Gene D. DiGirolamo (born March 28, 1950) served as a
Republican
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Political ideology
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member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the
18th District from 1995 to 2020. He serves as the
Bucks County Commissioner after being sworn in on January 6, 2020. A special election to fill the remainder of the term was held on March 17 and won by Republican
K.C. Tomlinson, whose father, State Senator
Tommy Tomlinson, previously held this house seat from 1991 to 1994.
Career
Prior to elective office, DiGirolamo owned and managed his family's farm, DiGirolamo Farms, with his uncle Joe, who is now mayor of
Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania
Bensalem Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The township borders the northeastern section of Philadelphia and includes the communities of Andalusia, Bensalem, Bridgewater, Cornwells Heights, Eddington, Flushing, Oakford, ...
.
In 1990, he was elected as Bensalem Township's auditor and in 1993, he served as chairman of the Bensalem Board of Auditors.
DiGirolamo was elected to the House in 1994 to replace Rep.
Tommy Tomlinson who ran successfully for the
Pennsylvania State Senate. He has been re-elected thirteen times.
Representative DiGirolamo served as the Republican Chairman of the House Labor Relations Committee. He was also on the House Health and Human Services Committee and was appointed to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's Oversight Committee.
In 2002, his campaign website was praised as being among the best of the election cycle.
In November 2019, DiGirolamo won a seat on the Bucks County Board of Commissioners, thus tending his departure from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. In January 2020 he was sworn in as
Bucks County Commissioner.
Personal
DiGirolamo is a graduate of
Bishop Egan High School and attended
Delaware Valley College
Delaware Valley University (DelVal) is a private university in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1896, it enrolls approximately 1,900 students on its suburban, 570-acre campus. DelVal offers more than 28 undergraduate majors, seven master's p ...
and
Holy Family College. Representative DiGirolamo and his wife Donna have four children, two sons and two daughters.
References
External links
Representative DiGirolamo''official web site''
Pennsylvania House profile
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1950 births
Living people
County commissioners in Pennsylvania
Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
People from Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania
Holy Family University
21st-century American politicians