04/18/2014
HARRISBURG (AP) – A Republican Party-backed effort to disqualify the lone primary challenger to Gov. Tom Corbett is headed to the PA Supreme Court. Lawyers filed the appeal to a lower court decision that ruled that suburban Philadelphia businessman Bob Guzzardi can stay on the May 20 primary ballot. The Guzzardi campaign says it’ll vigorously defend the lower court decision. Commonwealth Court Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt ruled Tuesday that Guzzardi had met the requirement for petition signatures, accurately represented his occupation on his nomination petition, and wasn’t to blame for failing to file certain paperwork by the March 11 deadline. Corbett is endorsed by the state GOP and is running for a second four-year term. Guzzardi is an outspoken Corbett critic who’s said he’s running to give party conservatives an alternative.
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Challenge To Corbett’s GOP Foe Goes To High Court
HARRISBURG (AP) – A Republican Party-backed effort to disqualify the lone primary challenger to Gov. Tom Corbett is headed to the PA Supreme Court. Lawyers filed the appeal to a lower court decision that ruled that suburban Philadelphia businessman Bob Guzzardi can stay on the May 20 primary ballot. The Guzzardi campaign says it’ll vigorously defend the lower court decision. Commonwealth Court Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt ruled Tuesday that Guzzardi had met the requirement for petition signatures, accurately represented his occupation on his nomination petition, and wasn’t to blame for failing to file certain paperwork by the March 11 deadline. Corbett is endorsed by the state GOP and is running for a second four-year term. Guzzardi is an outspoken Corbett critic who’s said he’s running to give party conservatives an alternative.
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