Dominic Pileggi

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Dominic Pileggi

Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from the 9th district
In office 2002 – present

Born	December 15, 1957 (1957-12-15) (age 50) Chester, Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Diana
Residence	Chester, Pennsylvania
Religion	Roman Catholic
Website	http://www.senatorpileggi.com/

Dominic Pileggi is an American politician from Pennsylvania. He serves as Republican Leader of the Pennsylvania State Senate. Pileggi represents the 9th Pennsylvania Senate district, including portions of Chester County, Pennsylvania and Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Pileggi is chairman of the Rules and Executive Nominations Committee. He is also a member of the Appropriations Committee and the State Planning Board.

He earned a B.A. in economics from Saint Joseph's University in 1979 and his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law in 1982.

Prior to his election, Pileggi served as mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania from 1999-2002. He was first elected to the Senate in a special election to fill the seat of Sen. Clarence Bell, who had died in July. Pileggi defeated Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland, taking 60% of the vote. ^[1] In 2004, Pileggi won a full term to his seat over Thomas Bosak with 59.4%. ^[2]

After the shakeup in leadership caused in part by the 2005 legislative pay raise, Pileggi was elected by his colleagues to serve as the Republicans' floor leader in November 2006. He faces re-election in 2008.

Pileggi was the prime sponsor of Senate Bill 1, which rewrote Pennsylvania's Open Records Law for the first time in more than 50 years. SB 1 was signed into law by Gov. Ed Rendell on February 14, 2008, and is now known as Act 3 of 2008. ^[3]