No joke: Daylin Leach is funniest guy in Harrisburg

Who says no one in Harrisburg has a sense of humor?

Obviously they have not met our own Sen. Daylin Leach, D-17, who represents parts of Haverford and the Main Line.

Leach took top honors when it comes to the funnybone in a poll done by the Pennsylvania Legislative Services. His Republican couunterpart Rep. Jeff Pyle of Armstrong County also was honored.

Each year the legislative online research and media service firm polls the folks in Harrisburg and comes up with a list of "the best of Capitol."

Here are the winners of this year's polling, which took place over several weeks at the end of September and early October, highlighted by a day of in-person voting in the Capitol’s Main Rotunda:

Most effective legislator: Representative David Reed

Best legislator to work with (Democrat): Senator John Yudichak

Best legislator to work with (Republican): Representative Bryan Cutler

Best debater (House): Representative John Maher

Best debater (Senate): Senator Jake Corman

Best sense of humor (Republican): Representative Jeff Pyle

Best sense of humor (Democrat): Senator Daylin Leach

Best House staffer to work with (Republican): Karen Coates

Best House staffer to work with (Democrat): Miriam Fox

Best Senate staffer to work with (Republican): Joe Pittman

Best Senate staffer to work with (Democrat): Stephen DeFrank

Most effective executive branch staffer: Nate Spade

Most effective lobbying/PR firm: Greenlee Partners

Most effective private lobbyist: TIE! Andrew Ritter & Stan Rapp

Most effective association lobbyist: Gene Barr

Rising star: Noah Karn

Best dressed: Representative Jim Christiana

Best hair (Man): Representative Flo Fabrizio

Best hair (Woman): Katrina Anderson

Best session day hangout in Harrisburg: McGrath’s Irish Pub & Restaurant.

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