Kerry Benninghoff


Kerry Benninghoff is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 171st Legislative District. He is the House majority leader.

Kerry Benninghoff
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the 171st district
Assumed office
January 7, 1997 (1997-01-07)
Preceded byRuth C. Rudy
Republican Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Assumed office
June 22, 2020 (2020-06-22)
Preceded byBryan Cutler
Republican Whip of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
December 1, 2018 (2018-12-01) – June 22, 2020 (2020-06-22)
LeaderBryan Cutler
Preceded byBryan Cutler
Succeeded byDonna Oberlander
Personal details
BornLebanon, Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican
Children5
ResidenceBellefonte, Pennsylvania
Alma materPennsylvania State University
OccupationFormer Coroner
Websitehttp://kerrybenninghoff.com

Career

While working as an orderly at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, Pennsylvania, Benninghoff was appointed as Deputy Coroner of Centre County, Pennsylvania in 1985.[1] In 1991, when Coroner Robert Neff retired, Benninghoff was elected to the office. He was re-elected in 1995.

In 1996, when Rep. Ruth Rudy retired, Benninghoff stepped into the race to succeed her. He defeated Democrat Keith Bierly in the general election that year[2] and has been re-elected to each succeeding session of the House.

In 2018, after being re-elected to the House, Benninghoff was elected by members of the Republican Caucus to serve as House Majority Whip.[3]

On June 22, 2020, Bennighoff was elected PA House majority leader. As majority leader, Benninghoff is the second highest ranking Republican in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives behind Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler.

Personal

Benninghoff graduated from State College Area High School and attended Pennsylvania State University from 1980 to 1981.[4] He is also a graduate of the Certified Coroners Training Program of the Pennsylvania State Police Academy.

Benninghoff lives in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He has five children.

References
  1. My Linh Nguyen (1993-10-21). "Dealing with the dead". The Daily Collegian. Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  2. Sean Kim (1996-11-06). "Benninghoff Takes 171st State House". Centre Daily Times.
  3. Geoff Rushton (2018-11-14). "Benninghoff Elected House Majority Whip". StateCollege.com.
  4. http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/10176/kerry-benninghoff
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