Lou Barletta Biography
Lou Barletta (Birth name, Louis Barletta) son of Angeline(nee Agosti) and Rocco Barletta(both are Italian ancestry) was born January 28, 1956, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. He is an American politician and businessman who served as the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania’s 11th congressional district from 2011 to 2019.
Being a member of the Republican Party, he served as Mayor of Hazleton, Pennsylvania from 1999-2010. As Mayor, he came to prominence due to a high-profile anti-immigration ordinance which prompted legal challenges, later was found unconstitutional.
congressman lou barletta graduated from high school and attended Luzerne County Community College and the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He tried joining the Cincinnati Reds baseball team but was unsuccessful. Barletta then went to work for his family’s construction and heating oil business.
In 1984, he established a pavement marking company, Interstate Road Marking Corporation, which he sold in 2000. Barletta’s firm grew to become the largest of its kind in Pennsylvania.
Barletta was the Republican nominee in the 2018 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania, unfortunately, he lost to incumbent Democrat Bob Casey Jr.
Lou Barletta Age
Louis Barletta, well known as Lou Barletta was born on 28,1956 making him 63 years old as of 2019.
Lou Barletta Immigration
In 2009 Barletta announced that he would once again run for Congress in 2010. Not having given up Barletta won the General Election on November 2, 2010, against Kanjorski by a 55%-45% margin. City Council President Joe Yannuzzi succeeded Barletta as Mayor of Hazleton on December 15, 2010.
Barletta supported President Donald Trump’s 2017 executive order striking a ban on entry to the U.S. to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, saying: “I commend President Trump for suspending the refugee program, and in particular for Syria and the six other countries, because they are unquestionably terrorist havens and hotspots.” In 2007, Barletta opposed comprehensive immigration reform.
In January 2018, CNN reported that Barletta had been associated with a number of fringe anti-immigration groups and organizations. In 2007, Barletta appeared with American Free Press’ “roving editor” Mark Anderson, a Bilderberg conspiracy theorist, and Holocaust denier, at a Hazleton rally in support of Anderson.
At the rally, Barletta said that the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 that the Bush administration was pursuing, would reward some immigrants who are “murders, rapists, thieves, and terrorists” with legal status. In 2007, Barletta gave an interview to Americans for Immigration Control, which believes the “annual tidal wave of over a million immigrants (legal and illegal) is endangering our American way of life.”In 2011, Barletta spoke at an event hosted by the anti-Muslim journal The Social Contract, whose editor is a white nationalist.
In 2011, he appeared at an event hosted by the ultra-conservative student group Youth for Western Civilization, which opposes “radical multiculturalism, political correctness, racial preferences, mass immigration, and socialism.”
When asked whether Barletta had known of the views of the people and groups mentioned in the CNN story at the time he associated with them, Barletta spokesperson Jon Anzur responded that Barletta had “always condemned ‘hate, bigotry, and racial supremacy in all its forms.’” Anzur added, “‘Of course Lou was not aware of these individuals’ background[s]….As the mayor of a small city, Lou didn’t have the resources or staff to screen everyone who asked him questions… Lou did 27 interviews [one day], from World News Tonight to Tucker Carlson. Lou had one assistant, not a team of consultants…’”Anzur also noted that Barletta had condemned a New Jersey Ku Klux Klan organization that wanted to demonstrate in Hazleton in 2007.
Lou Barletta Election
In 2002, Barletta ran as the Republican candidate in the 11th District against nine-term Democratic incumbent Paul Kanjorski. He was viewed as a very strong candidate-the first credible Republican challenger Kanjorski had faced since his 1986 reelection. But Barletta lost.
2008
In 2008 Barletta faced Kanjorski again. Polls had shown Barletta leading Kanjorski by 5 %. The race has been attached as one of the nation’s most competitive elections. The race was one of very few nationwide where a Republican challenger had a credible chance at unseating a Democratic incumbent. However, Barletta lost to Kanjorski 48%-52% largely due to losing Lackawanna County by 12,800 votes.
In 2009 Barletta announced that he would once again run for Congress in 2010. Not having given up Barletta won the General Election on November 2, 2010, against Kanjorski by a 55%-45% margin. City Council President Joe Yannuzzi succeeded Barletta as Mayor of Hazleton on December 15, 2010.
In the 2018 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania that took place on November 6, 2018, so as to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Pennsylvania. The candidates on the ballot were; Lou Barletta (U.S Representative), Jim Christiana(state representative) and the Incumbent Democratic Senator Bob Casey Jr. who ran for re-election to a third term.
Barletta and the rest of running mates lost to Casey who seemed not to face no opposition.
