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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Two Republicans Mulling Craig Dally's Legislative Seat

Now that State Rep. Craig Dally has been elected judge, his state House seat in the 138th District will be up for grabs. For the Republicans, there may be a contested primary.

Marcia Hahn has been employed with Dally for over 10 years and is currently the office manager in his Legislative Office in Bushkill Township. Before working for Dally, she spent 14 years as a member of State Rep. Leonard Gruppo's staff in Nazareth.

Nick Sabatine is a Wind Gap attorney and former Northampton County Council member who once was national chair of Ross Perot's Patriot Party.

I know Nick very well. As a matter of full disclosure, I should tell you I do his title searches. He has forgiven my many mistakes. I also know Marcia. I met her during a party at Ron Angle's house in the middle of a monsoon. I was the only Democrat there, but she was nice to me anyway, even when I accidentally ate her food.

Who do you like, Hahn or Sabatine?
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa: Looks like I screwed up. Because this is a "Special" election, it will be up to the party to nominate the candidate, not the people.
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17 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 18, 2009 at 2:49 AM

    As a minister of Propaganda for Angle of course you were there.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 18, 2009 at 7:23 AM

    Nick is a serial candidate and should not be further enabled.

    Marcia is a new voice with lots of experience.

    I'm voting Marcia. And lots of Bushkill voters have told me they are, too. Craig's nod carries lots of influence.

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  3. Kevin CerinoNovember 18, 2009 at 7:37 AM

    There will not be a primary. Each state party will select a nominee since this will be a special election.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 18, 2009 at 7:42 AM

    Craig better be doing all of his nodding now as once he takes the bench even the nodding is a no-no. The R's would be nuts to nominate Sabatine for the Special Election. That's why they won't. Sorry, Nick. It's Marsha.

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  5. Bernie O'HareNovember 18, 2009 at 9:24 AM

    Kevin, Holy shit, you're right. Now I have to fix my post.

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  6. DonaldNovember 18, 2009 at 6:05 PM

    No dog in this hunt but any news on the Dem choice(s)

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  7. Bernie O'HareNovember 18, 2009 at 7:40 PM

    Donald, The Dem name I hear is Lamont McClure.

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  8. AnonymousNovember 18, 2009 at 8:33 PM

    Lamont would be the best choice for this seat. he is intelligent and cares about people.

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  9. Bernie O'HareNovember 18, 2009 at 8:55 PM

    Lamont cares about Lamont, but I hope he runs. He will lose badly and then will go into the county council race wounded.

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  10. AnonymousNovember 18, 2009 at 11:27 PM

    Ugh - The Democratic party used to have stars what happened to this county party - there is no back bench- I guess I am more out of the loop than I thought.

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  11. DonaldNovember 18, 2009 at 11:30 PM

    11:27 was me - I hit the wrong key and I want to be consistant about being Anonymous

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  12. AnonymousNovember 19, 2009 at 6:59 PM

    Unless signs off on them they are not stars. Looking at who he thinks are Stars, we have a problem.

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  13. AnonymousNovember 20, 2009 at 3:15 PM

    Go Marcia!

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  14. AnonymousNovember 21, 2009 at 8:59 PM

    Marsha has the experience, knowledge, and compassion needed for the job. Her constituents will be top priority as they were with Dally.

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  15. AnonymousNovember 24, 2009 at 10:29 PM

    Are they the only two being considered?

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  16. Bernie O'HareNovember 24, 2009 at 10:52 PM

    Those are the 2 Rs I've heard mentioned. The 2 Ds I've heard about are lamont McClure and Chris Reed.

    Do you have some names to share?

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  17. AnonymousNovember 25, 2009 at 10:22 PM

    I have heard 3 other "R"s being mentioned. Two with connections to Harrisburg.

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