Tarah Probst
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the 189th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)
Preceded byRosemary Brown
Mayor of Stroudsburg
In office
2015–2022
Preceded byCharles Baughman
Succeeded byMichael Moreno
Personal details
BornEast Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceStroudsburg
Education
WebsiteOfficial website

Tarah Dorothea Probst is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 189th District since 2023.[1]

Biography

Born in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Probst graduated from King's College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications in 1992 and from Widener University's School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 2003.[1]

From 2015 to 2022, she served as mayor of Stroudsburg; as a part-time mayor, she also worked as a regional outreach coordinator at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility.[2] She previously owned a restaurant with her husband and spent many years in business marketing.[3]

In 2018, she unsuccessfully challenged Republican incumbent Mario Scavello for Pennsylvania's 40th Senate District, receiving 42,396 votes to Scavello's 54,783.[4]

When State Representative Rosemary Brown ran to succeed the retiring Scavello in 2022, Probst ran for Brown's seat and won with 56% of the vote, defeating Republican Steve Ertle.[5]

External links

References

  1. ^ a b "Tarah Probst". Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  2. ^ Caldwell, Dave (July 27, 2022). "Stroudsburg, Pa.: A Small Town at the 'Heart of the Poconos'". New York Times.
  3. ^ "Rep. Tarah Probst".
  4. ^ Esack, Steve; Merlin, Michelle (November 7, 2018). "Results of PA Senate, House races across Lehigh Valley and state". Allentown Morning Call. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  5. ^ Eustice, Amanda (November 9, 2022). "New state representative elected for the 189th District in the Poconos". WNEP-TV.
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