Stewart Greenleaf

Stewart Greenleaf
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 12th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2, 1979
Preceded by	Wilmot Fleming
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 152nd district
In office January 4, 1977 – November 30, 1978
Preceded by	Charlotte Fawcett
Succeeded by	Roy Cornell
Personal details
Born	Stewart John Greenleaf October 4, 1939 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Kelly
Residence	Upper Moreland Township, Pennsylvania
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania, University of Toledo College of Law
Religion	Presbyterian

Stewart John Greenleaf (born October 4, 1939) is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 12th District since 1979. His district includes portions of Montgomery and Bucks Counties.

Biography

Greenleaf is a 1961 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received his J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law. He served as an assistant district attorney in Montgomery County from 1970 to 1977 and also an assistant public defender in Bucks County. Greenleaf continues to serve as a partner in his law firm, Elliott Greenleaf, whose attorneys include Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce Castor and former State Rep. Melissa Murphy Weber.

Career

In 1971, Greenleaf was elected as a Commissioner for Upper Moreland Township, Pennsylvania. After one term, Greenleaf was elected to a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1976. He served a single term in the house before winning his bid for the State Senate in 1978. Greenleaf has been re-elected seven times, most recently over Democrat Jeff Albert in 2006.

Greenleaf considered a run for U.S. Congress in 1993, briefly forming an exploratory committee to take on Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky. However, he dropped out before the county endorsement convention.^[1] In 2000, Greenleaf did run for Congress, attempting to defeat Rep. Joe Hoeffel. Hoeffel won the race with nearly 53% of the vote to Greenleaf's 46%.^[2]

Senator Greenleaf is Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and serves on the Appropriations, Banking & Insurance, Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure and Environmental Resources & Energy Committees.

Greenleaf has strongly supported an indoor smoking ban for the state of Pennsylvania, introducing smoking ban legislation in every session since 1993.^[3]

2012 presidential election

Greenleaf signed up to be on the presidential ballot for the Republican Party's New Hampshire primary.^[4] He explained that he did so to focus the debate of the election on the balancing of the federal budget.^[5] He filed with the FEC on December 29,^[6] and received a total of 24 votes in the primary, 21st place amongst ballot candidates.^[7] He won four write-in votes in the Democratic primary, all of which he received in Canaan. Including other write-ins, this tied him with Mitt Romney for third place in the town, behind only Barack Obama and Ron Paul.^[8]

References

1. Rich, Heidorn Jr. (August 28, 1994). "Margolies-Mezvinsky Ahead in Fund-Raising". Philadelphia Inquirer.
2. Pennsylvania Department of State, Election Returns, 11/7/2000
3. Mark Levy, Pa. lawmakers advance smoking ban, Associated Press, posted at abclocal.go.com, 6/3/2008
4. Burns, Alexander (October 28, 2011). "The long, long New Hampshire ballot". Politico. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
5. Weckselblatt, Gary. "Greenleaf on presidential ballot". phillyBlurbs.com. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
6. "Statement of Organization" (PDF). FEC. December 29, 2011.
7. "New Hampshire Primary Results". New Hampshire Secretary of State. January 10, 2012.
8. "Grafton Democratic President". New Hampshire Secretary of State. January 10, 2011.

External links

• Pennsylvania State Senate - Stewart Greenleaf official PA Senate website
• Greenleaf for Senate official campaign website
• Stewart Greenleaf for America, presidential campaign website

• Profile at Project Vote Smart