Members of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania (LPPA) elected new leadership at their 2015 Annual Convention in Bridgeport on Saturday. The new team will continue to advance the LPPA’s mission of smaller government and lower taxes as the Commonwealth — and the nation — prepare for the 2016 election cycle.
Wilkes-Barre Libertarian Betsy Summers and Milford resident and political wunderkind independent congressional candidate Nick Troiano have both successfully surmounted numerous ballot access hurdles to submit their nomination signatures for office in the Pennsylvania House and US Congress, respectively.
Luzerne County Chief Solicitor David Pedri told the Independent Gazette that having one’s name on the ballot is not at all the same as being a candidate for office, in reference to the appointment of Bear Creek Village Mayor Walter Mitchell by Luzerne County Council to replace former county controller Walter Griffith, who resigned as controller, last month.