Stanley E. "Stan" Saylor (born March 3, 1953) is a
Republican
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former member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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It ...
for the
94th District and was first elected in 1992. After the 2008 election, Saylor was elected the Republican Policy Committee Chairman. Following the 2010 election, he was elected Republican Whip and served in that role until 2015. He is also on the House Rules Committee. After his reelection in 2016, Saylor was named Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. Saylor was defeated by Wendy Fink in the 2022 Republican primary election.
Election results
The 94th District from which Saylor is elected includes residents of
Chanceford,
Lower Chanceford,
Lower Windsor,
Peach Bottom, and
Windsor Townships in the southeast portion of
York County, their surrounded and adjacent boroughs, and five (the southernmost) of
Springettsbury Township's eight local districts. He was unopposed in his reelection bids from 2000 until 2006, when Democrat Maxine Kuntz also ran for the seat; Saylor won with 73.5% of the vote. The results were very similar in 2008, when Democrat Deb Tillman received 26.8% of the vote to Saylor's 73.2%. Likewise in 2010, Democratic candidate Metta Barbour took 28.2% while Saylor had 71.8% voting for him. After no opposition in 2012, district voters gave Democrat David Colon 27.7% in 2014, to Saylor's 72.3%. Saylor had no challenger in 2016. In 2018, Democrat Stephen Snell received 33.6% of the vote, to Saylor's 66.4%. Saylor had no challenger again in 2020.
In 2022, Saylor was challenged in the Republican primary by Wendy Fink who ran an anti-establishment campaign. Fink defeated Saylor 55.7% to 44.3%.
Political positions
Saylor believes that legalizing adult-use
cannabis
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in Pennsylvania is a "terrible idea", citing the federal legal status and calling it a "highly addictive drug".
Personal
Saylor graduated from Dallastown Area High School and majored in political science at
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is a public research university in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. As of fall 2021, the university enrolled 7,044 undergraduates and 1,865 postgraduates, for a total enrollment of 9,009 students. The univ ...
. He resides in
Windsor Township, Pennsylvania.
["Representative Saylor's Web Profile" http://repsaylor.com]
References
External links
Representative Saylor's official web sitePennsylvania House profile
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1955 births
21st-century American politicians
Living people
People from York County, Pennsylvania
Politicians from York, Pennsylvania
Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives