John R. Evans (born February 15, 1955) is a former
Republican 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 ...
. He represented the
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from 2001 through 2013. Evans' district consisted of parts of
Erie County and most of western
Crawford County.
Evans is a graduate of Linesville High School, which was merged into
Conneaut Area Senior High School. He holds degrees in communications from
Edinboro University
PennWest Edinboro is a campus of Pennsylvania Western University, a multi-campus public university in Pennsylvania. Located in the town of Edinboro, the campus has more than 4,600 enrolled students.
History
Edinboro University was founded ...
. Then he went on to become the sports director and later news reporter at
WJET-TV
WJET-TV (channel 24) is a television station in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which provides certain services to Fox affiliate WFXP (channel 66) under a local marketing agreement (LM ...
in
Erie.
After broadcasting, he briefly worked for
Erie Insurance.
References
External links
Profile from the Pennsylvania House Website
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1955 births
Living people
People from Meadville, Pennsylvania
American people of Welsh descent
Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania alumni