# PA House chooses Independent Mark Rozzi as Speaker **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 4, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-house-chooses-independent-mark-rozzi-as-speaker/977614 "2023-01-04T01:17:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-house-chooses-independent-mark-rozzi-as-speaker/977614/1 "2023-01-04T01:17:20Z")
[Article here](https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2023/01/pa-midterm-election-2022-house-majority-democrats-speaker-election/). I just thought it was interesting, but I don’t know how much debate or discussion we’ll have about it. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-house-chooses-independent-mark-rozzi-as-speaker/977614/2 "2023-01-04T02:35:13Z")
Not much to say on this other than it sounds like a reasonable solution in such a closely divided body. Hopefully there will be a lot of working across the aisle. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-house-chooses-independent-mark-rozzi-as-speaker/977614/3 "2023-01-04T03:22:49Z")
US House of Representatives could learn a thing or two from what the PA House has done.