— While Republican congressional candidate William Russell gave a television interview in an Upper Yoder Township backyard, campaign manager Peg Luksik worked a crowd of about 15 on a nearby porch.
Her high-energy pitch included showing off several varieties of Russell T-shirts and urging supporters to each take two bumper stickers to better advertise the candidate while driving.
“This really is a little-guy campaign,” she said. “Anything you can do, we certainly appreciate it. It does make a difference.”
The campaign event last week, complete with a table covered with snacks and kids playing in the grass, showed that Russell intends to play hardball in a small-ball way as he tries to unseat powerful U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Johnstown.
Even while reaching out to small gatherings of voters on their porches, he will attempt to tap into a still-strong current of anti-Murtha sentiment on a national level – the same conservative-based ire that helped fuel Republican Diana Irey’s campaign two years ago.
Thus, Luksik ended her presentation on a decidedly more grand, sweeping note.
“What happens here is going to echo across the country,” she said. “Because this is a national election.”

Former gubanatorial candidate, Peg Luksik, makes a point that is becoming evident in that this years campaign is a national one.

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H/T: Lucianne