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John Bear (Pennsylvania)

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John Bear
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 97

Education

Bachelor's

Temple University

Graduate

University of Pennsylvania

John Bear is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing District 97 from 2007 to 2013.

Bear earned his B.A. in political science from Temple University. He went on to receive his MGA in Governmental Administration from the University of Pennsylvania. He then attended Fund for American Studies at Georgetown University.

Bear works as a Management Consultant for BearingPoint, and also served as a Councilman for the Lititz Borough.

Committee assignments

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Bear served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Bear served on these committees:

Elections

2012

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2012

Bear ran in the 2012 election for Pennsylvania House District 97. Bear ran unopposed in the primary on April 24, 2012, and is running unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012. [1][2]

2010

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2010

Bear won re-election to the 97th District seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition and defeated Democrat F. Patrick O'Keeffe in the general election which took place on November 2, 2010.[3]

Pennsylvania State House, District 97
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png John Bear (R) 17,993 72.2%
F. Patrick O'Keeffe (D) 6,919 27.8%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Bear won re-election to the 97th District seat of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He received 26,548 votes running unopposed.[4]

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 97
Candidates Votes Percent
John C. Bear (R) Green check mark transparent.png 26,548 100.0%

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Personal

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Bear and his wife, Bobbie, have one child.

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Official Primary Results," accessed April 15, 2014
  2. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2012 Primary Candidate List," April 15, 2014
  3. ↑ 2010 general election results from the Pennsylvania Secretary of State's office
  4. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Official 2008 General Election Results," accessed April 15, 2014
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Preceded by
' 		Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 97
2007–2013 		Succeeded by
Steven Mentzer (R)


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