Michael Cabell (born April 12, 1985) is an American politician who 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 ...

for the 117th district from 2023 to 2024.

Education

Cabell attended Bishop Hafey High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from

Saint Joseph's University Saint Joseph's University (SJU or St. Joe's) is a Private university, private Jesuits, Jesuit university in Philadelphia, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The university was founded by the Jesuits, Society of J ...

in 2011.

Career

From 2009 to 2016, Cabell worked as the COO and CEO of Abbey Road Control, a flagging and traffic control company. From 2016 to 2021, he operated the Silver Pines Treatment Center in

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. He later co-founded and served on the board of Civiq Health. Cabell was elected to the

in November 2022. Cabell was defeated in 2024 by primary challenger Jamie Walsh. The vote margin between the two ranged between three and five votes in Walsh's favor as the county election board tallied or rejected mail-in votes. Although the results remained unofficial, Walsh held his lead into July after the board tallied un-opened provisional ballots. Both Cabell and Walsh launched court challenges to swing the results in their favor, but it was Walsh who ultimately held a four-vote lead after all challenges were settled. Cabell conceded the race on September 23, the day the election results were certified.

References

Living people Pennsylvania Republicans Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Politicians from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Saint Joseph's University alumni 1985 births 21st-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly {{Pennsylvania-politician-stub