Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
2016 Representative 57 Republican
2017 Representative 57 Republican
2018 Representative 57 Republican
2019 Representative 57 Republican
2020 Representative 57 Republican
2021 Representative 57 Republican
2022 Representative 57 Republican
2023 Representative 57 Republican
Counties Westmoreland

Biography

12/19/1968 -


NELSON, Eric, a Representative Westmoreland County; born, December 19, 1968 in Westmoreland County, Pa.; graduated, Hempfield Area High School, 1987; B.S. and M.S., safety science, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1991, 2000; sergeant, United States Marine Corps (9 years); founder and operator, ESS Safety Consulting; co-owner, Steel City Safety; owner-operator, Bruster’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream; professor, Department of Safety Science, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in a Special Election, March 15, 2016; Sworn-In, April 5, 2016 to serve the remaining 2015 term; reelected to the House for 4 more consecutive terms; appointed, Special Council on Gun Violence (2019-present).


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