Linglestowner running for state office

Bill Seeds, a Linglestown resident and longtime Lower Paxton Township supervisor, has announced his candidacy for the PA state senate seat being vacated by Jeff Piccola at the end of this year.

Other announced Republican candidates in the race are John McNally of Lower Paxton Township and two men from York County, businessman Steve Johnson and York County Clerk of Courts Don O'Shell. It's uncertain if Johnson and O'Shell will be appear on the ballot now that the PA Supreme Court threw out the new legislative map that was based on the 2010 census.

Primary election day is on Tuesday, April 24.