Geoffrey G. Diehl is a Republican politician who represents the 7th Plymouth District(Abington, Whitman, and East Bridgewater) in the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Massachusetts House of Representatives

The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...

. He is a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, House Committee on Rules, and House Committee on Personnel and Administration. Representative Diehl is also a member of the House Library Caucus and Regional School Caucus. On November 2, 2010 he upset incumbent Allen McCarthy and was sworn in on January 5, 2011.

Personal History

Geoff Diehl was born at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...

. He graduated from Lehigh University

Lehigh University

Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...

 in 1992 with a double major in Government and Urban Studies. After graduating, he moved to New York City and worked in Advertising, and would later work television production in Los Angeles, California. He moved his wife's home town of Whitman, Massachusetts

Whitman, Massachusetts

Whitman is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 14,489 as of the 2010 census. It is notable as being the place where the chocolate chip cookie was invented....

 in 2001 where he worked as an account executive in the sign industry. Prior to his election, Diehl was a member of the Whitman Finance Committee, and remains a member of the MetroSouth Chamber of Commerce, and South Shore Chamber of Commerce. Geoff Diehl is also an Eagle Scout. He has 2 daughters, Kaylee and Emily.

2010 Election

Diehl began his campaign for representative of the 7th Plymouth District on February 22, 2010. During his campaign Diehl received support from previous Representatives from the same district including Andrew Card

Andrew Card

Andrew Hill Card, Jr. is a Republican American politician, former United States Cabinet member, and head of President George W. Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush and the White House Chief of Staff under George W. Bush...

, Michael Sullivan (U.S. Attorney), Ned Kirby (Also former State Senator, County Commissioner, and Judge), and Ron Whitney (prominent local attorney). Diehl also received the endorsement of U.S. Senator Scott Brown

Scott Brown

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