Joe Ciresi (born September 15, 1970) is an American politician and Democratic member of 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 ...

, representing the 146th district. Located in Montgomery County, the district includes all of Limerick Township, Lower Pottsgrove Township, Perkiomen Township,

Royersford Royersford is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, northwest of Philadelphia, on the Schuylkill River. History The town drew its name from the location of a Ford ( ...

, Trappe, and parts of Pottstown.

Political career

Spring-Ford Area School District

Ciresi was first elected to the

Spring-Ford Area School District The Spring-Ford Area School District is a K-12 school district based in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, which expands into Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chester County. The District is made up of ...

School Board in 2003, representing the 3rd region. He served on the board until 2017.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

2016 election

In 2016, Ciresi launched his campaign for the

to represent the 146th District, challenging Republican incumbent

Tom Quigley Thomas J. Quigley is a politician from Pennsylvania. He represented the 146th Legislative District in Pennsylvania House of Representatives for four terms. Career Quigley was elected mayor of Royersford in 2001. He was a Royersford Borough Coun ...

. He was one of 10 candidates for the PA House to be endorsed by President

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the U ...

. Ciresi was defeated in the general election by Quigley by nearly 600 votes, in one of the tightest margins for a state house race.

2018 election

In 2017, Ciresi announced he would challenge Quigley to a rematch for the 146th district. Both candidates were unopposed in their respective primaries. Receiving the endorsement of

once again, Ciresi defeated Quigley in the general election, reversing his fortunes from 2016.

2020 election

In January 2020, Ciresi launched his re-election campaign. He was unopposed in the primary and faced Republican Tom Neafcy, a Limerick Township supervisor. Ciresi defeated Neafcy in the general election, winning nearly 57% of the vote.

Results

Tenure

Ciresi was sworn in on January 1, 2019.

Committee assignments

*Commerce *Education *Gaming Oversight *Tourism & Recreational Development

References

External links

* * Living people People from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians University of Miami alumni 1970 births {{Pennsylvania-PARepresentative-stub