- Jeffrey Piccola
Infobox State Senator
name = Jeffrey Piccola
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state = Pennsylvania
state_senate = Pennsylvania
district = 15th
term_start =1995
term_end = present
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successor = Incumbent
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party = Republican
birth_date = birth date|1948|5|16|mf=y
birth_place =Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
residence =Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
religion =Presbyterian
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spouse = Denise Piccola
website =Jeffrey E. Piccola is member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate , representing the 15th State Senate District. He is in the Republican Party.Piccola is a 1970 graduate of
Gettysburg College , and a 1973 graduate ofGeorge Washington University Law School . From 1973-1974, he served in theUnited States Air Force . Since 1974, he has been employed at a Harrisburg law firm.Piccola was elected to the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1976. He held his seat there until he was elected to thePennsylvania State Senate in 1994. Piccola was made Majority Caucus Administrator of the State Senate in 1999, and, in 2001, he was elected SenateMajority Whip .In 2005, Senator Piccola announced that he would run for
Governor of Pennsylvania , seeking the Republican nomination against incumbent Democratic GovernorEd Rendell . Piccola dropped out of the race for governor in early 2006, after it became clear that former professional football playerLynn Swann had earned the support of most of the Pennsylvania Republican Party. [ [http://www.insiderpa.com/archive/insider2-2006.htm Al Neri, "Back to Reality", The Insider, February 2006] ]Following the 2006 elections, Piccola gave up his position as Senate Whip, and instead made a bid to become
president pro tempore of the State Senate, after the sitting president pro tempore lost the Republican Primary in his home district. [ [http://www.insiderpa.com/archive/insider12-2006.htm Al Neri, Insider Info, The Insider, December 2006] ] State Senate Republicans ultimately chose SenatorJoe Scarnati for the president pro tempore position instead of Piccola. Piccola was replaced as Republican Whip by State SenatorJane Orie . [ [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06325/739979-85.stm Tom Barnes, "Sen. Orie wins leadership post", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/21/06] ]Piccola considered running for a position on the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 2007 but withdrew after he was unable to secure support for the state committee endorsement. [ [http://www.pa-report.com/uploaded_pdf/PA%20Report%20020207.pdf Judicial Races Take Shape, The Pennsylvania Report, February 2, 2007] ]References
External links
* [http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senate_bio.cfm?id=176 Jeffrey Piccola State Senate Biography] .
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