{{Short description|American politician (born 1961)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Craig Staats | caption = | state_house = Pennsylvania | district = 145th | term_start = January 6, 2015<ref>{{cite web |title = SESSION OF 2015 - 199TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - No. 1|work = Legislative Journal| publisher = Pennsylvania House of Representatives |date = 2015-01-06|url = http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/HJ/2015/0/20150106.pdf}}</ref> | term_end = | predecessor = Paul Clymer | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|2|4}} | birth_place = Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | alma_mater = Johnson & Wales University | occupation = State legislator | spouse = Robin | children = Dylan, Nicholas | website = }}
'''Craig T. Staats''' (born February 4, 1961)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Craig T. Staats |url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=5663 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Official Website - PA House Archives}}</ref> is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 145th House district in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Staats is a former Richland Township Supervisor, having served from 2006 to 2014. He succeeded Representative Paul Clymer who retired; in 2014 Craig Staats defeated Karen Chellew in the general election. In 2016, Craig Staats was re-elected, defeating challenger Vera Cole.
In 2016, Staats endorsed Donald Trump for President.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Media|first=Loretta Rodgers For Digital First|title=53 Pennsylvania lawmakers endorse Donald Trump for president|url=https://www.pottsmerc.com/news/53-pennsylvania-lawmakers-endorse-donald-trump-for-president/article_00ae7635-8d18-5415-8e89-fd88b3a5ffc3.html|access-date=2020-08-09|website=The Pottstown Mercury|language=en}}</ref> Staats is the Marketing Chair of the Liquor Control Committee, [https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/CteeInfo/index.cfm?Code=28&CteeBody=H] working to modernize hotel license laws. [http://www.repstaats.net/News/15523/Press-Releases/House-Liquor-Control-Committee-Advances-Staats-Bill-to-Free-Up-Old-Hotel-Licenses-] Staats has been a vocal critic of Governor Tom Wolf, and a supporter of reopening businesses<ref>{{Cite web|title=Staats Votes to End Statewide Disaster Emergency {{!}} Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus|url=http://pahousegop.com/news/17610/latest-news/staats-votes-to-end-statewide-disaster-emergency-|access-date=2020-08-09|website=pahousegop.com}}</ref> amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania.
Staats currently sits on the Education, Finance, Liquor Control, and State Government committees.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Representative Craig T. Staats|url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/House_bio.cfm?id=1707|access-date=2022-01-29|website=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly.|language=English}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.repstaats.net/ Official Web Site] *[http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?districtnumber=145 PA House profile] *{{CongLinks |votesmart=150872}} {{Pennsylvania House of Representatives}}
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