Dan Truitt

Dan Truitt
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the 156th district
In office
January 4, 2011 – November 30, 2016
Preceded byBarbara McIlvaine Smith
Succeeded byCarolyn Comitta
Personal details
Political partyRepublican (before 2018) Libertarian (after 2018)[1]
SpouseMichele
ResidenceWest Chester, Pennsylvania
Alma materDrexel University
Villanova University
West Chester University[2]
OccupationEngineer, politician

Daniel Truitt is an American politician and engineer, and member of the Libertarian Party.[3] In 2010, while a member of the Republican Party, he was elected to represent the Chester County-based 156th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, defeating Democratic incumbent Rep. Barbara McIlvaine Smith. He was in turn defeated in his 2016 bid for re-election by West Chester Mayor Carolyn Comitta, another Democrat.[4]

Truitt left the GOP and joined the Libertarian Party in 2018, and, in April 2022, became the chairman of the Chester County Libertarian Party.[5]

References

  1. ^ Truitt, Dan (18 July 2021). "Op/Ed: Leaving the GOP". Chadds Ford Live. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Dan Truitt, District 156". Official Biography. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  3. ^ Shea, Kathleen Brady (July 31, 2010). "McIlvaine Smith decides to seek reelection to Pa. House". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  4. ^ "It's official: Comitta will represent 156th District after ballot recount". 16 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Former rep. Heads ChesCo LP". 27 April 2022.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 156th District
2010–2016 		Succeeded by