district predecessor successor children birth_place party state_house term_start residence spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
38th richard d. olasz bill kortz 2 children homestead , pennsylvania democratic pennsylvania january 5 , 1999 west mifflin , pennsylvania karen kenneth ruffing
 november 30 , 2006 kenneth w. ruffing robert morris college
kenneth ruffing

kenneth w. ruffing is a former democratic member of the pennsylvania house of representatives .
he represented the 38th legislative district from 1999 through 2006 .
ruffing graduated from west mifflin high school in 1985 and earned a degree in business administration from robert morris college in 1990 .
prior to elective office , ruffing worked as a licensed insurance agent .
he was a member of the west mifflin borough council for seven years and served as its president for two .
in the lead-up to the 2006 primary election , ruffing faced criticism stemming from his vote in favor of the controversial 2005 legislative pay raise .
in face of this criticism , ruffing claimed that he donated his pay raise to an unnamed `` autistic charity . ''
ruffing garnered 26.2 % to place third in the three-way race against c.l. jabbour and eventual winner bill kortz .
following the election , ruffing admitted that he used the money to pay tuition for his autistic son to attend st. colman 's catholic school in turtle creek .
in august 2006 , ruffing was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after failing two field sobriety tests and registering a bac of .346 , which is four times pennsylvania 's legal limit .
in 2007 , it was revealed that ruffing , as a lame duck legislator , attended legislative training trips at the public 's expense after his defeat .
