Donald "Bud" Cook (born June 29, 1956) is a

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member of the

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, who has represented the 50th District since 2023. Prior to redistricting, Cook represented the 49th District from 2017 to 2022.

Biography

Cook was born on June 29, 1956. He graduated from California Area High School. After earning a

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degree from

West Virginia Wesleyan College West Virginia Wesleyan College is a private college in Buckhannon, West Virginia. It has an enrollment of about 1,400 students from 35 U.S. states and 26 countries. The school was founded in 1890 by the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist E ...

, Cook served two terms from 1986 to 1989 as a

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councilman.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

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, Cook unsuccessfully sought election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, losing to Democratic incumbent

Peter Daley Peter John Daley, II (August 8, 1950 – June 1, 2022) was an American politician who was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, ...

in the 49th District race. In

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, Daley chose not to run for re-election. Cook once again ran for the 49th District seat and won. He won re-election in

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and

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. Following

redistricting Redistribution (re-districting in the United States and in the Philippines) is the process by which electoral districts are added, removed, or otherwise changed. Redistribution is a form of boundary delimitation that changes electoral dist ...

, Cook ran for the 50th District seat in

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, and won. In 2020, Cook was among 26 Pennsylvania House Republicans who called for the reversal of Joe Biden's certification as the winner of Pennsylvania's electoral votes in the

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, citing false claims of election irregularities.

Electoral history

References

External links

– Bud Cook (Republican)
official PA House website

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