Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa
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Pittsburgh’s controller to run for state auditor general
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The Associated Press
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Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa
(Harrisburg) — Pittsburgh’s third-term city controller is running for an open state auditor general’s office next year.
Pittsburgh City Controller Michael E. Lamb (City of Pittsburgh)
Democrat Michael Lamb made the announcement Tuesday, two weeks after he was re-elected to the fiscal watchdog job in Pennsylvania’s second-largest city.
Pennsylvania’s current auditor general, Eugene DePasquale, is completing a second four-year term and is barred from seeking another.
The 57-year-old Lamb is from a prominent political family. His nephew is a member of Congress from suburban Pittsburgh and his father was the state Senate’s Democratic majority leader.
Several other Democrats have announced their candidacy, including Christina Hartman, a former congressional candidate from Lancaster County who has worked in human rights and nonprofit advocacy, and Nina Ahmad, a former Philadelphia deputy mayor and former president of the National Organization for Women’s Philadelphia chapter.
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