Jane Earll
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jane M. Earll
| image = Jane Earll.jpg
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| state_senate = Pennsylvania
| district = 49th
| term_start = January 7, 1997
| term_end = November 30, 2012
| predecessor = Anthony Andrezeski
| successor = Sean Wiley
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|8|10|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| residence = Erie, Pennsylvania
| alma_mater = Allegheny College
Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law
| profession =
| party = Republican
| spouse = Jack Daneri
| religion =
| website =
}}
Jane M. Earll (born August 10, 1958) is an American attorney, politician and former Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who represented the 49th District from 1997 to 2013.
Early career and personal life
Earll served as Assistant District Attorney for Erie County, Pennsylvania and as an attorney for Richards and Associates. She is married to Erie County District Attorney Jack Daneri.
=Pennsylvania Senate=
While in the Senate, Earll served as Chair of the Community, Economic & Recreational Committee, Vice Chair of the Finance Committee, and a member of the Banking & Insurance, Judiciary, Rules & Executive Nominations, and Transportation Committees.{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senate_bio.cfm?districtnumber=49|title=Jane M. Earll|work=Pennsylvania State Senate|publisher=Pennsylvania Legislature|accessdate=2009-03-17}}
In 2002, she was named to the PoliticsPA list of Best Dressed Legislators.{{cite web|title=Sy Snyder's Best Dressed Legislators |work=PoliticsPA |publisher=The Publius Group |year=2002 |url=http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/best_dressed.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020803093934/http://www.politicspa.com/FEATURES/best_dressed.htm |archivedate=2002-08-03 |url-status=dead }}
Election Campaigns
Earll won election to the Senate against Democrat Buzz Andrezewski a year after losing a countywide race for District Attorney, and in re-election bids she faced down Democrats John Paul Jones, Tony Logue, and Cindy Purvis.
She was the Republican party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor on a ticket with Mike Fisher in 2002. The Pennsylvania Report described her as "an outstanding candidate for Lieutenant Governor" and said that she was "[w]ell-liked and respected on both sides of the aisle."{{cite web|title=The PA Report "Power 75" List |work=Pennsylvania Report |publisher=Capital Growth, Inc. |date=January 31, 2003 |url=http://www.pa-report.com/uploaded_pdf/PAReportPower75_.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060920200116/http://www.pa-report.com/uploaded_pdf/PAReportPower75_.pdf |archivedate=September 20, 2006 |format=PDF |url-status=dead }} She and Fisher lost the election to Ed Rendell and Catherine Baker Knoll.
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External links
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{{succession box | before=Anthony Andrezeski | title= Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 49th District | years=1997-2012 | after=Sean Wiley}}
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{{succession box | title=Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania | before=Mark Schweiker | after=Jim Matthews | years=2002}}
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Category:Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators
Category:Women state legislators in Pennsylvania
Category:Allegheny College alumni
Category:Claude W. Pettit College of Law alumni
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly