Joseph A. Pittman (born March 31, 1977) is a
Republican member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate
The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered ev ...
, representing the
41st district since May 2019.
Early life
Pittman graduated from
Purchase Line High School in 1995 and was appointed to the local school board at age 18; he continued in service on the board until his graduation from
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvan ...
in December 1998 with a
bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...
in
political science
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. After a brief employment in
Bedford County, Pittman joined
Donald C. White's successful campaign for state senator in 2000 and was named his chief of staff at age 23.
State senator
White resigned as state senator in late February 2019 and a special election was scheduled for May 21, 2019, to determine his successor. Pittman announced his candidacy for the seat in March 2019 and the
Republican Party of Pennsylvania supported him unanimously as their candidate. Pittman won nearly two-thirds of the vote against Democratic challenger Susan Boser and became the next state senator for the
41st district.
Pittman chairs the Senate Urban Affairs & Housing Committee and serves on the Environmental Resources & Energy, Appropriations, Banking & Insurance, Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure, and Judiciary Committees. He is also a board member of the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST).
Personal life
Pittman and his wife Gina live in
Indiana, Pennsylvania
Indiana is a borough in and the county seat of Indiana County in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The population was 13,564 at the 2020 census, and since 2013 has been part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. After being a long time par ...
, with their two sons and twin daughters.
References
External links
Pennsylvania State Senate – Joe Pittman– official PA Senate website
Senator Pittman– official caucus website
Living people
Pennsylvania State University alumni
People from Indiana, Pennsylvania
Political chiefs of staff
Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators
21st-century American politicians
1977 births
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