David J. Brightbill
David Brightbill | |
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Member of the Joseph Loeper | |
Succeeded by | Michael Fisher |
Personal details | |
Born | Duquesne University School of Law (JD) | November 3, 1942
Occupation | Politician, attorney |
David J. "Chip" Brightbill (born November 3, 1943) is a former member and Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania State Senate. He is a member of the Republican Party.
He was born in
Brightbill served the 48th district, including all of Lebanon County, portions of Berks, Dauphin, and Lancaster Counties, and the Chester County borough of Elverson.
He was named runner up for the 2003 Politician of the Year by the political website PoliticsPA, who noted his growing influence in the 2003 budget negotiations.[6]
Brightbill was defeated in the May 2006 Republican primary election by tire salesman Mike Folmer, receiving 36.8% of the vote.[7] Brightbill's defeat was largely attributed to anger generated over a legislative pay raise vote in July 2005.[8]
At the end of his term, Brightbill joined the Reading law firm of Stevens & Lee in their government affairs practice. Prior to joining Stevens & Lee, Brightbill was a partner of Siegrist, Koller, Brightbill & Long for 30 years.[9]
On May 19, 2007, he received an honorary doctorate degree from Elizabethtown College.
See also
References
- ^ "Philadelphia Inquirer: Search Results". nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
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- ^ "Pennsylvania Senate - Brightbill". www.pasen.gov. Archived from the original on 2 January 1997. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Senate - Brightbill". www.pasen.gov. Archived from the original on 2 January 1997. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ Pennsylvania Manual: Floor Leaders
- ^ "Politician of the Year". PoliticsPA. 2003. Archived from the original on December 20, 2003.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Election Returns, Pennsylvania Department of State". electionreturns.state.pa.us. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
- ^ "Republican leaders fall | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". post-gazette.com. May 17, 2006. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
- ^ "David J. Brightbill - Stevens & Lee". Stevens & Lee. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Pennsylvania Senate - David J. Brightbill official PA Senate website (archived)