Perry A. Stambaugh

{{Short description|Republican politician}}

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| name = Perry A. Stambaugh

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| state_house = Pennsylvania

| district = 86th

| term_start = {{start date|2021|1|5}}{{Cite web |title=Perry Stambaugh |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Perry_Stambaugh |access-date=2021-01-05 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}

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| predecessor = Mark Keller

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|3|8}}

| birth_place = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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| party = Republican

| alma_mater = Penn State University

| occupation = Magazine editor and farmer

| spouse = Widowed

| children = Garrett Stambaugh
Griffin Stambaugh

| residence = Green Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| website = {{URL|repperrystambaugh.com/}}

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Perry A. Stambaugh (born March 8, 1960) is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 86. He first took office following the 2020 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election.{{Cite web |title=Stambaugh begins first term in office |url=https://www.shipnc.com/community/community_news/article_ed5a303c-5068-11eb-a78f-079f66e05202.html |access-date=2021-02-23 |website=Shippensburg News-Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418150559/https://www.shipnc.com/community/community_news/article_ed5a303c-5068-11eb-a78f-079f66e05202.html |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}{{Cite web |title=COVID-19 cancels pomp and circumstance surrounding Pa. lawmakers' Swearing-in Day |url=https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/01/covid-19-cancels-pomp-and-circumstance-surrounding-pa-lawmakers-swearing-in-day.html |access-date=2021-02-23 |website=Pennlive |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103131257/https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/01/covid-19-cancels-pomp-and-circumstance-surrounding-pa-lawmakers-swearing-in-day.html |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |url-status=live}}

Stambaugh graduated from Penn State University and operates a family farm in Green Park in Perry County, Pennsylvania. He supports measures to improve deployment of high-speed Internet to rural areas, as well as state constitutional reforms, such as electing state appellate judges on a district (not statewide) basis and eliminating property taxes to fund schools.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=Perry Stambaugh, running in Republican primary in PA House District 86 |url=https://www.fox43.com/article/news/politics/elections/perry-stambaugh-running-in-republican-primary-in-pa-house-district-86/521-37bee99b-4c2d-4db2-b575-f37c9daded14 |access-date=2021-02-25 |website=fox43.com |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601102937/https://www.fox43.com/article/news/politics/elections/perry-stambaugh-running-in-republican-primary-in-pa-house-district-86/521-37bee99b-4c2d-4db2-b575-f37c9daded14 |archive-date=2020-06-01|url-status=live |url-access=limited}}{{Cite web |date=2020-01-03 |title=Longtime GOP leader, farmer announces candidacy for Pa. House seat |url=https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/01/longtime-gop-leader-farmer-announces-candidacy-for-pa-house-seat.html |access-date=2021-01-05 |website=pennlive |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103220120/https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/01/longtime-gop-leader-farmer-announces-candidacy-for-pa-house-seat.html |archive-date=January 3, 2020 |url-status=live}} He also backs state legislative and congressional term limits.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-31|title=Perry Stambaugh Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits|url=https://www.termlimits.com/perry-stambaugh-pledges-to-support-term-limits/|access-date=2021-03-04|website=U.S. Term Limits|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418150559/https://www.termlimits.com/perry-stambaugh-pledges-to-support-term-limits/|archive-date=April 18, 2023|url-status=live}}

Career

Before running for the state House, Stambaugh spent most of his nearly 40-year professional career as a rural and agricultural magazine editor on local, statewide, and national levels—notably with the former Pennsylvania Farmer magazine (now American Agriculturist); Penn Lines magazine, published by the Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association; and RE Magazine, produced by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.PA House of Representatives Historical Biographies|url= https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=9407&body=H

Stambaugh currently sits on the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Energy, Finance, and Transportation committees, including as Republican vice chairman of the Energy Committee and Republican chairman of the Transportation Subcommittee on Public Transportation.{{Cite web|title=Representative Perry A. Stambaugh|url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/House_bio.cfm?id=1905|access-date=2022-01-19|website=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly.|language=en-US}}

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