Biography

01/08/1947 -

Fayette County (1983-1992), Fayette and Westmoreland Counties (1993-1994)

KASUNIC, Richard A., a Representative from Fayette and Westmoreland Counties; born in Dunbar, Fayette County, Pa., January 8, 1947; graduated, Dunbar Township High School, 1964; A.A., business administration, Robert Morris College; B.S., business administration, Youngstown State University; served, Pennsylvania National Guard (1970-1976); real estate sales and appraisals; chief assessor, Fayette County (1971-1982); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1982; served 6 consecutive terms; appointed, Special Bipartisan Committee to Investigate Industrial Plant Closings (1984); appointed, Special Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Flooding of the Monongahela River Basin (1986); appointed, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee (1989-1994); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1994); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1995-2014); elected, chair, Senate Minority Policy Committee (1997-2010); elected, Senate Minority Caucus Chair (2011-2014); appointed, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee (1995-2008); appointed, Joint Conservation Committee (2009-2014); appointed, Joint State Government Commission (2011-2014); appointed, member, Legislative Data Processing Center (2011-2014); appointed, PennVEST (2011-2014); appointed, Pennsylvania Hardwoods Development Council; appointed, Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight Commission; appointed, State Transportation Advisory Commission; not a candidate for reelection, State Senate (2014).