For the first time in 10 years, the 4th Senatorial District of Pennsylvania has a new face: 57-year-old Art Haywood, an attorney and former Cheltenham Township Commissioner who was sworn into office on Jan. 6 after winning the seat by a comfortable margin in last November’s general election.
Haywood wasted no time in getting started as a Senator. He set up an office in Roslyn, Abington Township, and got to work on his agenda. Before Christmas, before he had even been sworn into office, he held a press conference to announce plans to introduce legislation to require the state Attorney General to appoint a special prosecutor in the event of a death caused by police.