Bob Regola
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Robert T. Regola
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| state = Pennsylvania
| state_senate = Pennsylvania
| district = 39th
| term_start = January 4, 2005
| term_end = November 30, 2008
| predecessor = Allen Kukovich
| successor = Kim Ward
| constituency =
| majority =
| party = Republican
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| birth_place =
| alma_mater = Pennsylvania State University (BS)
| profession = Professional surveyor
| residence =
| spouse = Janette
| children = 3
| religion =
| website =
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Robert T. Regola is an American Republican politician, and former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate. Regola represented the 39th District from 2005 to 2009. He previously served as chairman of the Board of Supervisors for Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |title=Bob Regola Profile |work=SenatorRegola.com |publisher=Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus |year=2008 |url=http://www.senatorregola.com/Biography.html |accessdate=2008-11-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529171227/http://senatorregola.com/Biography.html |archivedate=2008-05-29 |url-status=dead }} Prior to elected office, he worked as a professional surveyor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=5375&body=S|title = Robert T Regola, III}}
Political career
=2004 election=
Regola's successful 2004 campaign against incumbent State Senator Allen Kukovich{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=77215|title=Our Campaigns - PA State Senate 39 Race - Nov 02, 2004}} was considered one of the closest and nastiest in the state.[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_267149.html PittsburghLive.com]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Kukovich's campaign was sued by the Pittsburgh Tribune Review for allegedly misusing the paper's name in campaign advertisements.[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_267551.html PittsburghLive.com]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The suit was dismissed on Election Day by Westmoreland County Judge William J. Ober.[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_268794.html "Judge denies Trib request for injunction"]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Regola's campaign claimed that Kukovich had campaigned in gay bars in Philadelphia with then-Governor Ed Rendell in 2003, a charge denied by Kukovich and his supporters.[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_260086.html PittsburghLive.com]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
=2008 election=
Regola removed himself from consideration for re-election on August 11, 2008, citing what he characterized as "unfair" media coverage of his acquittal on perjury and gun charges related to the suicide of a teenage neighbor.[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08225/903590-178.stm Regola quits Senate race, cites unfair coverage] The Republican Party of Westmoreland County chose Westmoreland County Commissioner Kim Ward as the candidate, who then defeated Democratic candidate Tony Bompiani in the General Election.[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2008/general/by_state/state_sen_house/PA_State_Senate.html?SITE=PAGREELN&SECTION=POLITICS Pennsylvania State Senate Results]
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080512075003/http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senate_bio.cfm?id=1037 State Senator Bob Regola] official PA Senate website (archived)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.senatorregola.com/ State Senator Bob Regola] official Party website (archived)
- [https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/46810/bob-regola Biography], [https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/46810/bob-regola voting record], and [https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/46810/bob-regola interest group ratings] at Project Vote Smart
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{{s-bef|before=Allen Kukovich}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
from the 39th district|years=2005–2008}}
{{s-aft|after=Kim Ward}}
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Category:Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly