Timothy Pesci
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name = Timothy Pesci
| state_house = Pennsylvania
| district = 60th
| term_start = May 31, 1989{{cite web |title = Session of 1989 - 173D of the General Assembly - No. 37| work = Legislative Journal| publisher = Pennsylvania House of Representatives |date = 1989-05-31|url = http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/HJ/1989/0/19890531.pdf}}
| term_end = November 30, 2000Per Article II, Section 2 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, the legislative session ended on November 30, 2000
| predecessor = Henry Livengood
| successor = Jeff Coleman
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|06|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Freeport, Pennsylvania
| death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2016|9|28|1944|6|26}}}}
| death_place = Freeport, Pennsylvania
| party = Democrat
| alma_mater = Butler County Community College
| occupation =
| spouse = Judy{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
| children = Lori Pesci and Rebecca Pesci Ferrier
| residence =
| constituency = Parts of Armstrong and Indiana Counties
| religion =
| website =
}}
Timothy L. Pesci (June 26, 1944 – September 28, 2016) was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He represented the 60th legislative district from 1989 to 2000.
Formative years
Born in Freeport, Pennsylvania on June 26, 1944, Pesci graduated from Freeport Area Senior High School in 1962 and earned an A.S. degree in Business Management from Butler County Community College in 1972.
He served in the United States Air Force from 1963 to 1966 during the Vietnam War.
Public service career
Pesci served on the Freeport Borough Council in 1974 and 1975. He then served as controller for Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, from 1976 to 1989.[http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs//legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=118&body=H Pennsylvania House of Representatives-Timothy L. Pesci]
He was first elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in a special election on May 16, 1989, following the death of Henry Livengood.{{cite web| title = Timothy L. Pesci (Democrat)| work = Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile| publisher = Pennsylvania House of Representatives| url = http://www.house.state.pa.us/members/districts/060/060.htm| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20000307082143/http://www.house.state.pa.us/members/districts/060/060.htm| archivedate = 2000-03-07| url-status = dead}}
In the 2000 election, he was defeated for re-election by twenty-five-year-old Republican Jeff Coleman, in spite of the district being seventy percent Democratic.{{cite web | title = 2000 General Election - Representative in the General Assembly | work = Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information | publisher = Pennsylvania Department of State | year = 2004 | url = http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=2&OfficeID=13 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081127132539/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=2&OfficeID=13 | archivedate = 2008-11-27 }} Bill DeWeese, the House Democratic Leader, said that Pesci had run a "condescending" race against Coleman, calling his opponent "Jeffy" and describing Coleman's campaign volunteers as "the Children from the Corn," referring to the horror film.{{cite news| last = Bull| first =John| title = Ousted Democrat now in his opponents' camp | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| publisher = PG Publishing Co.| date = 2001-07-06| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20010706pescireg4p4.asp}}{{cite news|last=Neri|first=Al|title=The Four Corners of Pennsylvania and More - Southwest|work=The Insider|url=http://www.insiderpa.com/archive/insider7-2002.htm|url-status=dead|authorlink=Albert J. Neri|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012154258/http://www.insiderpa.com/archive/insider7-2002.htm|archivedate=2007-10-12}}
Following his defeat, Pesci was signed as a consultant to the Democratic Caucus with a six-month contract worth $30,000. When Pesci's request for an extension was not granted, he unleashed a "volley of four-letter oaths" against DeWeese, who terminated the contract early. In a surprising move, the House Republican Leader, John Perzel, promptly hired Pesci for a three-week contract, which gave Pesci just enough seniority to qualify for a higher state pension.
Death
Pesci died on September 28, 2016, at his home, in Freeport, Pennsylvania.[http://www.witf.org/news/2016/09/former-state-representative-tim-pesci-dead-at-age-72.php Former state Representative Tim Pesci dead at 72]
References
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000307082143/http://www.house.state.pa.us/members/districts/060/060.htm |date=March 7, 2000 |title=Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Timothy L. Pesci (Democrat) }} official PA House profile (archived)
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Category:People from Freeport, Pennsylvania
Category:20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly