# Craig Staats

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{{Short description|American politician (born 1961)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image       =
| name        = Craig Staats
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| state_house = Pennsylvania
| district    = [145th](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives%2C_District_145)
| 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](/source/Paul_Clymer)
| successor   = 
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1961|2|4}}
| birth_place = [Doylestown, Pennsylvania](/source/Doylestown%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| party       = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| alma_mater  = [Johnson & Wales University](/source/Johnson_%26_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](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives), representing the [145th House district](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives%2C_District_145) in [Bucks County](/source/Bucks_County%2C_Pennsylvania), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania). Staats is a former [Richland Township](/source/Richland_Township%2C_Bucks_County%2C_Pennsylvania) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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>

==References==
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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]
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Category:Living people
Category:Politicians from Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Category:Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Category:Johnson & Wales University alumni
Category:1961 births
Category:People from Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Category:21st-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly

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