Tom Cole

Tom Cole, the Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee will be in state on Wednesday to campaign for former Congresswomen Melissa Hart.  Cole and Hart will hold a joint press conference at the Ingomar Gulf gas station to discuss energy and energy exploration. 

U.S. Rep. Phil EnglishWASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Phil English (R-Erie), who waged an unsuccessful bid for the chairmanship of the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2006, on Thursday all but took himself out of the running for the top job at the House GOP's campaign arm in the 2010 election cycle. "I think it is extremely unlikely that I would run for NRCC chairman," English told PolitickerPA.com in an interview today at his office at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. "It's not right now in our priority list. I have been approached by a couple of people who have encouraged me to think about it. But I have been very clear to those that have approached me that it's not a priority for me..."