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Name
  
Elizabeth Goreham

Role
  
Mayor of State College


Spouse
  
Jack Matson (m. 1993)

Party
  
Democratic Party

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Preceded by
  
Bill Welch / Felicia Lewis (acting)

Office
  
Mayor of State College since 2010

State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham rides wooden bike


Elizabeth Goreham is a U.S. politician and current mayor of State College, Pennsylvania, most recently reelected in 2014 for a second term. She is the first female mayor of the borough since taking office in 2010, before which she was a member of the borough council.

State College Magazine states that she and her husband had moved to State College in 1993.

Some of the major issues she has handled during her tenure include the Penn State tuition tax, the Penn State child sex abuse scandal

In the 2013 election results, Goreham won the race with 1,634 votes in the 19 State College precincts to Republican Ron Madrid’s 1,019 votes.

With regard to same sex marriage, Goreham said that she has no problem providing the law allows it.

References

Elizabeth Goreham Wikipedia