Jim Gerlach

Jim Gerlach (1955-) is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (Republican) representing the 6th Congressional District of Pennsylvania since 2002. Previously, he spent 12 years in the state legislature.

He had considered a run for Governor of Pennyslvania, but is supporting state attorney general Tom Corbett. The incumbent Democratic governor is prevented, by term limits from running again.

Committee assignments

• House Financial Services Committee
• House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Voting ratings

Organization	Rating	Date
AFL-CIO
American Civil Liberties Union
American Conservative Union
Americans for Democratic Action
Cato Institute
Christian Coalition
Human Rights Campaign
League of Conservation Voters
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NARAL
National Rifle Association
National Right to Life Committee
National Taxpayers Union
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Sources: Links to the voting ratings guides of the above organizations together with brief descriptive information on the organizations themselves, may be found at: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Interest_group/Catalogs

2008 Election

The 6th district supported Barack Obama with a 68% vote.

Candidate	Party	Vote total	Percentage
Jim Gerlach	Republican	179,423	52.10%
Bob Roggio	Democrat	164,952	47.90%

Source: Federal Election Results - final official tally

2010 Elections

• Primary election: May 18

Democrats Doug Pike, a former editorial writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and physician Manan Trivedi, have announced they will run.

• See also: 2010 U.S. Congressional election

Notes

• Representative Jim Gerlach - official Congressional web site