Gordon Denlinger

Gordon R. Denlinger is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2003–2015). In December 2017, he entered the 2018 race for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, dropping out in February 2018.

Early life and education Denlinger was born in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, on July 16, 1963. He graduated from High Point Baptist Academy in 1981. and CPA.

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 the state House, Denlinger had a "pro-business, socially conservative" voting record. 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. 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.

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.

Election results 2003 special election for Pennsylvania House representative from 99th District Name Votes Percent Outcome Gordon R. Denlinger, Rep. 18,757 100% Won

2006 race for Pennsylvania House representative from 99th District Name Votes Percent Outcome Gordon Denlinger, Rep. 12,114 74.4% Won Ginny Diilio

25.6% Lost

2008 race for Pennsylvania House representative from 99th District Name Votes Percent Outcome Gordon R. Denlinger, Rep. 19,505 100% Won

2010 race for Pennsylvania House representative from 99th District Name Votes Percent Outcome Gordon Denlinger, Rep. 14,202 100% Won

2012 race for Republican House representative from the 99th District Name Votes Percent Outcome Gordon Denlinger, Rep. 19,198 100% Won

2014 Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senator from the 36th District Denlinger and his wife reside in Narvon, Pennsylvania and have four children: Evan, Abram Preston, Blake, and Mariah.

Denlinger's brother-in-law is Sam Rohrer, who previously was a state representative from Berks County, Pennsylvania.