district constituency predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place children party state_house birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
189th part of monroe county martin p. mullen kelly lewis 24 october 2014 mount pocono , pennsylvania east stroudsburg , pennsylvania joseph jessica marie . william , james william , pamela marie , democrat pennsylvania june 27 , 1931 january 4th , 1983 virginia joseph battisto
 november 30 , 2000 joseph w. battisto legislator east stroudsburg state college university of scranton
joseph battisto

joseph w. battisto was a democratic member of the pennsylvania house of representatives .
he graduated from stroudsburg high school in 1949 .
he earned a degree from east stroudsburg state college in 1956 and an m.s. degree from the university of scranton in 1966 .
he was sworn in to represent the 189th legislative district in 1983 , a position he held until his defeat by republican kelly lewis in the 2000 general election .
in an april 2002 special election , he ran against mario scavello for the newly reconfigured 176th legislative district .
joseph has three siblings : mary battisto gunn , genevieve battisto , and tom battisto .
joseph has four children : joseph william battisto , jr. , james william battisto , pamela battisto watkins , and jessica marie battisto .
joseph has eight grandchildren : rachel watkins , allison watkins , evan battisto , joseph battisto iii , victoria watkins , brielle battisto , blake battisto , and sage battisto .
