Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 97

The 97th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Lancaster County. Steven Mentzer has represented the 97th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2013.

Current	Steven Mentzer (R–Manheim Township, Lancaster County)
Demographics	93.8% White 2.3%% Black 3.9%% Hispanic
Population (2011)  • Citizens of voting age	66,456 47,812

District Profile

District 97 includes the following areas:[1]

• Lititz
• Manheim Township (PART, Districts 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23)
• Warwick Township

Warwick Township has two bridges named to the National Register of Historic Places: The Buck Hill Farm Covered Bridge, and Zook's Mill Covered Bridge.[2]

The 97th District is home to the town of Lititz; a small town voted "American's coolest town" in 2013.[3]

U.S. Open Champion Jim Furyk won a Pennsylvania State Golf Championship while attending Maheim Township High School.

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Prior to 1969, seats were apportioned by county.
Marvin E. Miller, Sr.	Republican	1969 – 1976
June N. Honaman	Republican	1977 – 1988
Jere L. Strittmatter	Republican	1989 – 2003	Manheim Township	Lost Renomination on May 21, 2002[1]
Roy E. Baldwin	Republican	2003 – 2007	Manheim Township	Lost Renomination on May 16, 2006[4]
John C. Bear	Republican	2007 – 2013	Lititz	Withdrew prior to 2012 General Election
Steven Mentzer[5]	Republican	2013 – Present	Manheim Township	Incumbent

Recent election results

PA House election, 2010:
Pennsylvania House, District 97

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	John Bear	17,993	72.2%
	Democratic	F. Patrick O'Keef	6,919	27.8
Margin of victory			11,074	61%
Turnout			24,912	100

PA House election, 2012:
Pennsylvania House, District 97

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Steven Mentzer	25,071	100
Margin of victory			25,071	100
Turnout			25,071	100

PA House election, 2014:
Pennsylvania House, District 97

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Steven Mentzer	14,746	64.5%
	Democratic	Charles Hample	8,117	35.5
Margin of victory			6,629	44%
Turnout			22863	100

PA House election, 2016:
Pennsylvania House, District 97

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Steven Mentzer	22,952	63.13
	Democratic	Charlies Klein	13,403	38.87
Margin of victory			9549	41	decrease
Turnout			36,355	100	increase

References

1. http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/Default.aspx?EID=11&ESTID=1&CID=2325&OID=0&CDID=0&PID=0&DISTID=0&IsSpecial=0
2. "Download". npgallery.nps.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
3. "Lititz – PA America's coolest small town". lititzpa.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
4. http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/Default.aspx?EID=15&ESTID=1&CID=2325&OID=0&CDID=0&PID=0&DISTID=0&IsSpecial=0#Representative%20in%20the%20General%20Assembly-97th%20Legislative%20District
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2013-08-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External Links

• Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
• https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/SLD_RefMap/lower/st42_pa/sldl42097/DC10SLDL42097_001.pdf
• http://www.redistricting.state.pa.us/CensusDisplay.cfm?Plan=2011-Revised-Final&District=97&DistBody=H