When the Republican committee people of the 41st Legislative District meet Tuesday night, they will try to reach a two-thirds supermajority to endorse a candidate for retiring Rep. Katie True’s seat. Lancaster County Clerk of Courts Ryan Aument, the front-runner, won the first and only straw poll of Republican committee people in the district in […]

[Read more →]

In an interview this morning, Warwick Middle School guidance counselor and East Hempfield Township Supervisor Brett Miller said he expects to pick up more support among the 65 committee people in retiring Rep. Katie True’s House district before the county GOP’s Feb. 16 endorsement convention. As we wrote earlier, Lancaster County Clerk of Courts Ryan […]

[Read more →]

Lancaster County Clerk of Courts Ryan Aument (left) won the first and only straw poll of Republican committee people in the 41st Legislative District Thursday night. The results reaffirmed Aument’s position as the frontrunner for the GOP’s endorsement for retiring state Rep. Katie True’s House seat.
Aument topped Warwick guidance counselor and East Hempfield Township Supervisor […]

[Read more →]

Retiring Rep. Katie True, who has already come out in support of Republican Ryan Aument, said this morning she would work for his campaign, if asked, in the primary. Aument, the county’s clerk of courts, is running for party endorsement against teacher and East Hempfield Township Supervisor Brett Miller. The 65 Republican committee people in […]

[Read more →]

Well, that ends that. Former East Hempfield Township Supervisor Heidi Wheaton called this morning to end some of the speculation that’s been going on here and elsewhere about whether she’s intending to run for retiring Rep. Katie True’s House seat. She’s not. “I’m focusing on things I haven’t spent much time on,” said Wheaton, of […]

[Read more →]

Republican Brett Miller, a Warwick Middle School guidance counselor and East Hempfield Township supervisor, announced Sunday night he will seek GOP endorsement for the seat. Miller will face fellow Republican Ryan P. Aument, the county Clerk of Courts, in the race for party backing. “My enter career has been about helping people,” said Miller, 48, […]

[Read more →]

Former Lancaster County GOP Chairman David M. Dumeyer, in a move that will likely surprise some in the party, said this morning he will not run for retiring state Rep. Katie True’s seat. The West Hempfield Township supervisor, a retired senior state House staffer who has deep political connections, was widely believed to have a […]

[Read more →]

I like the list of potential candidates for retiring Rep. Katie True’s seat put together by TalkBackers. As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve talked to some of those folks, and so far only four five have confirmed that are considering a run: Ryan Aument, Dave Dumeyer, Brett Miller, Mike Pickard and Scott Wiglesworth. I’ve also talked […]

[Read more →]

I don’t know, but there’s a pretty good discussion of potential candidates going on here. I will say that several of the folks mentioned there have confirmed to me they are weighing a run — specifically Ryan Aument, David M. Dumeyer, W. Scott Wiglesworth and Mike Pickard. Others such as Doug Brubaker say they’re flattered […]

[Read more →]