Lori Mizgorski ran for a seat on the Shaler Township board of commissioners in 2005,[3] missing it in a 562–584 vote.[4] She was elected in 2009,[5][6] and from January 2011, concurrently served as Shaler Township representative to the Allegheny River Towns Enterprise Zone.[7] Mizgorski began working for Hal English in 2013, when English was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from District 30.[8] In November of that year, Mizgorski secured a second term as township commissioner.[9] In July 2018, she was nominated by the Republican Party to replace English on the ballot, after English chose not to run for reelection.[10] Mizgorski defeated Democratic Party candidate Betsy Monroe in the general election.[11][12] To take office as a state legislator, Mizgorski was required to resign her township board position, in which she was replaced by her husband David.[13] In April 2019, Mizgorski was appointed to the board of directors of the Port Authority of Allegheny County, by Mike Turzai, succeeding Robert Vescio.[14] Mizgorski faced Democratic Party candidate Lissa Geiger Shulman in the 2020 general election and was elected to a second term.[15][16][17]
