Camera Bartolotta

Camera Bartolotta
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 46th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)
Preceded by	Tim Solobay
Personal details
Born	(1963-12-04) December 4, 1963 (age 61)
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Corvallis High School (California) Saint Mary's College of California (BS)

Camera Chatham Bartolotta is an American politician. A Republican, she is currently the Pennsylvania state Senator for the 46th district.

Education

Bartolotta attended Corvallis High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Los Angeles. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Saint Mary's College of California.^{[citation needed]}

Career

She serves on the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Pittsburgh Film Office board of trustees, the Pittsburgh Ballet board of trustees, the University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics board of fellows, and the Pennsylvania Prison Society board.^[1]

Camera Bartolotta represents the 46th Senatorial District which includes residents of Beaver, Greene and Washington counties. She was elected to her first term in 2014, defeating Democratic incumbent Tim Solobay.^[2] In doing so, she became the first Republican to represent the 46th district in 38 years, and the first ever woman.^[3]

In the Senate, Bartolotta serves as Chair of the Labor & Industry Committee, as well as serving as a member of the Local Government Committee, Rules & Executive Nominations Committee, Transportation Committee, and Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee.^[1] She is also a co-chair of the Senate Gas and Oil Caucus, co-founded the bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Caucus, and founded the Film Industry Caucus, a bicameral group working to support research and analysis of the role that Pennsylvania's film industry plays in economic development, job creation and revenue enhancement.^[4]

References

1. Center, Legislativate Data Processing. "Senate Member Committee Assignments". The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
2. "Camera Bartolotta - Ballotpedia". Archived from the original on May 12, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
3. Buckley, Chris. "Republican Camera Bartolotta ousts Tim Solobay from Senate". TribLIVE.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
4. "Biography – Senator Camera Bartolotta". www.senatorbartolotta.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.

External links

• Profile at Vote Smart
• Camera Bartolotta at IMDb
• Appearances on C-SPAN