Eight years into his career as a state lawmaker, Pennsylvania state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie misrepresented his age by nearly a decade on a dating profile, DailyMail.com can reveal.
In March 2020, Mackenzie, a Republican, sent messages to women through a Tinder profile claiming to be 29 years old. He was actually 37.
His family had been active in politics for decades at the time. He had already briefly run for Congress in 2018 and had represented the Lehigh Valley in the statehouse since 2012 along with his mother, state Rep. Milou Mackenzie.
Mackenzie is now locked in a close race against incumbent Democrat Susan Wild for Pennsylvania’s seventh district.
Mackenzie is now married to wife Chloe and they have a son. After the initial publication, a spokesperson for the Mackenzie campaign told DailyMail.com that Mackenzie was “neither married nor engaged” when the profile was active.
Mackenzie, wife Chloe and son in a Father’s Day post
Screenshot of Ryan MacKenzie’s Tinder profile
The district is one of the most evenly divided in the country — Biden won it by just 0.6 points in 2020 — and it remains a top target for the Republican Party. Wild has represented it since 2018.
And Pennsylvania is a critical state in the November election. President Biden won the 2020 election by less than two points over former President Trump, and Republicans are now trying to take it back in the statewide battle for the presidency and Senate.
Mackenzie’s Tinder profile claimed he was ‘Always in the mood for a good time! Outgoing, funny and enjoys traveling, skiing, trying new restaurants and having drinks with friends.’
Screenshots of the profile from March 2020 show he messaged a woman: “Survive the pandemic?”
Mackenzie’s Tinder profile claimed he was ‘Always in the mood for a good time! Outgoing, funny and enjoys traveling, skiing, trying new restaurants and having drinks with friends
Mackenzie with wife and dog
Mackenzie’s biography lists his date of birth as August 3, 1982. The dog pictured in his Tinder profile is the same dog he posted on his social media accounts.
His House bio lists his date of birth as August 3, 1982. The dog pictured in his Tinder profile is the same dog he has Posted from his social media accounts.
Mackenzie’s profile lists him as a “ninth generation resident of the Lehigh Valley.” He has held Trump-appointed positions on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Local Government Advisory Committee and as a commissioner on the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships.