Gordon Denlinger

Denlinger represented the 99th District (within Lancaster County) of the Pennsylvania House for nearly 12 full years after winning a special election on March 18, 2003 to fill the remainder of Leroy Zimmerman's term.[1]

Denlinger was a member of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Appropriations, Finance and Tourism Committees. He also served as the Republican Chair of the Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy for the House Appropriations Committee, Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee, and Co-Chair of the Jobs Creation Working Group under the Republican Policy Committee.

In addition to his legislative committee assignments, Representative Denlinger served as founding chairman of the Values Action Team, a coalition of like-minded legislators working to advance traditional family values in Pennsylvania's State Capitol.

In 2014, Denlinger sought his party's nomination for the Pennsylvania Senate instead of running for re-election in the House, but lost the primary in the 36th District to Ryan Aument,[2] who went on to win that seat in the general election. Fellow Republican David H. Zimmerman won Denlinger's former seat in the 99th district.[3] In 2016, Denlinger was named by the Republican Party of Pennsylvania as one of three delegates to the Republican National Convention from the state's 16th congressional district.[4]

On December 18, 2017, Denlinger announced via a letter to Pennsylvania's Republican Party members that he was entering the 2018 race for Lieutenant Governor. Denlinger would have faced businessman Jeff Bartos and others in the Republican primary, though he dropped out of the race in February 2018.[5][6]

• 2003 special election for Pennsylvania House representative from 99th District[1]

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Gordon R. Delinger, Rep.	3,335	70.2%	Won
Bernadette C. Johnson, Dem.	1,347	28.4%	Lost

• 2004 race for Pennsylvania House representative from 99th District[7]

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Gordon R. Denlinger, Rep.	18,757	100%	Won
(No other candidates)

• 2006 race for Pennsylvania House representative from 99th District[8]

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Gordon Denlinger, Rep.	12,114	74.4%	Won
Ginny Diilio	4,168	25.6%	Lost

• 2008 race for Pennsylvania House representative from 99th District[9]

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Gordon R. Denlinger, Rep.	19,505	100%	Won
(No other candidates)

• 2010 race for Pennsylvania House representative from 99th District[10]

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Gordon Denlinger, Rep.	14,202	100%	Won
(No other candidates)

• 2012 race for Republican House representative from the 99th District[11]

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Gordon Denlinger, Rep.	19,198	100%	Won
(No other candidates)

• 2014 Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senator from the 36th District[2]

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Ryan P. Aument, Rep.	10,187	61.4%	Won
Gordon Denlinger, Rep.	6,381	38.5%	Lost

Denlinger graduated from Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina in 1985 with a degree in Accounting.

A Certified Public Accountant, Denlinger had been Controller for Sharp Shopper, Inc., a grocery discounter based in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, prior to taking office. From 1990 until 2002, he was Assistant Controller for Newell Rubbermaid's Graco Children's Products Division. Graco, based at the time in Elverson, Pennsylvania, is the world's largest producer of baby furniture.

Denlinger and his family are members of Covenant Reformed Church in New Holland, where he has served as an elder. He and his wife reside in Narvon, Pennsylvania and have four children: Evan, Abram Preston, Blake, and Mariah.[12]

• Gordon Denlinger's website
• Pennsylvania House profile
• Ballotpedia profile

• Profile at Vote Smart