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The Pennsylvania State Capitol is seen in this file photo.
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The Pennsylvania State Capitol is seen in this file photo.
Tom Downing / WITF
Tom Downing / WITF
The Pennsylvania State Capitol is seen in this file photo.
State Rep. Scott Conklin, D-Centre (Courtesy: Pennsylvania General Assembly)
(Harrisburg) — A seven-term state lawmaker from central Pennsylvania says he’ll seek the Democratic nomination to run for the open state auditor general’s office this year.
Scott Conklin of Centre County entered a crowded field ahead of Pennsylvania’s Feb. 18 deadline to submit nomination petitions to get on the April primary ballot.
Other Democrats running include Pittsburgh city controller Michael Lamb, Christina Hartman, a former congressional candidate from Lancaster County, Nina Ahmad, a former Philadelphia deputy mayor, and Tracie Fountain, a three-decade veteran employee of the auditor general’s office.
Pennsylvania’s current auditor general, Democrat Eugene DePasquale, is completing a second four-year term and is constitutionally barred from seeking another. He is running for Congress.
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