Tim Holden
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| Chair of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board |
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Assumed office February 17, 2015 |
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| Appointed by | Tom Wolf |
| Preceded by | Skip Brion |
| Member of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board |
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Assumed office November 13, 2013 |
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| Appointed by | Tom Corbett |
| Preceded by | P.J. Stapleton, III |
| Vice Chair of the House Agriculture Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Speaker | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Richard Pombo |
| Succeeded by | Bob Goodlatte |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 17th district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | George Gekas |
| Succeeded by | Matthew Cartwright |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 6th district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Gus Yatron |
| Succeeded by | Jim Gerlach |
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March 5, 1957 St. Clair, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Gwen Holden |
| Residence | St. Clair, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Bloomsburg University |
| Occupation | real estate/insurance agent |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Thomas Timothy "Tim" Holden (born March 5, 1957) is the former U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district, who served in Congress from 1993 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Holden was the of the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation during the 112th United States Congress. On April 24, 2012, Holden was defeated in the Democratic primary, to the surprise of many Democrats, in his attempt to seek re-election. He is now chairman of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.
Holden graduated from St. Clair Area High School in 1975. In 1980, he earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He became a licensed real estate agent, and later an insurance broker in 1983. He has worked as a probation officer and as Sergeant-at-Arms for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and was the sheriff of Schuylkill County. He identified with many ordinary working people in his district.
In the 1990s, he represented Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district based in Reading and including Berks and Schuylkill counties. The district was populated mostly by Reagan Democrats who were still willing to vote Republican in most elections (it voted for George H. W. Bush in 1992, Bob Dole in 1996 and George W. Bush in 2000), but Holden was re-elected four times without serious opposition.
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