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Democrat Bryan Lentz admits his role in helping third candidate
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Oct 20, 2010 12:39pm |
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| Author | Joelle Farrell |
| Media | Newspaper - Philadelphia Inquirer |
| News Date | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "The Democratic candidate in one of the region's hottest congressional races came clean Tuesday about his role in helping a third candidate get on the ballot in the hopes that he'll play spoiler.
Bryan Lentz, who is locked in a bitter battle for Congress with Republican Patrick Meehan, told the editorial board of the Delaware County Daily Times on Tuesday that he knew his volunteers had helped gather signatures for the independent candidate, Jim Schneller. Schneller, who espouses tea party rhetoric, is expected to siphon some votes from Meehan in the Seventh Congressional District race.
"If somebody's already made the decision to run, I didn't think that 'helping' with the process of signature petitions was improper," Lentz, 46, a two-term state representative, told the paper's editorial board in a tape-recorded interview.
Lentz said he could not remember when he had first learned of his volunteers' work on Schneller's behalf. He added, "I didn't think it was a bad thing for the process or for my candidacy."
His words marked the first time Lentz has squarely addressed his volunteers' role in having helped collect some 4,800 signatures to get Schneller's name on the Nov. 2 ballot. Lentz had ducked reporters' questions about the matter this summer when campaign aides to Meehan, a former U.S. attorney, raised the issue." |
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