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Scott Barger

Scott Barger

Scott Barger is the Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for District 80, representing parts of Blair and Huntingdon counties. He sponsored 108 bills and resolutions in the 2025-2026 session. Before entering the legislature he worked as a vocational pastor and helped run his family's broadcast radio business. He defeated three-term incumbent Jim Gregory in the Republican primary by eight points.

Country
United States
Field
Politics
Leaning
Right
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Political leaning

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Economic+2.0
State-ledFree market
Social+3.0
ProgressiveConservative

Why we place them here

  • Opposes the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, wants to defund Planned Parenthood and supports state pension reform. [1]
  • Describes his priorities as pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, pro-business and fiscally conservative. [1]
  • Opposed menopause workplace accommodation legislation and said he would find reasons not to hire women he deemed 'problematic'. [2]

Outlier votes

Recorded votes where at least nine in ten members voted the other way, from the legislature's official record.

Affiliations

  • Pennsylvania House of Representatives

    The lower chamber of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Barger serves as the Republican member for District 80, covering parts of Blair and Huntingdon counties. [3]

Sources

  1. [1]altoonamirror.com
  2. [2]themarysue.com
  3. [3]palegis.us
  4. [4]Photo: Official portrait, Pennsylvania General Assembly

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