YORK DISPATCH: A March 18 special election will determine who fills the remaining months of former Republican Sen. Mike Waugh’s term in the 28th Senate District, fueling an already intense race for the vacant seat’s full four-year term.
After weeks of rumors that Waugh would resign before the end of his term in December 2014, Gov. Tom Corbett announced Monday that he has appointed Waugh as the new complex director of the Pennsylvania Farm Show and Expo Center. About the same time Monday, Waugh made public his resignation from the Senate, which was effective a day earlier.
A Democratic candidate has not yet stepped forward, but two Republicans have announced plans to run in the May 20 primary for the full term of the seat, to which Waugh was elected in 1998. They are among the possible contenders for the special election, which one controversial candidate has said is likely to be biased in favor of whomever the “Republican establishment” wishes to fill the seat for the full term… (more)
EDITOR: That is suspiciously short notice for a special election. Sounds as though the Corbett administration doesn’t want to allow time for candidates to emerge.
