Gene D. DiGirolamo is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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

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....

 for the 18th District

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 18

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 and first elected in 1995.

Career

Prior to elective office, DiGirolamo owned and managed his family's farm, DiGirolamo Farms, with his uncle Joe, who is now mayor of Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania

Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania

Bensalem Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States which borders the northeast section of Philadelphia. The township is composed of many communities, including Bensalem, Trevose, Oakford, Cornwells Heights, Eddington, and Andalusia...

.

In 1990, he was elected as Bensalem Township’s auditor and in 1993, he served as chairman of the Bensalem Board of Auditors.

DiGirolamo was elected to the House in 1994 to replace Rep. Tommy Tomlinson

Tommy Tomlinson

Robert M. Tomlinson is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who has represented the 6th District since 1995. He was previously a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 18th District from 1991 to 1994...

 who ran successfully for the Pennsylvania State Senate

Pennsylvania State Senate

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. He has been re-elected six times.

Representative DiGirolamo serves as the Republican Chairman of the House Labor Relations Committee. He is also on the House Health and Human Services Committee and has been reappointed to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's Oversight Committee.

In 2002, his campaign website was praised as being among the best of the election cycle.

Personal

DiGirolamo is a graduate of Bishop Egan High School and attended Delaware Valley College

Delaware Valley College

Delaware Valley College is an independent, comprehensive, four-year residential institution in Doylestown, Pa. It enrolls 1,700 full-time undergraduates studying 25 majors. The campus sits on 574 lush acres of rolling green hills...

 and Holy Family College. Representative DiGirolamo and his wife Donna have four children, two sons and two daughters.

External links

• Representative DiGirolamo official web site
• Pennsylvania House profile