Steven C. Mentzer (born October 24, 1956) is a
Republican 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.
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. He has represented the
97th District since 2013.
Mentzer graduated from
Manheim Township High School. He attended but did not graduate from
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown College (informally E-town) is a private college in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
History
Founding and early years
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. Mentzer spent several decades working in finance, holding an accounting position at
Merrill Lynch
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and later serving as a financial advisor at
Smith Barney
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On January 13, 2009, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup anno ...
. A long time volunteer to humanitarian organizations, in 2007, Mentzer founded a Central American Relief Efforts, a small nonprofit organization.
Mentzer began his political career in 2009 when he won, unopposed, the race for
Manheim Township Treasurer. During his term as treasurer he ran for the state house position in 2012 after incumbent
John C. Bear dropped out after winning the Republican primary, and won unopposed in the general election. He has successfully run for re-election in the subsequent four general elections.
Mentzer currently sits on the Aging & Older Adult Services, Insurance, Professional Licensure, and Tourism & Recreational Development committees.
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Living people
Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
1956 births
21st-century American politicians
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