Jane M. Earll is a Republican

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 member of the Pennsylvania State Senate

Pennsylvania State Senate

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 who has represented the 49th District

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 since 1997. Earll's term expires in 2012. She is the chair of the Senate Community, Economic & Recreational Committee. She is also the wife of Erie County District Attorney Jack Daneri.

Career

Earll served as Assistant District Attorney for Erie County, Pennsylvania

Erie County, Pennsylvania

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 and as an attorney for Richards and Associates.

Pennsylvania Senate

As of 2009, Earll is the chair of the Community, Economic & Recreational Committee, and a member of the Banking & Insurance, Judiciary, Rules & Executive Nominations, Transportation, and Finance (Vice Chair) Committees.

In 2002, she was named to the PoliticsPA

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 list of Best Dressed Legislators.

Election Campaigns

Earll won election to the Senate against Democrat Buzz Andrezewski a year after losing a countywide race for District Attorney, and in re-election bids she faced down Democrats John Paul Jones, Tony Logue, and Cindy Purvis.

She was the Republican party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor

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 on a ticket with Mike Fisher

D. Michael Fisher

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 in 2002

Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2002

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. The Pennsylvania Report

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described her as "an outstanding candidate for Lieutenant Governor" and said that she was "[w]ell-liked and respected on both sides of the aisle." She and Fisher lost the election to Ed Rendell

Ed Rendell

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 and Catherine Baker Knoll

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External links

• Pennsylvania State Senate: Jane Earll - official PA Senate website
• Senator Earll - official caucus website