Camera Bartolotta
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| district = 46th
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| predecessor = Tim Solobay
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| party = Republican
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|12|4}}
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| alma_mater = Corvallis High School (California)
Saint Mary's College of California (BS)
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Camera Chatham Bartolotta is an American politician. A Republican, she is currently the Pennsylvania state Senator for the 46th district.
Education
Bartolotta attended Corvallis High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Los Angeles. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Saint Mary's College of California.{{CN|date=May 2024}}
Career
She serves on the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Pittsburgh Film Office board of trustees, the Pittsburgh Ballet board of trustees, the University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics board of fellows, and the Pennsylvania Prison Society board.
Camera Bartolotta represents the 46th Senatorial District which includes residents of Beaver, Greene and Washington counties. She was elected to her first term in 2014, defeating Democratic incumbent Tim Solobay.{{Cite news|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Camera_Bartolotta#Elections|title=Camera Bartolotta - Ballotpedia|access-date=2017-03-25|language=en|archive-date=May 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512125426/https://ballotpedia.org/Camera_Bartolotta#Elections|url-status=live}} In doing so, she became the first Republican to represent the 46th district in 38 years, and the first ever woman.{{Cite web|url=http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourmonvalley/yourmonvalleymore/7089833-74/bartolotta-district-education|title=Republican Camera Bartolotta ousts Tim Solobay from Senate|last=Buckley|first=Chris|website=TribLIVE.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-25|archive-date=March 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326050525/http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourmonvalley/yourmonvalleymore/7089833-74/bartolotta-district-education|url-status=live}}
In the Senate, Bartolotta serves as Chair of the Labor & Industry Committee, as well as serving as a member of the Local Government Committee, Rules & Executive Nominations Committee, Transportation Committee, and Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senators_ca.cfm|title=Senate Member Committee Assignments|last=Center|first=Legislativate Data Processing|website=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly.|language=en|access-date=2017-03-25|archive-date=March 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318095119/http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senators_ca.cfm|url-status=live}} She is also a co-chair of the Senate Gas and Oil Caucus, co-founded the bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Caucus, and founded the Film Industry Caucus, a bicameral group working to support research and analysis of the role that Pennsylvania's film industry plays in economic development, job creation and revenue enhancement.{{Cite web|url=http://www.senatorbartolotta.com/biography/|title=Biography – Senator Camera Bartolotta|website=www.senatorbartolotta.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-25|archive-date=March 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326135448/http://www.senatorbartolotta.com/biography/|url-status=live}}
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|nm4036735|Camera Bartolotta}}
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Category:Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators
Category:Women state legislators in Pennsylvania
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly