Frank A. Serafini is a former Republican

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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

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He was sworn in to represent the 114th legislative district

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 in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

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 in 1979. In 1999, he was convicted of federal perjury charges for lying in his federal grand jury testimony regarding a scheme involving his nephew to funnel $129,000 in illegal campaign contributions to 10 political candidates. He delayed resigning his seat once convicted, as was required by the Pennsylvania Constitution

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, in order to extend a 103-100 Republican majority in the House. He eventually resigned his seat on February 7, 2000.