Lori Mizgorski

American politician

Lori Mizgorski

Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 30th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2019 (2019-01-01)
Preceded by	Hal English
Shaler Township Supervisor
In office 2009–2019

Personal details
Born	Lori A. Voegtly 1967 (age 56–57)
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Hood College

Lori A. Mizgorski (née Voegtly; c. 1967–) is an American politician who currently represents the 30th Legislative District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She is a Republican.

Early life and education

Mizgorski is a native of Shaler Township.^[1] She graduated from Shaler Area High School in 1985, and studied English at Hood College.^[2]

Political career

Lori Mizgorski ran for a seat on the Shaler Township board of commissioners in 2005,^[3] missing it in a 562–584 vote.^[4] She was elected in 2009,^[5]^[6] and from January 2011, concurrently served as Shaler Township representative to the Allegheny River Towns Enterprise Zone.^[7] Mizgorski began working for Hal English in 2013, when English was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from District 30.^[8] In November of that year, Mizgorski secured a second term as township commissioner.^[9] In July 2018, she was nominated by the Republican Party to replace English on the ballot, after English chose not to run for reelection.^[10] Mizgorski defeated Democratic Party candidate Betsy Monroe in the general election.^[11]^[12] To take office as a state legislator, Mizgorski was required to resign her township board position, in which she was replaced by her husband David.^[13] In April 2019, Mizgorski was appointed to the board of directors of the Port Authority of Allegheny County, by Mike Turzai, succeeding Robert Vescio.^[14] Mizgorski faced Democratic Party candidate Lissa Geiger Shulman in the 2020 general election and was elected to a second term.^[15]^[16]^[17]

Committee assignments

Labor & Industry^[18]
Local Government^[18]
Transportation^[18]
Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Cities, Counties - Second Class - Chair^[18]

References

^ Panizzi, Tawnya. "Legislative candidates face off at tonight's forum in O'Hara". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ "Lori A. Mizgorski". Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ "2005 primary election results". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ "2005 general election results". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ "Allegheny County primary candidates: North region, communities L-W". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ "No Starr in treasurer's office". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ "Officials OK subdivision for old Giant Eagle". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ Potter, Chris (30 July 2018). "GOP Nominates Lori Mizgorski To Succeed Hal English In House District 30". WESA-FM. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ "Local governments reboot, reorganize for 2014". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ Venteicher, Wesley (30 July 2018). "Allegheny County Republicans select nominee for Hal English seat". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ Sisk, Amy (8 November 2018). "Mizgorski Edges Out Monroe To Win PA's 30th House District". WESA-FM. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ Huffaker, Christopher (2 November 2018). "Monroe, Mizgorski hold similar views in 30th District race". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ Cebzanov, Emily (22 January 2019). "Mizgorski appointed to fill Shaler Board of Commissioners vacancy". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ Guggenheimer, Paul (22 April 2019). "State Rep. Lori Mizgorski appointed to Port Authority board of directors". Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ Routh, Julian (25 July 2020). "Money, messaging likely headed to Western Pa. in effort to flip state Legislature". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ Micek, John L. (14 August 2020). "Meet the retired Philly poli.sci prof who's raising $350K to flip the Pa. House | Friday Morning Coffee". Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ Smeltz, Adam (4 November 2020). "Pa. GOP on course to bolster state House majority, AP tracking shows". Pittsburgn Post-Gazette. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Representative Lori A. Mizgorski". The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved 2022-01-17.