From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
The lieutenant governor doesn’t have a lot of power in state government. He or she gets a spiffy office at the Capitol and a house with a swimming pool, presides over the state Senate and a couple other agencies and handles whatever other tasks the governor assigns.
But the job’s low profile and lack of clout haven’t stopped a stampede of candidates from running for it in Tuesday’s primary election. There are nine Republicans and three Democrats on the ballot.
“It’s the Manhattan phone book running for lieutenant governor,” quipped Charlie Gerow, a Republican political strategist here…
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