Jim Christiana

Jim Christiana
Christiana official legislative portrait
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the 15th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 6, 2009[1]
Preceded by Vince Biancucci
Constituency Part of Beaver County.[2]
Personal details
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) single[3]
Residence Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Alma mater Washington & Jefferson College[3]
Profession automotive sales consultant
legislator
Religion Presbyterian[3]
Website http://www.repchristiana.com/

James J. "Jim" Christiana III is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

The great-grandson of Italian immigrants, Christiana is a fourth-generation resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania and a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Beaver, Pennsylvania.[3][4] He graduated from Beaver High School in Beaver, Pennsylvania in 2002.[4]

He attended Washington & Jefferson College, where played on the men's soccer team.[4][5] As a college senior in 2005, Christiana became the youngest member of the Beaver Borough Council.[6] He graduated in 2006 with a degree in political science.[4] He also worked as a sales consultant at the Bobby Rahal Automotive Group in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[4] As a Republican member of the Beaver Borough Council, Christiana served as the chair of the Finance Committee, where he helped build a budget surplus and delivered a reduction in the borough's property tax.[4][6]

In November 2008, he defeated Democratic incumbent Vince Biancucci to represent the 15th legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.[7]

Electoral history

15th legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Year Republican Votes Pct Democrat Votes Pct
2008[7] Jim Christiana 15,134 51.5 Vince Biancucci 14,280 48.5%

External links

References

  1. ^ "SESSION OF 2009 - 193D OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - No. 1". Legislative Journal. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. 2009-01-06. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/HJ/2009/0/20090106.pdf. 
  2. ^ "Jim Christiana (Republican)". Official House of Representatives Profile. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=1165. 
  3. ^ a b c d "Representative Jim Christiana (PA)". Project Vote Smart. http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=102488. Retrieved 2010-02-09. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f "About Me". Official Legislative Biography. Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus. http://repchristiana.com/bio.aspx. Retrieved 2010-02-09. 
  5. ^ "Wash. and Jeff. Game-by-Game Statistics (as of Nov 11, 2002)". Washington and Jefferson. November 11, 2002. Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20100529020729/http://www.washjeff.edu/Athletics/Men%27s%20Soccer/0203stats/teamgbg.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-09. 
  6. ^ a b Trifaro, Emily (Spring 2009). "Climbing the Political Ladder: W&J’s Rising Young Politicians" (PDF). Washington and Jefferson College. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20100527155834/http://www.washjeff.edu/uploadedFiles/External_Relations/For_the_Media/Spring09Mag.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-09. 
  7. ^ a b "2008 General Election - Representative in the General Assembly". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=28&OfficeID=13.