Jane Earll
Jane M. Earll | |
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Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 49th district | |
In office January 7, 1997 – November 30, 2012 | |
Preceded by | Anthony Andrezeski |
Succeeded by | Sean Wiley |
Personal details | |
Born | Erie, Pennsylvania | August 10, 1958
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Jack Daneri |
Residence | Erie, Pennsylvania |
Alma mater | Allegheny College Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law |
Jane M. Earll (born August 10, 1958) is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who represented the 49th District from 1997 to 2013.
Early career and personal life[]
Earll served as Assistant District Attorney for Erie County, Pennsylvania and as an attorney for Richards and Associates. She is married to Erie County District Attorney Jack Daneri.
Pennsylvania Senate[]
While in the Senate, Earll served as Chair of the Community, Economic & Recreational Committee, Vice Chair of the Finance Committee, and a member of the Banking & Insurance, Judiciary, Rules & Executive Nominations, and Transportation Committees.[1]
In 2002, she was named to the PoliticsPA list of Best Dressed Legislators.[2]
Election Campaigns[]
Earll won election to the Senate against Democrat Buzz Andrezewski a year after losing a countywide race for District Attorney, and in re-election bids she faced down Democrats John Paul Jones, Tony Logue, and Cindy Purvis.
She was the Republican party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor on a ticket with Mike Fisher in 2002. The Pennsylvania Report described her as "an outstanding candidate for Lieutenant Governor" and said that she was "[w]ell-liked and respected on both sides of the aisle."[3] She and Fisher lost the election to Ed Rendell and Catherine Baker Knoll.
References[]
- ^ "Jane M. Earll". Pennsylvania State Senate. Pennsylvania Legislature. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ "Sy Snyder's Best Dressed Legislators". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-08-03.
- ^ "The PA Report "Power 75" List" (PDF). Pennsylvania Report. Capital Growth, Inc. January 31, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2006.
External links[]
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Pennsylvania Republicans
- Pennsylvania state senators
- Women state legislators in Pennsylvania
- Allegheny College alumni
- Claude W. Pettit College of Law alumni
- 21st-century American women