What is Lou Barletta?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Lou Barletta | image = Lou Barletta.jpg |birth_name=Louis James Barletta | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|01|28}} | birth_place = [[Hazleton, Pennsylvania]] | death_date = | death_place = | state = [[Pennsylvania]] | district = [[Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district|11th]] | term_start = January 3, 2011 | term_end = January 3, 2019 | preceded = [[Paul Kanjorski]] | succeeded = [[Lloyd Smucker]] | title2=Mayor of Hazleton | term_start2=January 3, 1999 | term_end2=December 14, 2010 | preceded2=Mike Marsicano | succeeded2=Joseph Yannuzzi | religion = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = Mary Malloy | children = 4 | residence= | alma_mater= [[Luzerne County Community College]]<br>[[Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania|Bloomsburg University]] }} '''Louis James Barletta''' (born January 28, 1956) is an [[Americans|American]] politician. In 2011, he became the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for {{ushr|PA|11}}. He left the office on January 3, 2019. He is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He served as Mayor of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, from 1999 to 2010. In August 2017, Barletta announced his candidacy for [[U.S. Senate]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/29/politics/lou-barletta-pennsylvania-announces-senate-campaign/index.html|title=Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Barletta announces Senate campaign|last=Diaz|first=Daniella|work=edition.cnn.com|date=2017-08-30}}</ref> He lost the general election to incumbent [[Bob Casey, Jr.]]. In May 2021, he announced his candidacy for [[Governor of Pennsylvania]] in the upcoming [[2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election|2022 election]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Levy|first=Marc|date=2021-05-17|title=Barletta to enter Pennsylvania's GOP stakes for governor|url=https://apnews.com/article/pa-state-wire-donald-trump-pennsylvania-immigration-joe-biden-3d5e8df167882254848346182259bb4e|access-date=2021-05-17|website=[[Associated Press]]}}