Kate Klunk | |
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| Member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives from the169th district | |
| Assumed office January 6, 2015[1] | |
| Preceded by | Ed Neilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1982-06-04)June 4, 1982 (age 43) Hanover, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Residence(s) | Hanover, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Dickinson College (BA) Pennsylvania State University (JD) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Kate Anne Klunk (born June 4, 1982) is a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the169th House district inYork County,Pennsylvania.[2] Klunk was elected to serve as a representative on November 4, 2014.[3][4]
Klunk was born on June 4, 1982 inHanover, Pennsylvania. Valedictorian of her class atHanover High School in 2000, she was the recipient of the Athletic Booster Club Scholar Award, the Hanover Area Historical Society's William E. Bittinger Scholarship, theKiwanis Scholarship for outstanding service to her school and community, the Paul C. Welsh Scholarship Achievement Award, the Student Council Scholarship, the Food Merchant Association'sTom Ridge Scholarship, and theWeis Markets Scholarship, which was given "to children of employees who possess good academic achievement and leadership skills." A recipient of the Benjamin Rush Scholarship atDickinson College, she graduated with a degree in economics in 2004 and then earned her Juris Doctor degree from thePennsylvania State University in 2010.[5][6]
Her grandmother, Janice Helen (Rebert) Kunkel (1928-2021), was a native ofAdams County, Pennsylvania and daughter of Ornan and Helen McGlaughlin Rebert ofOrrtanna, She died in Hanover on January 15, 2021.[7]
Klunk worked as an intern to U.S. CongressmanTodd Platts and as a member of theNational Economic Council and in the communications department of theExecutive Office of the President during theGeorge W. Bush administration. Prior to being elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Klunk worked as an attorney.[5]
Klunk was one of 75 members of Pennsylvania's Congressional Delegation to sign a letter on December 4, 2020, regarding an Election Review for the 2020 presidential election. They asked that the state'selection results be overturned.[8]
In 2022, Klunk co-sponsored the “Save Women's Sports Act” which was a proposal to preventtransgender girls from competing in girls' school sports.[9] She was also the primary sponsor of H.B. 1500, "An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in abortion, further providing for definitions, for medical consultation and judgment and for reporting," which would have banned abortions sought by parents receiving prenatal diagnoses ofDown Syndrome."[10][11]
