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Chester County Legislators (as of 01.2019) School Districts District Title First Name Last Name Address 1 Address 2 City ST Zip Phone Email2 Served All Chester County Chester County Commissioner The Honorable Kathi Cozzone 313 W. Market Street Suite 6202 West Chester PA 19380 (610) 344-6100 [email protected] School Districts All Chester County Chester County Commissioner The Honorable Terence Farrell 313 W. Market Street Suite 6202 West Chester PA 19380 (610) 344-6100 [email protected] School Districts All Chester County Chester County Commissioner The Honorable Michelle Kichline 313 W. Market Street Suite 6202 West Chester PA 19380 (610) 344-6100 [email protected] School Districts PA 5th Congressional Congresswoman The Honorable Mary Gay Scanlon 940 W. Sproul Road Suite 202 Springfield PA 19064 (610) 690-7323 [email protected] Unionville All Chester County PA 6th Congressional Congresswoman The Honorable Chrissy Houlahan 815 Washington Street Reading PA 19601 School Districts All Chester County Pennsylvania Governor The Honorable Tom Wolf Main Capitol Building Room 225 Harrisburg PA 17120 (717) 787-2500 School Districts Avon Grove, PA 13th Legislative Representative The Honorable John Lawrence 1 Commerce Boulevard Suite 200 West Grove PA 19390 (610) 869-1602 [email protected] Coatesville, Octorara, Oxford Coatesville, PA 155th Legislative Representative The Honorable Danielle Friel Otten 631 Pottstown Pike Exton PA 19341 (484) 200-8259 Downingtown, Owen J. Roberts, Phoenixville PA 156th Legislative Representative The Honorable Carolyn Comitta 21 W. Washington Street Suite A West Chester PA 19380 (610) 696-4990 [email protected] West Chester Phoenixville, PA 157th Legislative Representative The Honorable Melissa Shusterman 42 E. Lancaster Avenue Paoli PA 19301 [email protected] Tredyffrin/Easttown Avon Grove, Downingtown, Kennett PA 158th Legislative Representative The Honorable Christina Sappey 698 Unionville Road Kennett Square PA 19348 Consolidated, Unionville-Chadds Ford, West Chester Kennett Consolidated, PA 160th Legislative Representative The Honorable Stephen Barrar 1 Beaver Valley Road Suite 100 Chadds Ford PA 19317 (610) 358-5925 [email protected] Unionville-Chadds Ford Chester County Legislators (as of 01.2019) School Districts District Title First Name Last Name Address 1 Address 2 City ST Zip Phone Email2 Served Downingtown, Great Valley, PA 167th Legislative Representative The Honorable Kristine Howard 40 Lloyd Avenue Suite 309 Malvern PA 19355 (610) 251-1070 Tredyffrin/Easttown, West Chester Coatesville, PA 26th Legislative Representative The Honorable Tim Hennessey 351 West Schuylkill Road Suite 9 Pottstown PA 19465 (610) 326-2626 [email protected] Downingtown, Owen J. Roberts Coatesville, PA 74th Legislative Representative The Honorable Dan Williams 3496 East Lincoln Highway Thorndale PA 19372 [email protected] Downingtown, Octorara Avon Grove, Coatesville, Downingtown, Great Valley, Kennett, PA 19th Senatorial Senator The Honorable Andrew Dinniman 1 North Church Street West Chester PA 19380 (610) 692-2112 [email protected] Octorara, Oxford, Phoenixville, Tredyffrin/Easttown, Unionville-Chadds Ford, West Chester Great Valley, Tredyffrin- PA 26th Senatorial Senator The Honorable Tim Kearney 905 W. Sproul Road Suite 101 Springfield PA 19064 [email protected] Easttown Coatesville, PA 44th Senatorial Senator The Honorable Katie Muth 155 Railroad Plaza 4th Floor Royersford PA 19468 (717)-576-0376 [email protected] Downingtown, Owen J. Roberts, Phoenixville Avon Grove, Coatesville, Kennett, PA 9th Senatorial Senator The Honorable Tom Killion 780 E. Market Street Suite 140 West Chester PA 19382 (610) 436-3320 [email protected] Octorara, Oxford, Unionville-Chadds Ford, West Chester All Chester County US Senate Senator The Honorable Robert Casey Jr. 2000 Market Street Suite 610 Philadelphia PA 19103 (215) 405-9660 [email protected] School Districts Chester County Legislators (as of 01.2019) School Districts District Title First Name Last Name Address 1 Address 2 City ST Zip Phone Email2 Served US Custom House, [email protected]. All Chester County US Senate Senator The Honorable Patrick Toomey Suite 600 Philadelphia PA 19106 (215) 241-1090 200 Chestnut Street gov School Districts Chester County Legislators (as of 01.2019) Office Contacts Scheduler: Julia Loving ([email protected]) Chester County Legislators (as of 01.2019) Office Contacts Sheppard, Diane <Diane.Sheppard@pasenat e.com> (Teresa DelCampo) Ebony Staton Weidman (Ebony_StatonWeidman@c asey.senate.gov) Chester County Legislators (as of 01.2019) Office Contacts.
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