Melissa Cerrato is a 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 ...

from the 151st district. She won her race in 2022 by fifty-eight votes and was sworn in on January 3, 2023.

Biography

Cerrato focused her 2022 campaign on

reproductive rights Reproductive rights are legal rights and freedoms relating to reproduction and reproductive health that vary amongst countries around the world. The World Health Organization defines reproductive rights as follows: Reproductive rights rest on t ...

, funding public schools, sensible gun legislation, affordable living, and government accountability. Cerrato's win was pivotal in flipping the Pennsylvania House to the Democrats for the first time in twelve years.

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