20th Senate District

With retirement of Charlie Lemmond we will have a spirited race for the Republican nomination for the 20th Senate District that includes part of Luzerne County.

The front runner is Kingston Mayor Jim Haggerty who has a TV commercial up that you can see here.

Harrisburg insider Lisa Baker has a long resume working for Sen. Lemmond and Gov. Ridge among others.

Dallas School Board member and principal of Regis Elementary School in Forty Fort Russ Bigus will never accept a pay raise.

David Madeira is stressing moral issues.

Carl Sutton is a shrink but I can't find any info or website.


There is a Democrat. Robert G. McNamara, superintendent of the Blue Ridge School District in Susquehanna County, has filed a petition to run. No website and various searches just came up with the former Secretary of Defense with the same name.