Kathleen C. Tomlinson (born September 29, 1988) is an American politician. She is a
Republican 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 ...
. In 2020, Tomlinson was elected to represent
District 18, which encompasses a portion of
Bucks County.
Background
Tomlinson is a lifelong-resident of Bensalem.
She is the daughter of
Pennsylvania State Senator Tommy Tomlinson
Robert M. Tomlinson (born December 4, 1945) is an American politician serving as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, who represented the 6th District from 1995 to 2022.
Biography
Tomlinson was previously a member of the Pennsylvania H ...
,
and is a third-generation funeral director at their family-run funeral home in Bensalem.
Political career
Tomlinson defeated
Harold Hayes
Harold Thomas Pace Hayes (April 18, 1926 – April 5, 1989), editor of '' Esquire'' magazine from 1963 to 1973, was a main architect of the New Journalism movement.
Biography
Born April 18, 1926, in Elkin, North Carolina, Harold Hayes earned an u ...
in a special election that was held March 17, 2020,
to replace
Gene DiGirolamo
Gene D. DiGirolamo (born March 28, 1950) served as a Republican 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 ...
, who had resigned to become a
Bucks County commissioner.
She assumed office on April 6, 2020.
Tomlinson sought re-election in the general election held November 3, 2020,
and again defeated Hayes to retain her seat for a two-year term.
On January 29, 2021, she was named chair of the Pennsylvania House Human Services Subcommittee on Drugs and Alcohol.
Committee assignments
* Children & Youth
* Gaming Oversight, Secretary
* Human Services, Subcommittee on Drugs and Alcohol - Chair
* Urban Affairs
References
External links
Official Pennsylvania House profile
Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Pennsylvania
Living people
Mercer County Community College alumni
1988 births
21st-century American legislators
21st-century American women politicians
21st-century Pennsylvania politicians
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