Richard Alloway II is an American politician and lawyer. He is a former
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 ...
. He was elected to fill the seat of retiring senator
Terry Punt.
Early life and career
Alloway attended
Chambersburg Area Senior High School
Chambersburg Area Senior High School (CASHS) is a public high school located in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The school serves grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. Students come from Chambersburg and surrounding townships of Hamilton, Greene, Lurgan, Let ...
and graduated in the class of 1986 before attending
Shippensburg University and then
Widener University Commonwealth Law School He served as a magisterial district judge and on the staff of his predecessor,
Terry Punt.
Alloway was a member of Downtown Chambersburg, Inc., and was the President of the
Greene and
Lurgan Township Lions Clubs
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.
Political career
Alloway was first elected in 2008 to serve as the State Senator for the
33rd District, and was subsequently re-elected in 2012 and 2016.
Alloway became the
Republican Caucus secretary in 2014, and was chosen again for the position in 2016 and 2018.
In the Senate, Alloway served as the chair of the Game and Fisheries Committee, and was a well-known supporter of gun rights and for advocating for protecting animals from abuse.
Alloway introduced "Libre's Law," a bill that expanded protections for animals, namely dogs and horses, and granted civil immunity to those who report animal abuse "in good faith" to shield them from frivolous lawsuits. The bill, which received bipartisan support, was signed into law by Governor
Tom Wolf
Thomas Westerman Wolf (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 47th governor of Pennsylvania since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he defeated Republican incumbent Tom Corbett in the 2014 guber ...
in June 2017.
In January 2019, Alloway abruptly announced that he planned on resigning from the Senate, saying that he would like to return to private practice or consider becoming a lobbyist.
Lieutenant Governor
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John Fetterman scheduled the special election to fulfill the remainder of his term on May 21, coinciding with the 2019 municipal primary election.
Electoral history
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References
External links
State Senator Rich AllowayOfficial PA Senate website
Alloway for SenateOfficial campaign website
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Living people
Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania alumni
Widener University alumni
Widener University Commonwealth Law School alumni
21st-century American politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)