Mario Michael Scavello (born May 9, 1952) is an American retired politician who served in the

Pennsylvania State Senate The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four-year terms, stagger ...

from 2015 to 2022, representing the 40th district. A member of the Republican Party, Scavello previously served as a member of the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

representing the 176th district.

Career

Prior to his election to the State House, Scavello was the mayor of

Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania Mount Pocono is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The borough serves as a local highway nexus, and sees much tourist traffic making use of resources in the region. As of the 2020 Unite ...

and former chairman of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners. Scavello was first elected in a special election held April 23, 2002 to replace Chris Wogan, who was elected to serve on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The combination of Wogan's resignation and statewide redistricting eliminated the Philadelphia district and triggered a special election for the new district in Monroe County. Scavello defeated a former representative, Democrat Joseph Battisto with over 60% of the vote to take the seat. He was elected to a full term in November, 2002, and served six full terms in the House until he decided to run for the newly created 40th Senate District, which was moved from Allegheny County to Monroe and Northampton counties. In the House, Scavello was a member of the House Appropriations, Ethics, Finance, Professional Licensure, and Tourism and Recreational Development Committees. Scavello ran for and was elected to the

in the 2014 election, defeating

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Mark Aurand. On November 6, 2018, Scavello won his re-election bid against Democrat Tarah Probst. On March 16, 2022 Scavello announced he would not seek re-election due to unknown health reasons.

Committee assignments

* Transportation, Vice Chair * Aging & Youth * Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure * Rules & Executive Nominations * Urban Affairs & Housing

Personal

Scavello is a graduate of Theodore Roosevelt High School in

the Bronx The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, West ...

, New York and attended the

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. He lives in Mount Pocono with his wife Mary Ann, and has two grown daughters.

References

External links

Representative Mario Scavello's official web sitePennsylvania Senate Biography
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