Shawn Flaherty Explained

Shawn T. Flaherty is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 30th legislative district. He was first elected in a special election in 2006 to fill the remainder of Jeff Habay's term.^[3] ^[4] That November, Flaherty was defeated by Randy Vulakovich.^[5]

Flaherty, the eldest son of former Pittsburgh Mayor Pete Flaherty, graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1981 and earned a law degree from the Duquesne University School of Law in 1985. He founded the Pittsburgh-based law firm Woodruff, Flaherty & Fardo LLC with attorney and former Steeler Dwayne D. Woodruff.^[6]

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Web site: SESSION OF 2006 - 190TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - No. 29. Legislative Journal. Pennsylvania House of Representatives . 2006-05-02.
Per Article II, Section 2 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, the legislative session ended on November 30, 2006
Web site: Shawn Flaherty's problem -- and ours . Pittsburgh Post Gazette . PG Publishing Co . 2006-03-12 . 2009-01-28 .
Web site: 2006 Special Election for the 30th Legislative District - Representative in the General Assembly. Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information . Pennsylvania Department of State . 2004 . 2009-01-09.
Web site: 2006 General Election - Representative in the General Assembly. Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. 2009-01-09. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081127151803/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=24&OfficeID=13. 2008-11-27.
Web site: Biography . Official Website . Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus . https://web.archive.org/web/20060815004851/http://www.pahouse.com/flaherty/ . 2006-08-15 . dead.