Rod Wilt (born June 11, 1964) is a former

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member of the

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Biography

Wilt is a 1982 graduate of Greenville High School. He graduated from

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in 1986, where he was an

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Wrestling All-American and an Academic All-American. He was inducted into the Thiel College Athletic Hall of Fame in October 1996. Wilt worked as director of real estate acquisitions for the Hudson Real Estate Group in

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and as product manager in sales and marketing for Winner International Corporation in

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. He has also worked as assistant vice president at

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and as vice president of the Mortgage Service Corporation of

. Wilt was first elected to represent the 17th legislative district in the

in 1996. With his victory, Rod became the third generation of State Representatives in the Wilt Family: his grandfather Ray Wilt represented the 29th legislative district in Allegheny County from 1951 to 1969 and his father Roy Wilt represented the 8th legislative district in Mercer County from 1968 to 1980 and the 50th senatorial district in the

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from 1981 to 1990. Wilt withdrew his name from the ballot in June 2006, a month after winning the 2006 Republican primary election. Wilt explained that he had filed his nomination petitions with "mixed emotions" and "was never fully comfortable with isdecision" to seek re-election. The Republican party picked Mercer County Commissioner

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to take his place on the November ballot. In June, 2015, Wilt succeeded the late former state Senator William Stewart as state director of the

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References

External links

Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Rod E. Wilt (Republican)
official PA House profile (archived)
Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus - Representative Rod Wilt
official Party website (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilt, Rod Living people Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1964 births People from Greenville, Pennsylvania Politicians from Mercer County, Pennsylvania