Candidates seek to represent LP residents

* York County Clerk of Courts Don O’Shell kicked off a campaign last week for the Republican nomination for the state Senate seat now held by Jeff Piccola, who is not running for re-election.

In December, John J. McNally III of Lower Paxton Township announced he would also enter the Republican contest.

* Earlier today, political activist Gene Stilp, a Democrat who lives in Middle Paxton Township, held an impromptu press conference at the state Capitol to get word out that he's running for Congress. CLICK HERE and HERE for video coverage of his announcement provided by Roxbury News.

Lower Paxton Township is in the newly formed 11th Congressional District that is currently represented by Lou Barletta, a Republican who formerly was the mayor of Hazleton.