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unusual facts about Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 9



Adam Fratto

'Adam Fratto is a veteran television and film professional who is developing and producing scripted television for Pukeko Pictures, the production company affiliated with New Zealand's famed Weta Workshop (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Avatar, District 9).

Belmont Village, Philadelphia

Along with East Falls and Manayunk, Belmont Village is part of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 194 and Pennsylvania Senate, District 7.

Blikkiesdorp

Blikkiesdorp has also been compared with the alien camp called District 9 from the international hit movie on numerous occasions.

Capitolwire

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives hold a contract with GovNetPA to supply access to Capitolwire for over 40 selected staff members.

Carl Zimmermann

In 2006, when incumbent Republican State Representative Gus Bilirakis vacated his House seat due to term limits and ran for Congress, Zimmermann ran to succeed him in the 48th District, which included a few precincts in Pasco County and northern Pinellas County.

Carol Aichele

Aichele defeated two other candidates in the primary, including future State Representative Duane Milne, and succeeded retiring Republican incumbent Joseph Carpenter.

Chelsa Wagner

She is a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 22nd District which includes the South Side and part of the North Side of the city of Pittsburgh, as well as parts of the suburbs of Baldwin, Whitehall and Castle Shannon.

Corey O'Brien

In the Democratic primary, O'Brien finished with the second-highest vote total, narrowly ahead of former county chief of staff Elizabeth Randol, but behind the top vote getter, former State Representative James Wansacz.

Curt Sonney

Curtis G. "Curt" Sonney is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 4th District made up of parts of Erie County.

Dave L. Reed

In 2002, the 24-year-old Reed challenged Representative Sara Steelman for the 62nd legislative district, winning an upset.

Drive-through

Pennsylvania State Representative Kevin P. Murphy installed a drive-through window designed to speed constituent service.

Galeton, Pennsylvania

Matt E. Baker - State Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 68

Greenlee Partners

After the Pennsylvania House of Representatives was taken over by the Republicans in the 1990s, the City of Philadelphia hired Republican lobbyist Holly Kinser and the Republican-leaning Greenlee Partners to lobby the House on its behalf.

Harrison Ridley Jr.

In his lifetime Ridley received more than 80 awards, including recognition from the Philadelphia City Hall and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and an honorary Doctorate in Music from Villanova University (conferred in May, 2008).

Harry Jannotti

A year later, Jannotti lost his ward leadership post to State Representative Ralph Acosta, a loss some attributed to the increasing Hispanic population of the 19th Ward.

James Archbald

He was nominated at the Lackawanna County Convention held at Wilkes-Barre September 4, 1866, to represent the 133rd district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Jenkintown, Pennsylvania

The borough is part of the Thirteenth Congressional District (represented by Rep. Allyson Schwartz), Pennsylvania's 154th Representative District (represented by Rep. Stephen McCarter) and Pennsylvania's 4th Senatorial District (represented by Sen. LeAnna Washington).

Jonathan Saidel

Ultimately came in second in a three-person field, ahead of Doris Smith-Ribner, a former Commonwealth Court Judge from Pittsburgh, and behind the winner, State Representative Scott Conklin of Philipsburg, Centre County.

Merle Phillips

He also was appointed as Northumberland County Commissioner in 2010 to finish Kurt Masser's term after the position was vacated when Masser was elected to the 107th District

Morgan Ringland Wise

He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1874 to 1878, and was later elected as a Democrat to the 46th and 47th Congress.

Nathan Kelley

The elder Nathan was a prosperous farmer who served the area as justice of the peace, appeals court judge and state representative.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 1

The 1st District of an electoral district of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Democrat Pat Harkins.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 10

The 10th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Democrat Jaret Gibbons.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 108

The 108th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Republican Lynda Schlegel-Culver.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 12

The 12th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Republican Daryl Metcalfe.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 120

However, Republican Tom Corbett won the district in his race for governor in 2010.

The current state representative for the district, Phyllis Mundy, is a Democrat; she easily won reelection to an twelfth term in 2012 with 56 percent of the vote.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 2

The 2nd District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Democrat Florindo Fabrizio.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 3

The 3rd District an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that is represented by Democrat John Hornaman.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 4

The 4th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Republican Curt Sonney.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 5

The 5th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Republican John R. Evans.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 6

The 6th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Republican Brad Roae.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 7

The 7th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Democrat Mark Longietti.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 8

The 8th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Republican Dick Stevenson.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 9

The 9th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Democrat Chris Sainato.

Philadelphia mayoral election, 2007

His opponent, businessman Tom Knox came in second, with congressmen Bob Brady and Chaka Fattah and State Representative Dwight Evans coming in third, fourth, and fifth respectively.

Presley Chweneyagae

Chweneyagae was later rumored to be playing a small role in the 2009 film District 9, which was filmed on location in Soweto, as was Tsotsi.

Recognition of same-sex unions in Pennsylvania

In 2006, five state representatives, with Pennsylvania State Representative Scott W. Boyd as a main sponsor, introduced House Bill 2381, proposing an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

Shikellamy State Park

The dam was named for Adam T. Bower, Chief Clerk of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1967–68 and Director of Services during the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1967-68, by Act 2001-5 of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

Signe Wilkinson

Wilkinson is the first female cartoonist to win the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning (1992) and was once named "the Pennsylvania state vegetable substitute" by the former speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Sonny Gray

As a freshman, he pitched and played left field and was named Freshman of the Year in District 9AAA.

Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

The township is part of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 154 (represented by Rep. Lawrence Curry)

The Army of Crime

Opening in 250 screens, The Army of Crime debuted at a disappointing number 7 at the French box office, making it the second highest grossing new release of that week following District 9, which debuted at the number one spot with almost twice as many screens.

The Embassy Visual Effects

The studio completed a number of visual effects shots for Marvel Studios, Iron Man and more recently contributed effects to the climactic sequence of the Peter Jackson produced film, District 9.

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

The film opened at #6 in 1,838 theaters making $5,642,137 behind District 9, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, The Time Traveler's Wife, Julie & Julia, and G-Force.

Tim Briggs

In 2008, after Democratic incumbent Daylin Leach decided to run for the Pennsylvania State Senate, Briggs successfully ran for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the 149th District.

Triad Strategies

After Mike Manzo was fired by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives amid the "Bonusgate" investigation, he joined Triad Strategies.


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