The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two year terms from single member districts. Elections are held in November of even numbered years.
Following the 2008 elections the house consists of 99 Republicans and 104 Democrats. Democrat Keith McCall was elected Speaker of the House on Tuesday, January 6, 2009. In 2002, a State Representative district had an average population of 60,498 residents.
