Tarah Probst
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tarah Probst
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| state_house = Pennsylvania
| district = 189th
| term_start = {{start date|2023|1|3}}
| term_end =
| predecessor = Rosemary Brown
| successor =
| office2 = Mayor of Stroudsburg
| term_start2 = 2015
| term_end2 = 2022
| predecessor2 = Charles Baughman
| successor2 = Michael Moreno
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
| education = {{unbulleted list|King's College|Widener University}}
| party = Democratic
| residence = Stroudsburg
| website = {{URL|www.pahouse.com/Probst|Official website}}
| signature =
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Tarah Dorothea Probst is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 189th District since 2023.{{cite web |title=Tarah Probst |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/House_bio.cfm?id=1982 |website=Pennsylvania House of Representatives |access-date=5 January 2023}}
Biography
Born in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Probst graduated from King's College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications in 1992 and from Widener University's School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 2003.
From 2015 to 2022, she served as mayor of Stroudsburg; as a part-time mayor, she also worked as a regional outreach coordinator at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility.{{cite news |last=Caldwell |first=Dave |date= July 27, 2022 |title=Stroudsburg, Pa.: A Small Town at the ‘Heart of the Poconos’ |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/realestate/stroudsburg-pa-poconos.html |work= New York Times}} She previously owned a restaurant with her husband and spent many years in business marketing.{{cite web |url=https://www.pahouse.com/Probst/About/Biography | title= Rep. Tarah Probst }}
In 2018, she unsuccessfully challenged Republican incumbent Mario Scavello for Pennsylvania's 40th Senate District, receiving 42,396 votes to Scavello's 54,783.{{cite news|last1=Esack|first1=Steve|first2=Michelle|last2=Merlin|title=Results of PA Senate, House races across Lehigh Valley and state|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/elections/mc-nws-pa-senate-house-races-20181026-story.html|accessdate=7 November 2018|agency=Allentown Morning Call|date=7 November 2018}}
When State Representative Rosemary Brown ran to succeed the retiring Scavello in 2022, Probst ran for Brown's seat and won with 56% of the vote, defeating Republican Steve Ertle.{{cite news |last=Eustice |first=Amanda |date= November 9, 2022 |title=New state representative elected for the 189th District in the Poconos |url=https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/new-state-representative-elected-for-the-189th-district-in-the-poconos-tarah-probst/523-9838a0d7-a0c2-4b62-a7cf-844c29a3671a |work=WNEP-TV}}
External links
- {{URL|www.pahouse.com/Probst|Official Web Site}}
References
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{{s-ttl| title = Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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Category:People from Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Category:Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly