[3][4] He graduated from Dallastown Area High School and later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in public relations from Duquesne University.

[6] D'Orsie's success in the primary was viewed as a backlash from the more ardently rightwing faction of the Republican Party because the incumbent had not been as hard-line on conservative issues.

[8] After the Central York School Board published a banned resources list that included books about Black and Latino representation,[9][10] D'Orsie wrote an op-ed in the York Daily Record saying, "the concept of banning books should be intolerable to us."

D'Orsie also said instead of teaching about "heroic Americans like Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass" the district's amended curriculum included "pornographic [material]" and "hate filled, so called 'anti-racist' selections that condemn 'whiteness' and pit students against each other.

[14] In 2024, D'Orsie sponsored legislation that would protect teachers from repercussions if they refuse to use students' preferred pronouns.