Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1995 Representative 55 Democrat
1996 Representative 55 Democrat
1997 Representative 55 Democrat
1998 Representative 55 Democrat
1999 Representative 55 Democrat
2000 Representative 55 Democrat
2001 Representative 55 Democrat
2002 Representative 55 Democrat
2003 Representative 55 Democrat
2004 Representative 55 Democrat
2005 Representative 55 Democrat
2006 Representative 55 Democrat
2007 Representative 55 Democrat
2008 Representative 55 Democrat
2009 Representative 55 Democrat
2010 Representative 55 Democrat
2011 Representative 55 Democrat
2012 Representative 55 Democrat
2013 Representative 55 Democrat
2014 Representative 55 Democrat
2015 Representative 55 Democrat
2016 Representative 55 Democrat
2017 Representative 55 Democrat
2018 Representative 55 Democrat
2019 Representative 55 Democrat
2020 Representative 55 Democrat
Counties Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland

Biography

04/02/1961 -


Westmoreland County (1995-2002), Armstrong and Westmoreland Counties (2003-2014), Armstrong, Indiana and Westmoreland Counties (2015-2020)
 
PETRARCA, Joseph A.,
a Representative from Armstrong, Indiana and Westmoreland Counties; born in Vandergrift, Westmoreland County, Pa., April 2, 1961; graduated, Kiski Area High School, 1980; attended, Salem College, 1980-1981; B.A., political science, St. Vincent College, 1984; J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1987; law clerk, Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1985); summer associate, Rose Schmidt Chapman Duff and Halsey, Pittsburgh (1986); attorney and advisor, Benefits Review Board, United States Department of Labor (1988-1990); deputy attorney general, Office of Attorney General, Pittsburgh (1990-1994); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1994; reelected to the House for 12 more consecutive terms; appointed, Select Committee on Rules Review (1999); appointed, Select Committee on Alternatives for the Operation of the Philadelphia International Airport (2000); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (2020).


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