Wayne Langerholc

{{short description|American politician from Pennsylvania}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Wayne Langerholc Jr.

| state = Pennsylvania

| state_senate = Pennsylvania

| district = 35th

| term_start = January 3, 2017

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| preceded = John N. Wozniak

| party = Republican

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| alma_mater = Juniata College
Widener School of Law

| education = Juniata College
Widener School of Law

| residence = Richland Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

| spouse = Cortney Langerholc

| children = 3

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Wayne Langerholc Jr. is a Pennsylvania attorney, former prosecutor, and politician. A Republican, he is a senator representing District 35 in the Pennsylvania Senate. Before his election to the state senate in 2016, Langerholc was an assistant district attorney in Cambria County and a township supervisor.{{cite news|last1=Field|first1=Nick|title=SD-35: Langerholc Announces Candidacy|url=http://www.politicspa.com/sd-35-langerholc-announces-candidacy/71555/|accessdate=December 9, 2016|agency=PoliticsPA|date=December 23, 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Van Scyoc|first1=Roger|title=Langerholc wins 35th District state Senate seat|url=http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/article113532343.html|accessdate=December 9, 2016|work=Centre Daily Times|date=November 8, 2016}} He attended Widener University Commonwealth Law School in Harrisburg, PA.

Langerholc initially expected to face five-term Democratic incumbent John N. Wozniak, but Wozniak retired just three months before the election.{{cite news|url=http://www.tribdem.com/news/wozniak-withdraws-from-re-election-campaign-for-state-senate/article_98084404-598a-11e6-8be7-9f42d435b392.html|title=Wozniak withdraws from re-election campaign for state Senate|author1=Dave Sutor|publisher=The Tribune-Democrat|date=August 4, 2016}} Wozniak was replaced on the ballot by Cambria County controller Ed Cernic Jr.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} Langerholc benefited from Donald Trump winning the district with 71 percent of the vote, which was Trump's second-best showing in the state.[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YZRfFiCDBEYB7M18fDGLH8IrmyMQGdQKqpOu9lLvmdo/edit#gid=929939617 Presidential results in Pennsylvania by state senate district], Daily Kos; accessed April 4, 2022.