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12 Candidates In Race To Replace Pennsylvania Representative John Peterson
February 13, 2008
Representative John Peterson announced he will not be running for re-election at the end of his term this year. Nine Republicans and three Democrats are now officially running for the 5th District Congressional seat Peterson has occupied in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Pennsylvania Fifth Congressional District Map
John Peterson
Pleasantville
Owned and operated a retail food market for 26 years
Peterson was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1977. In 1984, Peterson was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate where he served for 12 years, chairing both the Public Health and Welfare Committee and the Republican Policy Committee. In 1996, Peterson was elected to serve Pennsylvania’s Fifth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Republican Candidates:
- Elk County Coroner Lou Radkowski
- Jeffrey J. Stroehmann, a business owner who is the great-grandson of the founder of Stroehmann Bakery
- Derek Walker, owner of a financial planning business
- Chris Exarchos, a former Centre County commissioner
- Matt Shaner, a hotel developer
- Glenn Thompson, the Centre County GOP chairman and a nursing home administrator
- Keith Richardson, an attorney and pastor
- Clarion Mayor John Rea Stroup
- John Krupa, an insurance agent.
Democratic Candidates:
- Bill Cahir, a journalist who fought in the Iraq war with the Marines
- Clearfield County Commissioner Mark McCracken
- Lock Haven Mayor Richard Vilello.
Kerry Gern of Glade Township will challenge Representative Kathy Rapp in her bid for re-election.
Representative Marty Causer is running unopposed.
In the 25th Senatorial District:
- Senator Joe Scarnati is running for re-election on the Republican ticket.
- Democrat Donald Hilliard of Brookville is running as a Democrat.
The 5th District is traditionally conservative Republican territory. The presumptive winner in the November general election will be the winner of the April 22nd Republican primary. Without an incumbent to challenge, the three Democratic candidates stand a better chance of winning than they have in decades. Since the district is considered one of the most conservative in the state, a democratic win would send a strong message to Republicans in Harrisburg.
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April 2nd, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Just becase your a vet does not mean you are capable of runnig for office especailly in todays military when the enlisted carry all the responsibility. I thinkthe best thing for the state is a whole set of new none political canadates. If youve held office before then stay out of the race