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Natalie Mihalek
Natalie Mihalek (Republican Party) is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing District 40. She assumed office on December 1, 2018. Her current term ends on November 30, 2026.
Mihalek (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 40. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Committee assignments
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023-2024
Mihalek was assigned to the following committees:
- House Appropriations Committee
- Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee
- Insurance Committee, Vice Chair
2021-2022
Mihalek was assigned to the following committees:
- Liquor Control Committee
- House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee
- House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee Chair on Education
- Human Services Committee, Subcommittee Chair on Mental Health
- House Judiciary Committee
2019-2020
Mihalek was assigned to the following committees:
- Children & Youth Committee
- House Judiciary Committee
- Human Services Committee
- Liquor Control Committee
- House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee
Sponsored legislation
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 House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40
Incumbent Natalie Mihalek defeated Peter Kohnke in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Natalie Mihalek (R) | 60.3 | 25,165 |
| Peter Kohnke (D) | 39.6 | 16,518 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 64 | ||
| Total votes: 41,747 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40
Peter Kohnke advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Peter Kohnke (Write-in) | 63.6 | 866 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 36.4 | 495 | ||
| Total votes: 1,361 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40
Incumbent Natalie Mihalek advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 on April 23, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Natalie Mihalek | 98.4 | 5,769 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 91 | ||
| Total votes: 5,860 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Mihalek in this election.
2022
See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40
Incumbent Natalie Mihalek defeated Chris Todd in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Natalie Mihalek (R) | 56.8 | 20,331 |
 | Chris Todd (D) | 43.2 | 15,464 | |
| Total votes: 35,795 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sharon Guidi (D)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40
Sharon Guidi advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sharon Guidi (Write-in) | 51.5 | 419 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 48.5 | 394 | ||
| Total votes: 813 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40
Incumbent Natalie Mihalek defeated Steve Renz in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Natalie Mihalek | 54.1 | 5,356 |
 | Steve Renz | 45.9 | 4,551 | |
| Total votes: 9,907 | |||
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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 40
Incumbent Natalie Mihalek defeated Sharon Guidi in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Natalie Mihalek (R) | 60.9 | 26,485 |
| Sharon Guidi (D) | 39.1 | 16,990 | |
| Total votes: 43,475 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40
Sharon Guidi advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sharon Guidi | 100.0 | 8,642 |
| Total votes: 8,642 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40
Incumbent Natalie Mihalek advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Natalie Mihalek | 100.0 | 7,974 |
| Total votes: 7,974 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40
Natalie Mihalek defeated Sharon Guidi in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Natalie Mihalek (R) | 56.1 | 18,730 |
| Sharon Guidi (D) | 43.9 | 14,674 | |
| Total votes: 33,404 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40
Sharon Guidi defeated Edward Eichenlaub in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sharon Guidi | 55.5 | 2,234 |
 | Edward Eichenlaub | 44.5 | 1,792 | |
| Total votes: 4,026 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40
Natalie Mihalek defeated James Roman and Paul Dixon in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Natalie Mihalek | 46.7 | 2,748 |
| James Roman | 28.0 | 1,649 | ||
| Paul Dixon | 25.3 | 1,491 | ||
| Total votes: 5,888 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Natalie Mihalek did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Natalie Mihalek did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Natalie Mihalek did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Natalie Mihalek participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on August 28, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Natalie Mihalek's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | Opioid Epidemic Securing and Funding our Schools Cutting Wasteful Government Spending[2][3] |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | As a former Assistant District Attorney, this is where I began to see the complete devastation the opioid crisis has placed not only on our criminal justice system, but on every aspect of our society from the premature infant born addicted to heroin to the $500 billion price-tag nationwide. These drugs have infiltrated every community across America and they are right here in our own back yard. We need to be deliberate and expeditious in a combined effort to end this epidemic.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Campaign finance summary
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2024
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In 2024, the Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session from January 2 to November 14.
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2023
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In 2023, the Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session from January 3 to December 13.
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2022
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In 2022, the Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session from January 4 to November 30.
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2021
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In 2021, the Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session from January 5 to December 31.
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2020
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In 2020, the Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session from January 7 to November 30.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 |
Officeholder Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Natalie Mihalek's responses," August 28, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by John Maher (R) |
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 40 2018-Present |
Succeeded by - |
