dem	Upper Darby Township	Delaware	2018
164	Margo L. Davidson	Dem	Upper Darby Township	Delaware	2010
165	Jennifer O’Mara	Dem	Springfield Township	Delaware	2018
166	Greg Vitali	Dem	Havertown	Delaware, Montgomery	1992
167	Kristine Howard	Dem	East Whiteland Township	Chester	2018
168	Christopher B. Quinn	Rep	Middletown Township	Delaware	2016
169	Kate Klunk	Rep	Hanover	York	2014
170	Martina White	Rep	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2015
171	Kerry Benninghoff	Rep	Bellefonte	Centre, Mifflin	1996
172	Kevin J. Boyle	Dem	Philadelphia	Montgomery, Philadelphia	2010
173	Michael Driscoll	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2014
174	Ed Neilson	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2015^[b]
175	Mary Isaacson	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2018
176	Jack Rader	Rep	Jackson Township	Monroe	2014
177	Joseph Hohenstein	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2018
178	Wendi Thomas	Rep	Northampton Township	Bucks	2018
179	Jason Dawkins	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2014
180	Angel Cruz	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2000
181	Malcolm Kenyatta	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2018
182	Brian Sims	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2012
183	Zach Mako	Rep	Walnutport	Lehigh, Northampton	2016
184	Elizabeth Fiedler	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2018
185	Regina Young	Dem	Philadelphia	Delaware, Philadelphia	2020
186	Jordan A. Harris	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2012
187	Gary Day	Rep	Heidelberg Township	Berks, Lehigh	2008
188	Rick Krajewski	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2020
189	Rosemary Brown	Rep	Middle Smithfield Township	Monroe, Pike	2010
190	Amen Brown	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2020
191	Joanna E. McClinton	Dem	Philadelphia	Delaware, Philadelphia	2015
192	Morgan Cephas	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2016
193	Torren Ecker	Rep	Hamilton Township	Adams, Cumberland	2018
194	Pamela DeLissio	Dem	Philadelphia	Montgomery, Philadelphia	2010
195	Donna Bullock	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2015
196	Seth Grove	Rep	Dover Township	York	2008
197	Danilo Burgos	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2018
198	Darisha Parker	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2020
199	Barbara Gleim	Rep	Middlesex Township	Cumberland	2018
200	Chris Rabb	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2016
201	Stephen Kinsey	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2012
202	Jared Solomon	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2016
203	Isabella Fitzgerald	Dem	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2016

Notes

↑ Rep. Freeman previously served from 1983 to 1994.
↑ Rep. Neilson previously served from 2012 to 2014.

↑ Elected in special election on May 21, 2019 (2019-05-21) to fill unexpired term.
↑ Elected in special election on August 20, 2019 (2019-08-20) to fill unexpired term.
↑ Elected in special election on March 12, 2019 (2019-03-12) to fill unexpired term.

References

↑ "Comparison of state legislative salaries - Ballotpedia".
↑ Article II, section 2, Pennsylvania Constitution.
↑ Article II, section 16, Pennsylvania Constitution.
↑ Cole, John (2020-11-10). "PA House Leadership Race Chatter". PoliticsPA. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
↑ "House Democrats elect leaders for upcoming legislative session". Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2020-11-13.

[9] Rep. Freeman previously served from 1983 to 1994.

[10] Rep. Neilson previously served from 2012 to 2014.

[6] Elected in special election on May 21, 2019 (2019-05-21) to fill unexpired term.

[7] Elected in special election on August 20, 2019 (2019-08-20) to fill unexpired term.

[8] Elected in special election on March 12, 2019 (2019-03-12) to fill unexpired term.

[1] "Comparison of state legislative salaries - Ballotpedia".

[2] Article II, section 2, Pennsylvania Constitution.

[3] Article II, section 16, Pennsylvania Constitution.

[4] Cole, John (2020-11-10). "PA House Leadership Race Chatter". PoliticsPA. Retrieved 2020-11-12.

[5] "House Democrats elect leaders for upcoming legislative session". Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2020-11-13.

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