Stan Saylor

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Stan Saylor portrait.jpg

| name = Stanley E. Saylor

| state_house = Pennsylvania

| district = 94th

| term_start = January 5, 1993{{cite web |title = SESSION OF 1993 – 177TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY – No. 1|work = Legislative Journal| publisher = Pennsylvania House of Representatives |date = 1993-01-05|url = http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/HJ/1993/0/19930105.pdf}}

| term_end = November 30, 2022{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Stanley_Saylor |title=Sanley Saylor |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=December 22, 2022 }}

| predecessor = Gregory Snyder

| successor = Wendy Fink

| constituency = multiple townships and boroughs in the southeast portion of York County

| title2 = Republican Whip of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives

| term_start2 = January 4, 2011

| term_end2 = January 6, 2015

| predecessor2 = Mike Turzai

| successor2 = Bryan Cutler

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|3|3}}

| birth_place = York, Pennsylvania

| death_date =

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| party = Republican

| alma_mater = Indiana University

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| residence = Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania

| website = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20031008151717/http://www.repsaylor.com/ www.repsaylor.com]}}

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Stanley E. "Stan" Saylor (born March 3, 1953) is a Republican former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 94th District and was first elected in 1992. After the 2008 election, Saylor was elected the Republican Policy Committee Chairman. Following the 2010 election, he was elected Republican Whip and served in that role until 2015. He is also on the House Rules Committee. After his reelection in 2016, Saylor was named Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. Saylor was defeated by Wendy Fink in the 2022 Republican primary election.

Election results

The 94th District from which Saylor is elected includes residents of Chanceford, Lower Chanceford, Lower Windsor, Peach Bottom, and Windsor Townships in the southeast portion of York County, their surrounded and adjacent boroughs, and five (the southernmost) of Springettsbury Township's eight local districts.{{cite web |url=http://www.repsaylor.com/Display/SiteFiles/109/NewMunicipalities/District%2094.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914173025/http://www.repsaylor.com/Display/SiteFiles/109/NewMunicipalities/District%2094.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 14, 2016 |title=District 94 |publisher=Representative Saylor |access-date=December 31, 2017 }} He was unopposed in his reelection bids from 2000 until 2006, when Democrat Maxine Kuntz also ran for the seat; Saylor won with 73.5% of the vote.{{cite web |url=http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=York&ElectionID=15&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0 |title=2006 General Election, County Results – York |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=November 7, 2006 |access-date=December 30, 2017 }} The results were very similar in 2008, when Democrat Deb Tillman received 26.8% of the vote to Saylor's 73.2%.{{cite web |url=http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=York&ElectionID=17&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0 |title=2008 General Election, County Results – York |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=November 4, 2008 |access-date=December 30, 2017 }} Likewise in 2010, Democratic candidate Metta Barbour took 28.2% while Saylor had 71.8% voting for him.{{cite web |url=http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=York&ElectionID=19&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0 |title=2010 General Election, County Results – York |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=November 2, 2010 |access-date=December 30, 2017 }} After no opposition in 2012,{{cite web |url=http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=York&ElectionID=27&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0 |title=2012 General Election, County Results – York |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=December 30, 2017 }} district voters gave Democrat David Colon 27.7% in 2014, to Saylor's 72.3%.{{cite web |url=http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=York&ElectionID=41&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0 |title=2014 General Election, County Results – York |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=November 4, 2014 |access-date=December 30, 2017 }} Saylor had no challenger in 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=York&ElectionID=54&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0 |title=2016 General Election, County Results – York |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=November 8, 2016 |access-date=December 30, 2017 }} In 2018, Democrat Stephen Snell received 33.6% of the vote, to Saylor's 66.4%.{{cite web |url=https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=York&ElectionID=63&ElectionType=G&IsActive=1 |title=2018 General Election, County Results – York |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of State |date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=November 7, 2018 }} Saylor had no challenger again in 2020.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2020-11-03/state/pennsylvania/lower/ |title=2020 Pennsylvania State House Election Results |date=November 6, 2020 |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=November 6, 2020 }}

In 2022, Saylor was challenged in the Republican primary by Wendy Fink who ran an anti-establishment campaign. Fink defeated Saylor 55.7% to 44.3%.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/race/2022-05-17-state_house-R-PA-39468/ |title=2022 Pennsylvania State House – District 94 Republican Primary Results |date=May 18, 2022 |work=USA Today |access-date=May 22, 2022 }}

Political positions

Saylor believes that legalizing adult-use cannabis in Pennsylvania is a "terrible idea", citing the federal legal status and calling it a "highly addictive drug".{{cite news |title=Rep. Stan Saylor: Legalizing marijuana in Pa. is a terrible idea |url=https://www.ydr.com/story/opinion/2019/10/01/rep-stan-saylor-legalizing-marijuana-pa-terrible-idea/3834752002/ |newspaper=The York Daily Record |language=en |date=October 1, 2019 |access-date=October 1, 2019 }}

Personal

Saylor graduated from Dallastown Area High School and majored in political science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He resides in Windsor Township, Pennsylvania."Representative Saylor's Web Profile" http://repsaylor.com

References

External links

{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20031008151717/http://www.repsaylor.com/ Representative Saylor's official web site]}}
[http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=200 Pennsylvania House profile]

Category:1955 births

Category:Living people

Category:Politicians from York County, Pennsylvania

Category:Politicians from York, Pennsylvania

Category:Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Category:21st-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly