{"id":139526,"date":"2025-01-09T17:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=139526"},"modified":"2025-01-09T17:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:01:18","slug":"day-takes-oath-of-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=139526","title":{"rendered":"Day Takes Oath of Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Featured Image: State Rep. Gary Day takes the oath of office during the swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol in Harrisburg on Jan. 7. (Image provided by the PA House Republican Caucus)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>HARRISBURG \u2013 Rep. Gary Day (R-Lehigh) took the oath of office Tuesday to begin his term in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Day was elected in November to serve a two-year term representing the 187th Legislative District.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply humbled and incredibly grateful for the opportunity to serve the residents of the 187th District. It is an honor to represent such a hardworking community,\u201d said Day. \u201cI look forward to working alongside my colleagues to create positive change and strengthen the future of Pennsylvania, while ensuring that the families of the Lehigh Valley continue to thrive and prosper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Day previously represented the 187th District from 2008-22. During his tenure, he built a strong conservative voting record and passed key legislation benefiting homeowners and military personnel. Now back in office, Day is committed to addressing the priorities of his constituents, including promoting economic growth, combating inflation, ensuring children\u2019s safety in schools, and protecting the freedoms of every resident.<\/p>\n<p>The 187th Legislative District includes Macungie and Alburtis boroughs, and the townships of Upper Macungie (in part), Lower Macungie, Weisenberg, Lynn, Heidelberg and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nPA House Republican Caucus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Image: State Rep. Gary Day takes the oath of office during the swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol in Harrisburg on Jan. 7. (Image provided by the PA House Republican &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=139526\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day Takes Oath of Office<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/day-takes-office.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/139527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}