The Vote For Integrity Political Action Committee (VFI) today endorsed candidate Russ Diamond to be the candidate to represent Republicans in the House of Representatives' 101st district.
 
Vote For Integrity's Chairman, Ken Schaefer said the choice of Russ Diamond over Bruce Kreider was difficult, but necessary to help insure the defeat of Mauree Gingrich next Tuesday.
 
Schaefer said that the choice of two qualified candidates on the ballot opposing Gingrich would split the growing anti-Gingrich vote and possibly enable her to prevail in her quest to continue as a career politician.
 
"Comparing Diamond and Kreider in three recent public forums has convinced a number of our members and friends to vote for Diamond", Schaefer said. "Diamond's consistent and strong record of working for reform of our state government was the deciding factor."
 
Schaefer added that Gingrich's recent widely-publicized actions, including her refusal to respond to requests of the Lebanon Daily News to answer important questions, have marginalized her and irreparably tarnished her reputation. She has forfeited her right to represent the people in the 101st district. A very recent $10,000 campaign contribution to Gingrich from former speaker of the House, John Perzel, the republican  'old guard' establishment leader, was the icing on the cake, Schaefer said.
 
Schaefer is urging all of Vote For Integrity's members and friends to vote for Russ Diamond next Tuesday, April 22, 2008.
 

Ken Schaefer is chairman of Vote For Integrity, a bi-partisan political action committee dedicated to helping bring integrity to Pennsylvania’s state government, based in Lebanon County, PA. To date, has not endorsed nor contributed funds to either Russ Diamond or Bruce Kreider.

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