| Nicholas Miccarelli III | |
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| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 162nd district |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 6, 2009[1] |
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| Preceded by | Ronald C. Raymond |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ridley Park, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Ridley Park, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Army. Pennsylvania Army National Guard |
| Rank | Staff Sergeant |
Nicholas "Nick" Miccarelli III (born June 10, 1982) is an American politician, currently serving as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 162nd legislative district. Miccarelli is a member of the Republican Party. After his election in 2008, Miccarelli was deployed to Iraq with his Pennsylvania National Guard Unit in February 2009 and took leave from the Pennsylvania General Assembly for the duration of his deployment.[2] In December 2009, Miccarelli returned to the House upon completion of his tour in Iraq.[3] He was re-elected to his second term in November of 2010.
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Miccarelli grew up in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Political Science after transferring from Temple University.
Miccarelli is a Staff Sergent in the Pennsylvania National Guard First City Troop and served in Kosovo in 2002 and 2003,[4] where he was awarded the Army Achievement Medal. In October 2005, Miccarelli volunteered to serve in Ramadi, Iraq,[5] where he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal.[6]
Miccarelli was promoted to Staff Sergeant while in Ramadi.
In 2005, Miccarelli was elected as National Co-Chairman of the College Republican National Committee. In 2007, he was elected to Ridley Park Borough Council.
He served as the Chief of Staff to Representative Ron Raymond[7] and declared as a candidate after Raymond announced that he would retire from the House after the 2008 elections.
In his first race, Miccarelli faced Democrat John Defrancisco, a Delaware County union leader,[7] gaining the endorsement of the United Auto Workers Local 1069 where Defrancisco once served as union president.[7] In the general election, Miccarelli was victorious, taking 57.5% of the vote.[8]
Shortly after the race, Miccarelli was informed that his unit in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard was deploying to Iraq. Miccarelli deployed in February 2009 and currently serves with Rep. Scott Perry who was also called to active duty.[9]
Miccarelli is prohibited by law from voting or conducting legislative business while on duty.[6] This restriction led the leader of the Delaware County Democratic Party to ask for Miccarelli's resignation as he will be unable to serve his constituents for half of his first term in office.[10]
Miccarelli has said that he would not resign and that the leaders of both the Democratic and Republican caucuses in the House were supportive of him and Rep. Scott Perry.[6]
In 2010, Miccarelli faced Scott MacNeil, a Democratic Sharon Hill Borough councilman, in his re-election campaign. [11] Miccarelli handily won re-election on November 2, 2010, defeating challenger Scott MacNeil. Miccarelli received 11,822 votes defeating MacNeil by over 5,000 votes.[12]