Richard S. Irvin[2] (born July 7, 1971) is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 81st legislative district, first elected in 2014.
He graduated from Juniata Valley High School in 1989, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1994.
Irvin was removed from the primary ballot, but ran a successful write-in campaign, defeating Fleck.
[4] In the general election, Irvin once again faced Fleck, who had won the Democratic Party nomination as a write-in candidate.
[2][6] In 2020, Irvin was among 26 Pennsylvania House Republicans who called for the reversal of Joe Biden's certification as the winner of Pennsylvania's electoral votes in the 2020 United States presidential election, citing false claims of election irregularities.