About me
Senator Marty Flynn was born and raised in Scranton, PA, and is a graduate of Scranton Preparatory School, class of 1994, where he excelled in baseball, football, and wrestling. He then attended Marywood University, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies. While at Marywood, he began boxing, and eventually embarked upon a decade-long professional career. Upon retiring from the sport, Flynn worked as the Inmate Education and Program Coordinator at Lackawanna County Prison, where he also served as Chairman of the Prison Misconduct Board.
Flynn entered the world of government in 2013, when he was elected to serve the 113th District of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, a role he had for more than eight years. On June 9, 2021, he began a new chapter in his political career when he was sworn in as Senator of Pennsylvania’s 22nd Senatorial District.
In the Senate, Senator Flynn is the Democratic Chairman of the Transportation Committee, and a member of the Consumer
Protection and Professional Licensure, Labor and Industry, and Law and Justice Committees. Chairman Flynn has already made his mark on transportation by introducing, and seeing passed, several initiatives aimed at improving the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s revenue collection rates. These bills include provisions such as lowering the threshold for which a vehicle registration can be suspended after a certain number of unpaid tolls is reached. Chairman Flynn is continuously looking at ways to increase deposits into the Motor License Fund and to improve the infrastructure within the Commonwealth.