Eric Davanzo (born ) is an American politician who currently represents the 58th District in the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

Early life and education

Davanzo was born in

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Westmoreland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 364,663. The county seat is Greensburg. Formed from, successively, Lancaster, Northumberland, and later Bedford co ...

to Richard and Kathleen Davanzo. He graduated from Yough High School in 1994.

Career

Previously a carpenter, Davanzo won a special election in March 2020 to represent the 58th District in the

. He won reelection to a full term later that year, and again in

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

. In 2020, Davanzo was among twenty-six Pennsylvania House Republicans who called for the reversal of Joe Biden's certification as the winner of Pennsylvania's electoral votes in the

2020 United States presidential election The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Ha ...

, citing false claims of election irregularities.

Personal life

Davanzo lives in

Smithton, Pennsylvania Smithton is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 399 at the 2010 census. As of 2018, the population was listed at 378. Smithton has its own post office, with zip code 15479, and is serviced by Yough Sch ...

with his wife Rachelle and their two daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davanzo, Eric Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American legislators 21st-century Pennsylvania politicians