Thomas Kutz

American politician

Thomas Kutz

Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 87th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Greg Rothman

Personal details
Born	1994 (age 29–30) Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Allie (m. 2022)
Residence(s)	Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Grove City College (B.A.) Widener University Commonwealth Law School (J.D.)
Alma mater	Cedar Cliff High School
Website	repkutz.com

Thomas Holden Kutz^[1] (born 1994^[2]) is an American politician and attorney who currently represents the 87th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican since 2023.^[3]

Early life and education

Kutz was born in Pennsylvania,^[2] and grew up in the Mechanicsburg area.^[4] He graduated from Cedar Cliff High School in 2013, and later graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Grove City College in 2016. Kutz earned his Juris doctor degree from Widener University Commonwealth Law School in 2022.^[2]

Political career

After graduating from college, Kutz worked as an aide for the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. Following law school, he worked as a policy director for the Republican caucus in the Pennsylvania Senate.^[2]^[5]

In 2019, Kutz was elected to the Lower Allen Township Board of Commissioners.^[5]

In March 2022, Kutz announced he would seek the Republican nomination to represent the 87th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.^[6] The seat was open after incumbent Greg Rothman chose to seek election to the Pennsylvania Senate.^[7] Running on a platform of fiscal conservatism,^[6]^[8] Kutz won the Republican primary election against businessman Eric Clancy,^[9] and later defeated Democrat Kristal Markle in the general election.^[7]

Kutz currently sits on the State House's Appropriations Committee, Housing & Community Development Committee, and Insurance Committee.^[3]

Personal life

Kutz married his wife Allie on September 17, 2022.^[10] The couple currently live in Lower Allen Township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.^[5]

Electoral history

2019 Lower Allen Township Board of Commissioners Republican primary election^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Kutz	1,154	31.78
	Republican	Carolyn Holtzman	714	19.66
	Republican	H. Edward Black	707	19.47
	Republican	David M. Murdoch	516	14.21
	Republican	Robert J. Hoobler	284	7.82
	Republican	Jack R. Simpson	242	6.66
	Write-in		14	0.39
Total votes			3,631	100.00

2019 Lower Allen Township Board of Commissioners Democratic primary election^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Freidhoff	683	85.38
	Write-in	Thomas Kutz	20	2.50
	Write-in	Carolyn Holtzman	11	1.38
		Other write-ins	86	10.75
Total votes			800	100.00

2019 Lower Allen Township Board of Commissioners election^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic/Republican	Thomas Kutz	2,992	30.87
	Democratic/Republican	Carolyn Holtzman	2,878	29.70
	Republican	H. Edward Black	2,127	21.95
	Democratic	John A. Freidhoff	1,673	17.26
	Write-in		21	0.22
Total votes			9,691	100.00

2022 Pennsylvania House of Representatives Republican primary election, District 87^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Kutz	5,762	53.83
	Republican	Eric Clancy	4,905	45.82
	Write-in		38	0.35
Total votes			10,705	100.00

2022 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election, District 87^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Kutz	18,878	58.20
	Democratic	Kristal Markle	13,510	41.65
	Write-in		48	0.15
Total votes			32,436	100.00

References

^ "2022 General Election Tuesday, November 8, 2022 Official Returns CUMBERLAND". electionreturns.pa.gov. Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Thomas Kutz". Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Representative Thomas H. Kutz". Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Home". Thomas Kutz. Kutz For PA. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Meet Thomas". Thomas Kutz. Kutz For PA. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b Sweitzer, Justin (March 11, 2022). "Thomas Kutz of Lower Allen Township launches bid for state House". City & State Pennsylvania. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b Gleiter, Sue (November 9, 2022). "Township commissioner takes House seat in Cumberland County". PennLIVE Patriot-News. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ Murphy, Jan (March 6, 2023). "Seven open House seats representing southcentral Pa. up for grabs on Nov. 8". PennLIVE Patriot-News. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ Gleiter, Sue (May 17, 2022). "Incumbents Patty Kim, Greg Rothman among victors in central Pa. House, Senate races". PennLIVE Patriot-News. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ Kutz, Thomas [@thkutz] (September 17, 2022). "Marrying my best friend today!!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Twitter.
^ Cumberland County 2019a, p. 16.
^ Cumberland County 2019a, p. 5.
^ "WRITE-INS 2019 MUNICIPAL PRIMARY May 21, 2019 - Dem" (PDF). Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. p. 8. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ "SUMMARY REPT-GROUP DETAIL REPORT-EL45A" (PDF). Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. November 12, 2019b. p. 5. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ "Summary Results Report 2022 GENERAL PRIMARY May 17, 2022 Republican Cumberland County" (PDF). Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. June 6, 2022. p. 4. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ "Summary Results Report 2022 GENERAL ELECTION November 8, 2022 Cumberland County" (PDF). Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. November 15, 2022. p. 22. Retrieved 18 March 2023.