Joe Conti

{{short description|American politician from Pennsylvania|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|image =

| name = Joseph Conti

| caption =

| office= Chief Executive Officer of the
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board

| term_start = December 13, 2006

| term_end = February 2, 2013

| predecessor =

| successor =

| state2 = Pennsylvania

| state_senate2 = Pennsylvania

| district2 = 10th

| term_start2 = November 24, 1997{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = Pennsylvania Senate - 1997-1998| work = Wilkes University Election Statistics Project| publisher = Wilkes University | year =2004 | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/181S.pdf}}

| term_end2 = November 30, 2006

| predecessor2 = David Heckler

| successor2 = Charles McIlhinney

| constituency2 =

| state_house3 = Pennsylvania

| district3 = 143rd

| term_start3 = November 22, 1993{{cite web |title = SESSION OF 1993 - 177TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - NO. 58|work = Legislative Journal| publisher = Pennsylvania House of Representatives |date = 2005-06-14|url = http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/HJ/1993/0/19931122.pdf}}

| term_end3 = November 30, 1996

| predecessor3 = David Heckler

| successor3 = Charles McIlhinney

| party = Republican

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|5|13}}

| birth_place =Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| alma_mater = Penn State University

| profession =

| residence = Bucks County, Pennsylvania

| spouse = Molli

| religion =

| website =

}}

Joseph Conti (born May 13, 1954){{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LVeJAAAAMAAJ&q=Joe+Conti+born|title = The Pennsylvania Manual|author1 = Pennsylvania|year = 1995}} is an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 143rd district from 1993 to 1996 and the Pennsylvania Senate for the 10th district from 1997 to 2006. He was formerly the chief executive officer of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and was appointed to that newly created position on December 13, 2006.[http://www.state.pa.us/papower/cwp/view.asp?Q=458692&A=11 Pa Login: Former State Sen. Joe Conti Named Chief Executive Officer Of Pa Liquor Control Board] He currently works as the President of the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters.

Early life and education

Conti was born in Philadelphia to Walter and Patricia Conti. He graduated from Central Bucks West High School in 1972. He received a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University in 1976 and a M.A. in 2000.{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - Joe Conti Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4466&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |access-date=10 March 2019}}

Career

He was elected township supervisor of Doylestown Township, Pennsylvania in 1984 and served until 1993. He was first elected to represent the 143rd district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on November 2, 1993.{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1993-1994| publisher = Wilkes University | work = Wilkes University Election Statistics Project| date = November 3, 2004| url = http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/177H.pdf}} On November 4, 1997, he was elected to the Senate in a special election.{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1997-1998| publisher = Wilkes University | work = Wilkes University Election Statistics Project| date = November 3, 2004| url = http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/181H.pdf}} He represented the 10th senatorial district in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1997 through 2006. He was Republican Caucus Chairman and chaired the Senate Law and Justice Committee, which was oversaw the PLCB.

He owned two Bucks County, Pennsylvania restaurants from 1976 through 1999. Conti is now a faculty member of the Fels Institute of Government.{{cite web|url=http://www.fels.upenn.edu/news/faculty-member-joe-conti-featured-governing-magazine-102009|title=Faculty Member Joe Conti Featured in Governing Magazine|access-date=February 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619051535/https://www.fels.upenn.edu/news/faculty-member-joe-conti-featured-governing-magazine-102009|archive-date=June 19, 2011|url-status=dead}}

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