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Leslie Baum Rossi, owner of Trump House along Route 982 in Youngstown, waves to honking cars on Election Day 2016.
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Leslie Baum Rossi, the Unity woman who created the Trump House, was chosen Saturday to be the Republican candidate in the May 18 special election to fill the vacancy in the 59th District State House seat created by the death of Mike Reese.
Rossi, 50, was chosen by appointed members of the Westmoreland County Republican Committee from the district that includes 42 precincts in eastern Westmoreland County, as well as 10 in western Somerset County, according to chairman Bill Bretz.
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Leslie Rossi, the Unity woman who created the Trump House, stands outside the White House where she was an invited guest last August when President Donald Trump accepted the party’s nomination to seek for re-election.
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Leslie Baum Rossi of Unity was chosen Saturday to be the Republican candidate in the May 18 special election to fill the vacancy in the 59th District State House seat created by the death of Mike Reese. Rossi, the sixth person from the left, was greeted by supporters outside the special meeting of Republican conferees in Ligonier.
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Five Republicans — four from Westmoreland County and one from Somerset County — are seeking the party’s nod to run in the May 18 special election to fill the vacancy in the 59th District State House seat created by the death of Mike Reese. The 42-year-old Republican from Mt. Pleasant
Fundraisers
• Community Church of Hecla, 537 Hecla Road, Mt. Pleasant Township, will host a turkey dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at the church. Dine in or takeout.
Details and takeout orders: 724-396-8065 or 724-244-2586
• West Newton Public Library is selling tickets for a Valentine’s Day candy box raffle. Cost: $1 for three tickets. The drawing will be Feb. 15. Two winners will each receive a box of Valentine’s Day candy.
Tickets: stop in at the library, 124 N. Water St.
Meeting
• Rostraver Sportmen’s Association will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 at the club, 539 Cedar Creek Road, Rostraver Township. Membership applications from men and women are now being accepted.