Mary Gay Scanlon

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mary Gay Scanlon
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Aug 30, 1959(1959-08-30)
Age	65
Birthplace	Syracuse
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Leo

Mary Gay Scanlon Biography

Mary Gay Scanlon is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 30, 1959 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Mary Gay Scanlon (born August 30 1959) is a famous American lawyer and politician. She is an elected Member of the United States House of Representatives and represents the 5th congressional district of Pennsylvania , after being sworn in on the 3rd of January 2019. The district covers the entirety of Delaware County and part of South Philadelphia. She was officially sworn in as the legislator for Pennsylvania’s 7th congressional District on the 13th of November, 2018. Her election to both seats on the 6th of November, 2018. On that day, she was a candidate in a special vote in the 7th district to carry for the remainder of that term as her predecessor Pat Meehan and in a regular election for a two-year period in the new 5th. She is a part in the Democratic Party.

In 2006 she was appointed Vice Chair for the Tax Commission. The following year, she joined the board of the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District and served as its President from 2009 to 2011. She remained an active member of the board until the year 2015.

She was sworn into her 7th district seat on November 13, 2018, in a ceremony attended by Hawa Salih, a Sudanese human rights activist whom Scanlon helped gain asylum in the U.S. She was one of four Democratic women elected to Congress from Pennsylvania in 2018. The others were Madeleine Dean, Chrissy Houlahan and Susan Wild. The state’s congressional delegation had previously been all male.

Meehan resigned from the House on April 27, 2018, a month before the primary. Scanlon was named the Democratic candidate in a special election to succeed him. As a result, she ran in two elections on November 6, a special election for the balance of Meehan’s fourth term in the old 7th and a regular election for a full two-year term in the new 5th. Her Republican opponent was prosecutor Pearl Kim.

The year was 1985. Scanlon took on the case of a victimized 11-year-old girl in the case of dependency. This incident made Scanlon choose to go into law for public benefit. The year 1994 was the time she was awarded the Fidelity Award, the highest honor for public service, from the Philadelphia Bar Association.

Mary Gay Scanlon Net Worth

Mary Gay Scanlon is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mary Gay Scanlon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Scanlon is born in Syracuse, New York but was raised until age six at Watertown, New York. Scanlon is daughter to Daniel J. Scanlon Jr. and Carol Florence Yehle. She is the mother of two sisters, Elizabeth Maura Scanlon and M. Kathleen Scanlon. The father of the family was an attorney. He was appointed a magistrate part-time in 1971, and a full-time magistrate in 1993. Her grandfather’s maternal lineage, Leo J. Yehle was a judge of the family court who was instrumental in drafting the very first code of juvenile justice in New York in the 1960s.

Scanlon obtained her bachelor’s degree at Colgate University in 1980 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1984. Following her graduation, she was appointed a judicial assistant to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

On May 15, Scanlon won the 10-person primary with 16,831 votes, or a 28.4% share of the votes cast. Her closest competitor was Ashley Lunkenheimer, who received 9,060 votes or a 15.3% share. “Tonight we can revel in this moment,” Scanlon said in her acceptance of the Democratic nomination. “You all here have once again rewritten history in Delaware County. Tonight, we made it possible for this new district for the first time to be represented by a Democrat in Congress and to be represented by a woman in Congress.” The new 5th is more compact and Democratic than its predecessor. Had it existed in 2016, Hillary Clinton would have won it with 63% of the vote, which would have been her third-best performance in the state and her strongest outside of the Philadelphia-based districts. By comparison, Clinton won the old 7th with 49% of the vote.

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Top Facts about Mary Gay Scanlon

1. Mary Gay Scanlon is a US Representative from Pennsylvania.
2. She was born on August 30, 1959.
3. Scanlon is a member of the Democratic Party.
4. She was elected to Congress in November 2018.
5. Prior to her political career, she worked as an attorney.
6. Scanlon has served on several nonprofit boards and committees.
7. She graduated from Colgate University and received her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
8. As of 2021, she serves on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Administration Committee.
9. Scanlon supports gun control measures and environmental protection policies.
10. Her district includes parts of Delaware County, Montgomery County, and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania.