Salmon: May primary offers promising GOP field in Erie County
Republicans, take stock!
There are nine candidates who want your vote for governor. There are nine candidates who want your vote for lieutenant governor. There are seven who want your vote for U.S. senator. There are 12 who want to serve on the GOP state committee.
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After Joe Kujawa for Pennsylvania House of Representatives (Millcreek and Fairview), Brad Roae in southern Erie County and Mike Kelly for the 16th District U.S. House seat, there are many candidates for all the other slots!
You need to narrow down your choices. Homework is necessary! You can visit the new GOP headquarters at 1600 Peninsula Drive or go to our website where you can see our voter's guide with information on each candidate with links to their websites and social media pages (https://www.EriePA.gop ).
Because there is so much concern with the actions and inactions of the party in power, from the White House to the governor’s office, many good people have stepped up to ask for your support on the upcoming primary ballot. Your Erie County Republican Committee supports and assists state and national candidates, but you as primary voters will determine who runs this fall against the party in power.
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The Erie County Republican Committee believes that our candidates for elected offices should be — and these men and women are — defenders and advocates for the fundamental American principles of fiscal responsibility, right to life, strong national defense, legal immigration, intelligently regulated free market capitalism, right to worship, an honest education, and limited — not out of control — government. Let’s keep the freedoms, restraints and values of the Pennsylvania and United States of America constitutions and our precious Declaration of Independence.
Folks, it’s time for overdue changes in leadership. Register and vote Republican.
Here is a list of the Republican candidates and the offices they are seeking:
U.S. Senate: Kathy Barnette, Mehmet Oz, George Bochetto, Jeff Bartos, Dave McCormick, Sean Gale, Carla Sands.
U.S. House of Representatives, 16th District: Mike Kelly
Pennsylvania governor: Lou Barletta, Douglas Mastriano, Nche Zama, Dave White, Melissa Hart, Bill McSwain, Charlie Gerow, Joe Gale, Jake Corman.
Pennsylvania lieutenant governor: Clarice Schillinger, James Earl Jones, Rick Saccone, John Brown, Chris Frye, Jeff Coleman, Russ Diamond, Carrie Lewis Delrosso, Teddy Daniels.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives: District 3 — Joe Kujawa; District 4 — Jason Monn, Jennifer Lesher, Joe Cancilla, Jake Banta, Greg Hayes, John D. Diamond; District 6 — Brad Roae.
State Committee from Erie County: Karen Alex, Jezree Friend, Michelle Previte, Brenton Davis, Sheila Fitzgerald Sterrett, Regina Smith, Ryan D. McGregor, Linda Pezzino, Byron R. Eddy, Craige Pepper, Tim Kuzma, Daniel Laughlin.
Verel Salmon is the chairman of the Erie County Republican Committee.
This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Erie GOP chair urges Republicans to engage the May primary