Todd Russell Platts
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Todd Russell Platts is a judge on the York County Court of Common Pleas in York County, Pennsylvania. He was elected on November 5, 2013, for a term that expires in 2023.
He was previously a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Pennsylvania from 2000 until 2013.
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Platts was a "rank-and-file Republican" during his tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives.[1]
Elections
2013
- See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2013
Platts ran for election to the York County Court of Common Pleas.
Primary: He received 56.21 percent of the vote in the Republican primary on May 21, 2013.
General: He defeated Michael W. Flannelly in the general election on November 5, 2013, receiving 74.3 percent of the vote.[2]
2012
Platts did not seek re-election in 2012.[3]
2010
On November 2, 2010, Platts won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. He defeated Ryan S. Sanders and Joshua A. Monighan in the general election.[4]
Committee assignments
U.S. House
2011-2012
- Armed Services
- Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
- Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
- Education and the Workforce
- Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training
- Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education
- Oversight and Government Reform
- Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations
- Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management
Campaign finance summary
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Analysis
Congressional staff salaries
The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Platts paid his congressional staff a total of $890,454 in 2011. Overall, Pennsylvania ranked 34th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[5]
Staff bonuses
Net worth
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Platts' net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $21,014 and $147,000. That averages to $84,007, which was lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2010 of $7,561,133.[6]
National Journal vote rankings
- See also: National Journal vote ratings
2012
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Click the link above for the full ratings of all members of Congress. In 2012, Platts ranked 225th among Republican Representatives in the conservative rankings.[7][8]
2011
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Click the link above for the full ratings of all members of Congress. In 2011, Platts ranked 224th among Republican members of the U.S. House in the conservative rankings.[9]
Voting with party
Todd Russell Platts voted with the Republican Party 87.8 percent of the time, which ranked 215th among the 242 House Republican members as of December 2011.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many
Education
Platts earned his undergraduate degree from Shippensburg University in 1984 and his J.D. from Pepperdine University in 1991.[10]
Career
- 2013-2023: Judge, York County Court of Common Pleas
- 2000-2012: Representative, United States House of Representatives
- 1993-2000: Representative, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- 1991-1992: Attorney, Barley, Snyder, Senft and Cohan
- 1988: Assistant finance director, Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania
- 1987: Legislative assistant, Office of Senator John Hopper, Pennsylvania State Senate
- 1985-1986: Political assistant, Office of Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Bill Scranton
- 1984-1985: Writer, Office of Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh[11]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ GovTrack, "Platts," accessed May 25, 2012
- ↑ York County, Pennsylvania, "York County Official Election Results," accessed March 11, 2015
- ↑ Washington Post, "Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Todd Platts to retire ," January 17, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ LegiStorm, "Todd Platts," accessed September 24, 2012
- ↑ OpenSecrets, "Todd Platts (R-Pa), 2010," accessed September 24, 2012
- ↑ National Journal, "TABLE: House Liberal Scores by Issue Area," February 21, 2013
- ↑ National Journal, "TABLE: House Conservative Scores by Issue Area," February 21, 2013
- ↑ National Journal, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," accessed February 23, 2012
- ↑ Daily Record/Sunday News, "Michael Flannelly seeks to retain York County judicial seat," February 21, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Todd Russell Platts's Biography," accessed February 21, 2015