Lou Barletta Congress|What’s Next for Lou Barlette
Congressman Lou Barletta is not one to shy away from a fight. He came onto the national stage after his well-documented stand on illegal immigration when he was the mayor of Hazleton. During that time, he signed the illegal immigration reform act, which punished business owners and landlords who knowingly did business with illegal immigrants. The ordinance was ultimately found to be unconstitutional by the courts.
“I remember the ridicule that I took because I stood there by myself for a long time. There was nobody there to help and support me,” Barletta told Eyewitness News.
Immigration was the single issue that Barletta would focus on.”You know, I was called a racist, a bigot. There were threats. What I went through that time and I look today and it’s one of the top issues in the country and it is still not fixed,” Barletta said.
Barletta said he is proud of his efforts to save taxpayers billions of dollars after reviewing leases signed by federal agencies for rental space. He also touts his efforts to help revive the coal industry by securing a $1 million federal grant to research rare earth elements, or REEs, that exist in anthracite coal, which are elements used in many electronic devices like cellphones and computers. Barletta insists he always tried to reach across the aisle.
“What I hope for the country is that there can be Bipartisan support for things that the American people want to be fixed,” Barletta said.
Barletta was encouraged by President Trump to run for the U.S. Senate held by Senator Bob Casey. Barletta was one of the first to endorse the campaign for President Trump.
“I thought at this time this point in my life that this was a risk I was willing to take knowing very well what the consequences would be. This would be an enormously tough job to beat Bob Casey, a very big political figure here in Pennsylvania,” Barletta explained.
So what is next for Barletta?
“I’ll never say never would I want to run for anything ever again. I’ll never say I wouldn’t. I’m looking at the options still on the table. I feel I have something to offer,” Barletta said.
Barletta also said for now he wants to spend time with his family and friends.
Lou Barletta Family
Barletta is married to Mary Grace Malloy and together they have 4 Children: Kelly Barletta, April Barletta, Lindsey Barletta, and Grace Barletta.
Lou Barletta Daughter- Lindsey Barletta
The daughter of U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta Lindsey Barletta has severally been alleged of several crimes, one of them is, she refused to pay her bill at Unique Nail and Beauty Salon in West Hazleton and instead threw “a tantrum” inside the business.
By the time police arrived, Lindsey Barletta, who is 32 years old of Hazleton, was found to be under the influence and engaged in a dispute over payment of her salon bill. She also allegedly resisted arrest and later urinated on a police holding cell floor.
Lindsey Barletta was pleaded guilty to summary citations for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness and ordered to $504.50 in fines and fees, according to the newspaper report.
More serious misdemeanor counts of theft and resisting arrest were withdrawn. However, all of this could have been avoided. The Citizens Voice reports that police gave Lindsey Barletta plenty of opportunities to resolve the situation without criminal charges, instructing her to simply pay her bill, the amount of which was not reported. She refused, saying the salon service was bad. The salon owner told police Lindsey Barletta previously threw herself on the salon floor and shouted that she had no money, before walking out, the newspaper reports.
As she was being arrested, Lindsey Barletta allegedly resisted and her dog bit an officer, police told the Citizens Voice, which adds that she also kicked at a police vehicle’s door and spat on an officer.
Lou Barletta Grandson
U.S. Rep Lou Barletta, the Republican nominee, assailed U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. for a “hurtful, insensitive” new campaign ad that struck close to home because his 18-month-old grandson is being treated with chemotherapy for cancer.
Casey, a Democrat from Scranton put out three new campaign with supporters criticizing Barletta for a 2017 vote on legislation that would have allowed health insurance companies to charge customers much higher rates if they had pre-existing medical conditions.
One of the three ads featured Stacie Ritter of Manheim in Lancaster County, explaining the fear her family felt when her twin daughters were stricken with cancer
Lou Barletta Net Worth
Lou Barletta Net Worth 2018
Each year Lou Barletta is required to file a financial disclosure in office. As of 2018, Barletta has total liabilities of between $1.4 million and $6 million. This includes mortgage debt of up to $800,000.
In total, Barletta has assets worth between $1.4 million and $4 million. Included in these assets are $1.7 million in mutual funds, $100,000 in cash, and $1.5 million in real estate. Furthermore, Barletta holds other assets of value, such as stakes in Home Depot, Apple Inc, Prudential Financial Services, Metlife Inc, Leucadia National, Colgate-Palmolive Co, Berkshire Hathaway, and Crimson Wine Group.
Therefore the political figure of Lou Barletta’s net worth in 2018 was approximately;
$-1600,000