Steven W. Cappelli (born November 8, 1963) is a former Republican 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

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District for four terms from 2001 to 2009. He and his wife live in

Williamsport, Pennsylvania Williamsport is a city in and the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 27,754. It is the principal city of the Williamsport Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a populati ...

. He did not run for reelection to the Pennsylvania House in 2008, choosing to instead run for the Republican party nomination for State Senator in the 23rd District. Cappelli lost the primary to

Eugene Yaw E. Eugene Yaw (born February 26, 1943) is an American politician from Pennsylvania currently serving as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 23rd district since 2009. Early life and education Yaw was born to Emerson A. ...

, who was elected to the State Senate in the November 2008 General Election. Cappelli was succeeded in the Pennsylvania House by Democrat Richard Mirabito. In February, 2009 he accepted a position as a regional vice president wit
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headquartered in

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. In May 2010 he narrowly lost the Republican nomination for the 83rd District of the Pennsylvania House, with 2,904 votes to David Huffman's 3,086. Capelli said of his loss "It's probably the end of my elected public office career, I don't see myself running for office in the future."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cappelli, Steven 1963 births Living people Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Pennsylvania State University alumni Politicians from Scranton, Pennsylvania Mayors of Williamsport, Pennsylvania 21st-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly