SCANLON, Mary Gay (1959-)

Democrat of Pennsylvania

5th congressional district

Serving in House 2017-Present

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Biography

Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., August 30, 1959; graduated from Watertown High School, Watertown, N.Y., 1976; B.A., Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., 1980; J.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., 1984; lawyer, private practice; judicial law clerk, superior court of Pennsylvania; member of the Wallingford-Swarthmore, Pa., school board, 2007-2015, president, 2009-2011; attorney, Education Law Center of Pennsylvania, 1992-2001; elected simultaneously as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and the One Hundred Sixteenth Congresses, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Patrick Meehan, and reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (November 6, 2018-present).
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