July 21, 2008 - 9:43am
ChesCo GOP gets new candidate for state House seat
By Dan HirschhornChester County Republicans have endorsed financial advisor John Lawrence to replace Curtis Mason on the ballot for state House in the 13th Legislative District, a prominent local lawmaker told supporters this weekend.
In an email Friday night, obtained by PolitickerPA.com, state Rep. Curt Schroder (R-East Brandywine) announced that Mason had dropped out of the race against Democrat Tom Houghton. He described Lawrence, a senior account officer at JP Morgan, as a "conservative, young family man."
With Republican incumbent Rep. Art Hershey not seeking re-election and Chester County in a state of political flux, the race is expected to be a fiercely fought one. In his email, Schroder called Lawrence a step up from Mason, who The Inquirer reports withdrew for health reasons. Both men have challenged Hershey in the past, with Houghton running a close race against the incumbent in 2006 and Lawrence challenging Hershey in that year's Republican primary.
"He actually ran against Art in the primary last time and came with 6 points or so of winning," Schroder said in his e-mail. "I don't know where John stands on every issue. I can tell you with great certainty that he will be light years better than Curtis Mason. I spoke to John Lawrence today and he is excited and ready to campaign hard to win the seat. I truly believe he has a better chance of winning the seat than the former candidate did for reasons that I would rather not go in to."
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Schroder isn't right about much, but he hit this one on the head.
Mason was horrible, but he answered to Skip Brion...and that's all Brion wants or wanted.
Now, Brion may end up with either no one left to answer to him (figure loses this seat, Rubley's and Royer again) or candidates that he didn't handpick and don't answer to him. Either way, his star is in fading fast -- as it should be.
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