and low-income housing advocacy organizations. He supports a reduction in Pennsylvania's corporate net income tax and abolition of the state's inheritance tax. Rothman was the leading supporter of legislation, signed into law in 2019, that established 21 as the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, except for active-duty military personnel and honorably discharged veterans, for which the minimum age remained 18. The exemption was criticized by tobacco control groups. After Donald Trump was defeated by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, Rothman was one of 26 Pennsylvania House Republicans who wrote a letter calling for the election to be overturned by withdrawing Pennsylvania's certification of its presidential electors, despite the fact that Biden won by over 80,000 votes in Pennsylvania. The group of Republicans erroneously claimed that the election was marred by fraud. The letter came after Trump's campaign lost multiple court cases due to lack of evidence. In 2021, as part of Republican efforts to restrict voting following the 2020 presidential election, Rothman supported a bill to rewrite Pennsylvania's election laws by requiring voter ID. Governor Tom Wolf vetoed the bill. Pennsylvania State Senate In 2022, Rothman was elected to represent the 34th District in the Pennsylvania State Senate. References External links Official campaign website Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives profile Living people People from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians 1968 births Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators