Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 189

{{Short description|American legislative district}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox legislative district

|state= Pennsylvania

|district= 189

|chamber= House of Representatives

|image= File:Pennsylvania_House_District_189.png

|representative= Tarah Probst

|party= Democratic

|residence= Stroudsburg

|percent_white= 80.7

|percent_black= 11.0

|percent_hispanic= 12.2

|population= 62,591

|population_year= 2011

|citizen_voting_age= 47,559

}}

The 189th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Northeast Pennsylvania and has been represented since 2023 by Tarah Probst.

District profile

The 189th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Monroe County and Pike County and is home to the Pennsylvania Welcome Center and the Frazetta Art Museum. It also includes the following areas:{{cite web |title=2022 Pennsylvania House of Representatives Districts |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |url=https://www.vote.pa.gov/Pages/Pennsylvania-Redistricting-House-of-Representative.aspx/#bynumbers |access-date=2023-01-16}}

Representatives

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! Representative

! Party

! Years

! District home

! Note

colspan=5 style="font-size: 80%;" | Prior to 1969, seats were apportioned by county.
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| Martin P. Mullen

Democrat1969 – 1982
colspan=5 style="font-size: 80%;" | District moved from Philadelphia County to Monroe County after 1982
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| Joseph W. Battisto

Democrat1983 – 2000
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| Kelly Lewis

Republican2001 – 2004Resigned on December 6, 2004{{cite web |title = SESSION OF 2005 - 189TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - No. 1|work = Legislative Journal| publisher = Pennsylvania House of Representatives |date = 2005-01-04|url = http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/HJ/2005/0/20050104.pdf}}
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| John Siptroth

Democrat2005 – 2010Elected on February 8, 2005, to fill vacancy.{{cite web | title = 2005 Special Election for the 189th State House District | work = Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information | publisher = Pennsylvania Department of State | date = 2004 | url = http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=12&OfficeID=13 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081128113854/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=12&OfficeID=13 | archive-date = 2008-11-28 }}
Defeated in November 2010.
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| Rosemary M. Brown

Republican2011 – 2023Elected to Pennsylvania Senate, District 40 in 2022
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| Tarah Probst

Democrat2023 – presentIncumbent

Recent election results

{{Election box begin

| title=PA House election, 2010:
Pennsylvania House, District 189}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Rosemary Brown

| votes = 9,912

| percentage = 54.86

| change = }}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = John Siptroth

| votes = 8,157

| percentage = 45.14

| change = }}

{{Election box margin of victory

| votes = 1,755

| percentage = 9.72

| change = }}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 18,069

| percentage = 100.0

| change = }}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

| title=PA House election, 2012:
Pennsylvania House, District 189}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Rosemary Brown

| votes = 14,996

| percentage = 55.63

| change = {{increase}} .77}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Elizabeth Forrest

| votes = 11,962

| percentage = 44.37

| change = }}

{{Election box margin of victory

| votes = 3,034

| percentage = 11.26

| change = {{increase}} 1.48}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 26,958

| percentage = 100.0

| change = }}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

| title=PA House election, 2014:
Pennsylvania House, District 189}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Rosemary Brown

| votes = 8,033

| percentage = 63.07

| change = {{increase}} 7.44}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Elizabeth Forrest

| votes = 4,704

| percentage = 36.93

| change = {{decrease}} 7.44}}

{{Election box margin of victory

| votes = 3,329

| percentage = 26.14

| change = {{increase}} 14.88}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 12,737

| percentage = 100.0

| change = }}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

| title=PA House election, 2016:
Pennsylvania House, District 189}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Rosemary Brown

| votes = 16,142

| percentage = 63.52

| change = {{increase}} .45}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Damary Bonilla-Rodriguez

| votes = 9,272

| percentage = 36.48

| change = }}

{{Election box margin of victory

| votes = 6,870

| percentage = 27.04

| change = {{increase}} .9}}

{{Election box turnout

| votes = 25,414

| percentage = 100

| change = }}

{{Election box end}}

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