Perry A. Stambaugh

A long-time rural advocate, Stambaugh supports measures to increase rural residents’ access to high-speed Internet service and backs state constitutional reforms, such as implementing term limits, electing state appellate judges on a district basis, and eliminating property taxes to fund schools.[2]

Before running for the state House, he spent most of his nearly 40-year professional career as a rural and agricultural magazine editor on local, statewide, and national levels—notably with Pennsylvania Farmer magazine; Penn Lines magazine, published by the Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association; and RE Magazine, produced by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

Stambaugh is the sixth-generation owner/operator of a 200-acre bicentennial family farm in Green Park, Pennsylvania.

A graduate of Pennsylvania State University[3] and an Eagle Scout, Stambaugh served as chairman of the Perry County Republican Committee from 2002 to 2008; as an elected member of Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania for 16 years; and as a member of numerous civic groups. These include the Perry County Bicentennial Committee; Perry County Farm Bureau; Perry County Friends of Scouting Breakfast Committee; and Madison Grange No. 2064. He also formerly held the post as council president of Tressler Memorial Free Lutheran Church, Loysville, and is a life member of the National Rifle Association,[4] Historical Society of Perry County, and The Perry Historians.

A widower, he has two grown sons, Garrett and Griffin, and four grandchildren.

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