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Todd Platts

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Todd Platts is an American attorney and Republican politician from York, Pennsylvania, who sits as a judge on the York County Court of Common Pleas. Born in York in 1962, he earned a public administration degree at Shippensburg University in 1984 and a Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1991. He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1992 and served there from 1993 to 2000, then represented Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013, having promised to serve no more than six terms. In 2013 he ran for a seat on the York County bench. A poll of the York County Bar Association found that 77 percent of responding members thought him not qualified, yet he won the general election with 58 percent of the vote for a ten-year term, and in 2023 he was retained for a second ten-year term ending in 2033.

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an American attorney and Republican Party politician
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    an American attorney and Republican Party politician who serves as a judge on the York County Court of Common Pleas
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    an American attorney and Republican Party politician who serves as a judge on the York County Court of Common Pleas
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    an American attorney and Republican Party politician who serves as a judge on the York County Court of Common Pleas
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    born March 5, 1962
  • Pennsylvania House of Representatives, he
    He took office on January 5, 1993
  • Lead, nationality
    an American attorney and Republican Party politician
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    former U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district
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    serves as a judge on the York County Court of Common Pleas
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