22 Facts About Bryan Lentz

Bryan Roy Lentz was born on June 5,1964 and is an American politician from Pennsylvania.

Bryan Lentz served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 161st legislative district from 2007 to 2010.

Bryan Lentz was the 2010 Democratic nominee for US Representative for.

Bryan Lentz was an officer in the US Army and served in the Iraq War and during peacekeeping missions in the Sinai Peninsula and Bosnia.

Bryan Lentz worked as an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia from 1993 to 1999.

Bryan Lentz led the Philadelphia Gun Violence Task Force in 2011 and currently serves as chairman of the Pennsylvania Civil Service Commission.

Bryan Lentz's father worked in 1962 to help desegregate the University of Mississippi.

Bryan Lentz graduated from Wissahickon High School and from Valley Forge Military Academy and College in 1984.

Bryan Lentz graduated with a degree in philosophy from Georgetown University in 1986 on a full army scholarship.

Bryan Lentz served overseas in Iraq, where he commanded a Civil Affairs unit assisting with improving the infrastructure and rebuilding civil governance of Mosul, Iraq.

Bryan Lentz served with the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Peninsula and with NATO peacekeeping missions in Bosnia.

Bryan Lentz earned the Bronze Star and the War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.

Bryan Lentz earned a JD degree from Temple University School of Law in 1993.

Bryan Lentz has worked as attorney in private practice and for six years as a prosecutor in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.

Bryan Lentz was not a candidate for reelection to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2011.

Bryan Lentz ran against Republican nominee Pat Meehan and American Congress Party nominee Jim Schneller.

Bryan Lentz sought to replace Joe Sestak, the two-term Democratic incumbent who ran for the United States Senate.

Bryan Lentz ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination in the Democratic primary on May 18,2010.

On October 19,2010, Bryan Lentz acknowledged that he had been aware that some supporters were circulating petitions in support of Jim Schneller, a self-described "Tea Party candidate" officially running on the American Congress Party Ticket, an effort which his opponents describe as an attempt to split the conservative vote.

Bryan Lentz said he did not encourage Schneller to enter the race, and that he does not believe that assisting Schneller circulate his petitions was improper.

In 2011, Bryan Lentz led the Philadelphia Gun Violence Task Force which received state funding in order to "attack the proliferation of illegal guns on city streets".

In 2016, Bryan Lentz was nominated to the Pennsylvania Civil Service Commission by Governor Tom Wolf and currently serves as chairman.