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Lynda Schlegel Culver

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Lynda Schlegel Culver
Republican Party
Pennsylvania State Senate District 27
Tenure
2023 - Present
Term ends
2028
Years in position
3
Predecessor: John Gordner (R)
Prior offices:
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108
Years in office: 2010 - 2023
Successor: Michael Stender (R)
Compensation
Base salary
$110,015.54/year
Per diem
$198/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
Bloomsburg University, 1995
Personal
Profession
Office Administrator
Contact
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Lynda Schlegel Culver (Republican Party) is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing District 27. She assumed office on February 28, 2023. Her current term ends on November 30, 2028.

Culver (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 27. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Lynda Schlegel Culver earned her B.A. in political science from Bloomsburg University. Her career experience includes working as a staff leader in the office of former state representative Merle Phillips for over 21 years. She has also been active on the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Culver was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Culver was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Culver was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Culver was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Pennsylvania committee assignments, 2017
• Aging & Older Adult Services
• Insurance
• Transportation
• Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Culver served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Culver served on the following committees:

2011-2012

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

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 27

Incumbent Lynda Schlegel Culver defeated Patricia Lawton in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 27 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lynda Schlegel Culver
Lynda Schlegel Culver (R)
 
72.0
 
93,980
Image of Patricia Lawton
Patricia Lawton (D)
 
27.9
 
36,359
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
136

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 130,475
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 27

Patricia Lawton advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 27 on April 23, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Patricia Lawton
Patricia Lawton
 
99.2
 
12,730
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
98

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,828
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 27

Incumbent Lynda Schlegel Culver advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 27 on April 23, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lynda Schlegel Culver
Lynda Schlegel Culver
 
99.5
 
27,299
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
128

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 27,427
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2023

See also: Pennsylvania state legislative special elections, 2023

General election

Special general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 27

Lynda Schlegel Culver defeated Patricia Lawton in the special general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 27 on January 31, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lynda Schlegel Culver
Lynda Schlegel Culver (R)
 
68.7
 
25,002
Image of Patricia Lawton
Patricia Lawton (D) Candidate Connection
 
31.3
 
11,395

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 36,397
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2022

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108

Incumbent Lynda Schlegel Culver won election in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lynda Schlegel Culver
Lynda Schlegel Culver (R)
 
100.0
 
21,915

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 21,915
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108

Incumbent Lynda Schlegel Culver advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lynda Schlegel Culver
Lynda Schlegel Culver
 
100.0
 
8,890

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 8,890
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108

Incumbent Lynda Schlegel Culver won election in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lynda Schlegel Culver
Lynda Schlegel Culver (R)
 
100.0
 
27,354

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 27,354
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108

Incumbent Lynda Schlegel Culver advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lynda Schlegel Culver
Lynda Schlegel Culver
 
100.0
 
7,815

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,815
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108

Incumbent Lynda Schlegel Culver won election in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lynda Schlegel Culver
Lynda Schlegel Culver (R)
 
100.0
 
17,541

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 17,541
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108

Incumbent Lynda Schlegel Culver advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108 on May 15, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lynda Schlegel Culver
Lynda Schlegel Culver
 
100.0
 
4,484

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 4,484
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2016

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on April 26, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 16, 2016.

Incumbent Lynda Schlegel-Culver defeated John Deppen in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108 general election.[1][2]

Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Lynda Schlegel-Culver Incumbent 76.65% 19,576
     Democratic John Deppen 23.35% 5,963
Total Votes 25,539
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State


Incumbent Lynda Schlegel-Culver ran unopposed in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108 Republican primary.[3][4]

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 108 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Lynda Schlegel-Culver Incumbent (unopposed)

John Deppen (D) received enough votes as a write-in candidate to appear on the general election ballot.[5]

2014

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 11, 2014. Incumbent Lynda Schlegel-Culver was unopposed in the Republican primary and unchallenged in the general election.[6][7][8]

2012

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2012

Schlegel-Culver ran in the 2012 election for Pennsylvania House District 108. Schlegel-Culver ran unopposed in the primary on April 24, 2012, and was unchallenged in the general election on November 6, 2012.[9][10]

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 108, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLynda Schlegel-Culver Incumbent 100% 19,882
Total Votes 19,882

2010

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2010

Schlegel-Culver won election to District 108 in 2010. She defeated Chuck Erdman and Samuel Deitrick in the May 18 Republican primary and defeated Democrat Antonio Michetti in the November 2 general election.[11]

Pennsylvania State House, District 108
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Lynda Schlegel-Culver (R) 13,389 76.6%
Antonio Michetti (D) 4,086 23.4%

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2023

Lynda Schlegel Culver did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Lynda Schlegel Culver did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

See also

2020

Lynda Schlegel Culver did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

Lynda Schlegel Culver campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Pennsylvania State Senate District 27Won general$78,075 $131,419
2023Pennsylvania State Senate District 27Won general$170,471 $162,529
2022Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108Won general$93,497 $35,778
2020Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108Won general$36,980 N/A**
2018Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108Won general$46,080 N/A**
2016Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 108Won $76,675 N/A**
2014Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 108Won $68,245 N/A**
2012Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 108Won $57,207 N/A**
2010Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 108Won $154,219 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Personal

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Culver currently resides in Rockefeller Township with her husband Tom and their son Joshua.[12]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Pennsylvania Voter Services, "Candidate listing," accessed August 31, 2016
    2. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "November 8, 2016, official election results," accessed May 17, 2017
    3. ↑ Pennsylvania Secretary of State, "Election Information," accessed February 18, 2016
    4. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2016 Presidential Primary," accessed August 2, 2016
    5. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Write in winners from April 26, 2016, primary election," accessed June 9, 2016
    6. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Official primary results for May 20, 2014," accessed July 9, 2014
    7. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 Official Candidate Listing," accessed March 21, 2014
    8. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2014 General Election," accessed December 5, 2014
    9. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "Official Primary Results," accessed April 15, 2014
    10. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2012 Primary Candidate List," April 15, 2014
    11. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2010 General Election Results," accessed May 2, 2014
    12. ↑ www.lyndaculver.com, "About Lynda," accessed May 8, 2014

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    John Gordner (R)     		Pennsylvania State Senate District 27
    2023-Present    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 108
    2010-2023    		 Succeeded by
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