Timothy McNulty | November 10, 2009
Following up on announcements by Dan Onorato and Tom Knox, Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty makes his gubernatorial bid official today, reports the Associated Press:
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - The mayor of Scranton is set to officially kick off his
campaign for Pennsylvania governor.
Chris Doherty plans to officially launch the campaign at noon on Tuesday.
The Democrat is joining four other contenders in the spring primary.
Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell is not running again.
The other Democratic candidates are Montgomery County Commissioner Joe
Hoeffel, Philadelphia businessman Tom Knox, Allegheny County Executive Dan
Onorato and state Auditor General Jack Wagner.
At least two other candidates are vying for the Republican nomination:
Attorney General Tom Corbett and U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach.
Posted
Nov 10 2009, 09:48 AM
by
Timothy McNulty