Gordon Denlinger

Denlinger was born in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, on July 16, 1963.[https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=1009&body=H Historical Biographies: Gordon R. Denlinger], Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He graduated from High Point Baptist Academy in 1981. He graduated Bob Jones University with a B.S. in accounting in 1985.

Denliger is an accountantCharles Thompson, [https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2014/05/rare_lancaster_county_senate_p.html Rare 36th state Senate District race pits two House colleagues against each other: primary 2014], PennLive (May 16, 2014). and CPA. He was an assistant controller at Newell Rubbermaid Graco Children's Products Division and controller at Sharp Shopper, Inc.

Denlinger represented the 99th District (within Lancaster County) of the Pennsylvania House for nearly 12 full years after winning a special election on March 18, 2003, to fill the remainder of Leroy Zimmerman's term.{{cite web |title=2003 Special Election for the 99th Legislative District |work=Commonwealth of PA – Elections Information |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=March 18, 2003 |url=http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/Special/OfficeResults?ElectionID=100126&ElectionType=S&IsActive=0 |access-date=December 20, 2017 }}

Denlinger was a member of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Appropriations, Finance and Tourism Committees. He also served as the Republican Chair of the Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy for the House Appropriations Committee, Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee, and Co-Chair of the Jobs Creation Working Group under the Republican Policy Committee.

In the state House, Denlinger had a "pro-business, socially conservative" voting record. He opposes the legal recognition of same-sex marriage and supports the privatization of alcohol sales in Pennsylvania. He supported legislation to eliminate school property taxes but raise the state sales tax (from 6% to 7%) and the state income tax (3.07% to 4.34%). He describes himself as a "strong school choice advocate."

In 2014, Denlinger sought his party's nomination for the Pennsylvania Senate instead of running for re-election in the House, but lost the primary in the 36th District to Ryan Aument,{{cite web |url=http://vr.co.lancaster.pa.us/ElectionReturns/May_20,_2014_-_General_Primary/252.html |title=Primary Returns |publisher=County of Lancaster |access-date=February 2, 2015}} who went on to win that seat in the general election. Fellow Republican David H. Zimmerman won Denlinger's former seat in the 99th district.{{cite news |url=http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/mapping-the-governor-s-race-where-corbett-and-wolf-won/article_50089ce2-63ac-11e4-b2b1-0017a43b2370.html |title=Mapping the governor's race: Where Corbett and Wolf won in Lancaster County |date=November 4, 2014 |access-date=December 22, 2017 |website=Lancaster Online |publisher=LNP Media Group }} In 2016, Denlinger was named by the Republican Party of Pennsylvania as one of three delegates to the Republican National Convention from the state's 16th congressional district.{{cite press release |url=https://www.pagop.org/2016/06/pa-gop-delegates-elect-delegate-chairman-committee-representatives/ |title=PA GOP Delegates Elect Delegate Chairman, Committee Representatives |date=June 6, 2016 |access-date=December 21, 2017 |publisher=Republican Party of Pennsylvania }}

On December 18, 2017, Denlinger announced via a letter to Pennsylvania's Republican Party members that he was entering the 2018 race for Lieutenant Governor. Denlinger would have faced businessman Jeff Bartos and others in the Republican primary, though he dropped out of the race in February 2018.{{cite news |url=http://www.politicspa.com/denlinger-enters-race-for-lieutenant-governor/85807/ |title=Denlinger Enters Race for Lieutenant Governor |publisher=PoliticsPA |date=December 19, 2017 |first=Paul |last=Engelkemeir |access-date=December 20, 2017 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2018-02-13/gop-field-for-lieutenant-governor-gets-new-face-2-drop-out |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=U.S. News & World Report |title=GOP Field for Lieutenant Governor Gets New Face; 2 Drop Out |date=February 13, 2018 |access-date=February 15, 2018 }}

• 2003 special election for Pennsylvania House representative from 99th District

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• 2004 race for Pennsylvania House representative from 99th District{{cite web |url=http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=Lancaster&ElectionID=13&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0 |title=2004 County Results – Lancaster |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=November 2, 2004 |access-date=December 21, 2017 }}

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• 2006 race for Pennsylvania House representative from 99th District{{cite web |url=http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=Lancaster&ElectionID=15&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0 |title=2006 County Results – Lancaster |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=November 7, 2006 |access-date=December 21, 2017 }}

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• 2008 race for Pennsylvania House representative from 99th District{{cite web |url=http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=Lancaster&ElectionID=17&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0 |title=2008 County Results – Lancaster |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=November 4, 2008 |access-date=December 21, 2017 }}

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• 2010 race for Pennsylvania House representative from 99th District{{cite web |url=http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=Lancaster&ElectionID=19&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0 |title=2010 County Results – Lancaster |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=November 2, 2010 |access-date=December 21, 2017 }}

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• 2012 race for Republican House representative from the 99th District{{cite web |url=http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=Lancaster&ElectionID=27&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0 |title=2012 County Results – Lancaster |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=December 21, 2017 }}

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• 2014 Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senator from the 36th District

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Denlinger and his family are members of Zeltenreich Reformed Church in New Holland, where he has served as an elder. Formerly named Covenant Reformed, the church merged with Zeltenreich UCC in 2011.{{cite news |url=https://lancasteronline.com/features/faith_values/congregations-to-celebrate-their-union/article_81730181-fbf0-5524-a884-a2869ec8f4d3.html |title=Congregations to celebrate their union |date=October 8, 2011 |website=LancasterOnline |first=Carole |last=Deck |access-date=August 21, 2020 }} Denlinger and his wife reside in Narvon, Pennsylvania and have four children: Evan, Abram Preston, Blake, and Mariah.{{cite web |url=http://www.repdenlinger.com/bio.aspx |publisher=PA State Rep, Gordon Denlinger |title=Biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102202806/http://www.repdenlinger.com/bio.aspx |archive-date=November 2, 2014 }}

Denlinger's brother-in-law is Sam Rohrer, who previously was a state representative from Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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