Wallis W. Brooks is a former Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

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....

. She graduated from American University

American University

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 with a degree in English in 1969. She earned a law degree from the Dickinson School of Law, and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar

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 in 1973.

Election history

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|+ Pennsylvania House of Representatives

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....

, 149th district

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 149

The 149th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Montgomery County and includes the following areas:* Bridgeport* Lower Merion Township ** Ward 04** Ward 05** Ward 06 [PART, Divisions 01 and 02]...

!|Year
!
!|Republican
!|Votes
!|Pct
!
!|Democrat
!|Votes
!|Pct
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|2002

Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2002

Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were held on November 5, 2002, with all districts being contested. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with the entire House of Representatives up for a vote every two years. The term of office for those elected in 2002 ran...

|
| |Wallis Brooks (inc.)
| align="right" |10,556
| |47.4%
|
| |Daylin Leach

Daylin Leach

Daylin Leach is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who has represented the 17th senatorial district since 2009. He was previously a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 149th district from 2003 to 2009.-Biography:Leach graduated from Parkland High...

| align="right" |11,726
| |52.6%
|
|-
|2002 special election

Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2002

Elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were held on November 5, 2002, with all districts being contested. State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with the entire House of Representatives up for a vote every two years. The term of office for those elected in 2002 ran...

|
| |Wallis Brooks
| align="right" |3,922
| |48.0%
|
| |Daylin Leach

Daylin Leach

Daylin Leach is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who has represented the 17th senatorial district since 2009. He was previously a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 149th district from 2003 to 2009.-Biography:Leach graduated from Parkland High...

| align="right" |3,616
| |44.2%
|

External links

• State Representative Wallis Brooks official PA House profile (archived)