Wendy Fink is an American politician who was elected to the

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as a

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to represent the 94th district.

Early life

Fink is a lifelong resident of York County. She attended the Red Lion High School, graduating in 1995. She graduated from

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with a bachelor's degree in Elementary and Early Childhood Education. She worked as a substitute teacher for the Red Lion Area School District until 1997, after which she was a stay-at-home mom for 16 years. She returned to teaching in 2020 at Grace Academy (a private school in York). She homeschools her children. She lives with her husband and three of her four children in Windsor Township.

Political career

Fink defeated incumbent Representative

Stan Saylor Stanley E. "Stan" Saylor (born March 3, 1953) is a Republican former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 94th District and was first elected in 1992. After the 2008 election, Saylor was elected the Republican Policy Comm ...

, who had been in office for 15 terms, in the Republican primaries for the

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. She was unopposed in the general election. She has generally been described as further right-wing than Saylor due to running on an

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platform against career politicians. Her defeat of Saylor, and Joe D'Orsie's defeat of

Keith J. Gillespie Keith J. Gillespie (born September 18, 1952) is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 47th District and was elected in 2002. Career Prior to entering politics, Gillespie was a paramedic at Memorial Hospital ...

, another career politician defeated in the primary, resulted in the resignation of Chairman of the York County Republican Committee,

Jeff Piccola Jeffrey E. Piccola (born May 16, 1948) is an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 15th District from 1995 to 2012 including as Republican Whip from 2001 to 2006. He als ...

. Fink opened her district office in Red Lion.

Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fink, Wendy Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Women in Pennsylvania politics Pennsylvania Republicans Millersville University of Pennsylvania alumni 21st-century American legislators 21st-century American women politicians Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Politicians from York County, Pennsylvania 21st-century Pennsylvania politicians