Robert Schnee is an American politician who was elected to serve as 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 116th district on April 5, 2022.

Career

Schnee has served as a member of the

Luzerne County Council The Luzerne County Council is the governing body of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The council meets at the Luzerne County Courthouse in Wilkes-Barre. There are eleven members on the assembly (ten Republicans and one Democrat). The chair is both ...

since 2016. In April 2019, he was criticized after describing Luzerne County as "like the black child here" during a council work session on county roads. Schnee later issued an apology for the comment while maintaining that the comparison was not intended to be disrespectful. Schnee was a meter reader for the Hazleton City Authority in

Hazleton, Pennsylvania Hazleton is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 29,963 at the 2020 census. Hazleton is the second largest city in Luzerne County. It was incorporated as a borough on January 5, 1857, and as a city on Decembe ...

. He was elected to the

in an April 2022 special election to replace

Tarah Toohil Tarah C. Toohil (born October 1, 1979) is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives until 2022. She is currently a judge on the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas. Early life and e ...

. He did not stand for re-election in 2022 and was succeeded by

Dane Watro Dane Watro is an American politician serving as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 116th district. Elected in November 2022, he assumed office on January 3, 2023. Early life and education Watro attended the Hazleton Ar ...

Election history

2015 Luzerne County Council election

2019 Luzerne County Council election

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2022 Pennsylvania House special election

References

Living people Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives People from Hazleton, Pennsylvania People from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Year of birth missing (living people) {{Pennsylvania-politician-stub