The members of the Elizabethtown Area Republican Committee met on Feb. 13 to interview and endorse Republican candidates for the following offices: School Board, Elizabethtown Borough Council, Mount Joy Township Supervisor, West Donegal Township Supervisor, Conoy Township Supervisor, and Magisterial District Judge.
The Committee endorsed the following candidates:
School Board: Craig Hummer, Caroline Lalvani, Michael Martin, Terry Seiders, and Karen Sweigart. All are currently serving on the school board and are seeking re-election.
Elizabethtown Borough Council: Tom Shaud - Ward 1, Jeff McCloud - Ward 2, and Phil Clark - Ward 3. They currently serve and are seeking re-election.
Mount Joy Township Supervisors: Lisa Heilner and Kevin Baker. Heilner currently serves as supervisor, and Baker is running for his first term.
West Donegal Township Supervisors: Roger Snyder, Doug Hottenstein, and Ralph Horne. Snyder and Hottenstein are currently serving, and Horne, who previously served on the Board of Supervisors, is seeking to fill an unexpired term.
Conoy Township Supervisor: John Shearer, who is seeking re-election.
The committee also considered six candidates for the position of Magisterial District Judge, which is vacant due to the resignation of Judge Jayne Duncan last year. The committee has endorsed local attorney Randall L. Miller. Miller, a graduate of Widener University School of Law, has been an attorney for 28 years. He previously served as an Assistant District Attorney in Lancaster County. Miller currently is in private practice and serves as detention hearing officer at the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center. Miller resides in Mount Joy Township with his wife, Kelly.
The Elizabethtown Area Republican Committee is made up of locally elected committeemen and committeewomen who are selected by Republican voters in each of the voting precincts in the Elizabethtown area. In order to receive the committee's endorsement, candidates must have received at least a two-thirds vote of committee members.
For more information, readers may contact Chris Leppler, chairman of the Elizabethtown Area Republican Committee, at 717-689-0598 or lepplerc@gmail.com.
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