the only legislative office in Western Pennsylvania that was open six days a week and that made house calls to any home in our area.
electoral history:won both party nominations in 2000 (by 29,154 votes, the highest vote total of all
203 Representatives) & 2004.
most proud of having never missed a session day for a span of 11 straight years for my constituents,
never voted for a tax increase and voted to cut taxes by over $12 Billion since 1994.
I will miss this place more than you can imagine, since I have dreamed of being a Representative since grade school and it has been amazing to actually live out my childhood dream when I became the youngest member of the House at 28 in 1994.
Bogus claim: H.B. 1168, which restored the Governor’s Medicaid cuts comprising over 36% of last year’s state
budget.
Bogus claim: total rebuilding of Route 28 and 8 in the North Hills and Allegheny Valley and the rebuilding of the infamous and dangerous “Mae West Bend” of Route 8[12]
"Hart To Enter Race". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 9, 2000. There was no consensus on a successor to Hamstead, although one member of the county's House delegation, Jeff Habay, is so far the only declared candidate for the seat. Several members of the group hold the view, however, that the new chair should not be an elected official, a stipulation that would obviously rule out Habay's candidacy.
Cohan, Jeffrey (May 11, 2000). "COUNTY GOP LEADERSHIP CHOSEN FROM TWO FACTIONS". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
A fight between two slates of candidates for control of the Allegheny County Republican Party has produced a divided leadership team. Party committee members on Tuesday elected Richard Stampahar of O'Hara as chairman. Stampahar, 68, headed a slate endorsed by almost all of the county's top Republican figures, including Allegheny County Executive Jim Roddey and U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.
But in Tuesday's voting at the party's Downtown headquarters, committee members chose state Rep. Jeff Habay, R-Shaler, to be vice chairman. Habay campaigned as part of a competing slate that portrayed itself as a grassroots movement."We've had in this battle some real innuendos and false statements," the new chairman said. "That's the one thing that really frosts me." Habay beat Heather Heidelbaugh, a Mt. Lebanon lawyer, for the vice chairmanship, 267-231. He will take the place of Jan Rea, a county councilwoman from McCandless. But Habay hardly endeared himself to the county's Republican leaders in challenging their endorsed slate.
Robinson III, Edward G. [November 10, 2000 "HART'S VACANT STATE SENATE SEAT ATTRACTING POTENTIAL CANDIDATES"]. Pittsburgh Post Gazette. ((cite news)): Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |(empty string)= and |coauthors= (help)
November 9.Richard Stampahar, chairman of the Allegheny County Republican Committee, said he has not been informed about how the committee is supposed to pick its nominee.
Silver, Jonathan (January 18, 2001). "ORIE EASILY GETS GOP BACKING FOR HART'S SEAT". Pittsburgh Post Gazette.Secret ballot. 46 votes for Orie, 14 for Turzai and five for Habay. One conferee did not attend. Both Turzai and Habay had complained about the process by which the vote took place. They claimed that the 54 conferees from Allegheny County -- who joined 10 from Butler County and two from Westmoreland County -- were hand-picked by the county GOP committee to ensure that Orie would win the 40th District seat.
Robinson III, Edward (January 17, 2001). "ALLEGHENY COUNTY GOP ACCUSED OF STACKING THE DECK FOR HART'S SEAT". Pittsburgh Post Gazette.