Republican Chris Gebhard is running for reelection in Pennsylvania’s newly redrawn 48th Senate district, which now includes parts of northern Lancaster County, specifically Brecknock, Clay, East Cocalico and West Cocalico
GOP nominates Lebanon County s Gebhard in race for 48th Senate district
York Dispatch
Christopher Gebhard overwhelmingly snagged the Republican nomination to replace the late state Sen. Dave Arnold Jr. on Saturday and will go on to vie in a May special election for the 48th Senate District seat.
Gebhard prevailed on the first ballot during a meeting of GOP delegates held at the Lebanon Valley Exposition Center.
Gebhard won a clear majority of the group, getting 68 votes out of 81 cast, according to party officials. The runner-up was Robert Harkins, of Newberry Township, who received 13 votes.
Harkins was the only other candidate nominated Saturday. Nine candidates had announced their intention to nab the Republican nomination.
York Dispatch
Committee members from the state Republican Party will meet Saturday in Lebanon County to choose who will be on the ballot in the special election for the 48th state Senate District, scheduled for the same day as the May 18 municipal primary.
Nine people announced their intentions to snag the Republican nomination after the late Sen. Dave Arnold Jr., R-Lebanon, died of cancer in January.
One of the candidates, Arnold s former chief of staff Gregory Moreland, has been making the rounds in the district to pitch himself as the best person for the job. My staff positions have afforded me the opportunity to become intimately familiar with the legislative process, and I feel that really allows me to be effective from day one, Moreland told the Newberry Township Board of Supervisors last month.